Chapter 6 Configuring the Cisco NI-1 DLSAM Equipment Module

Working with Service Element Profiles

Table 6-5 Cisco 6100/6130 ATM Logical Port Profile Attributes (continued)

Attribute

Description

Acceptable Values

Default Values

 

 

 

 

Local Management Interface

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management

Specify the management

None, ILMI

None

Protocol

protocol that will be used

 

 

 

to manage the logical port.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

srchanmap

This attribute is not

Text string (up to 38

 

 

supported in this release

characters)

 

 

 

 

 

ATM-ATM Cross Connection Service Element Profile Attributes

The ATM-ATM Cross Connection Service element profile provides you with access to the additional attributes that you can configure for a Cisco 6100/6130 ATM Cross Connect service through the Cisco 6100/6130 DSLAM. The ATM cross-connection object represents a cross connect between two ATM logical ports in the same node. This Service object can be a VC between a DSL port and a Network Interface (NI) port and also between subtending NI ports. The information you provide in the Service element profile is communicated to the Cisco 6100/6130 DSLAM through the Equipment Module and helps to define the type of service you are provisioning in the network. If you do not create Service element profiles, the Equipment Module will communicate the values specified in the default Service element profile.

Figure 6-3shows the Cisco 6100/6130 ATM-ATM Cross-Connection Profile Object Viewer.

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