Chapter 4 Configuration Tables and Fields

Links Table

Table 4-3 Link Table (continued)

 

Field

 

Defaults

Notes

Description and Comments

DBF

CET

TPI

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keep

 

1

E

Number of existing links. If the Keep

KEEP

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

field is 0, the link will be ignored in the

 

Since slot, port

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

route command and considered for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

are included, this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

optimize commands.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

field is always

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

set to 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Used

 

0

X

Shows the size of the node after the

n/a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NMT builds a network using the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

optimize command.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reserve

 

600/600

O

Trunk reserve. Estimate of the

RESERVE1 /

*/*

*/*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

overhead on each link needed for

RESERVE2

Defaults applied

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

collecting network statistics and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to links between

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

administrative overhead. The reserve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BPX switches

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

size is subtracted from the total link

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and tiered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

capacity prior to calculating routes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

network feeders.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The units of statistical reserve can be in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATM cells (CPs) or Fastpackets (pps).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rcv_Rate

 

0/0

O

Receive rate. Largest number of pps or

BB_MAX1 /

*/*

*/*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cps that the node at site 1 can receive

BB_MAX2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

over a link from site 2. The second

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

field is the largest number of pps or cps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that the node at site 2 can receive over

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a link from site 1. Only used for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

broadband links (T3/E3) at IGX/IPX

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sites, or BXM links. The units are pps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

or cps respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you enter 0 here, the default, NMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will set this field to the highest value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

possible for the card. Rcv_Rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

supported on the AIT, ALM, BTM,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and BXM card.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

 

N

P

Redundancy. Specifies whether site has

RED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

redundant components. Y—site has

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

redundant components. N—sites does

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not have redundant components.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VT_Rate&

 

0

O

Virtual Trunk Rate. Bandwidth of the

VT_RATE

*

*

 

 

Type

 

 

 

trunk in cells per second. (VTs must

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

have VT in media field.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Traffic

 

Blank

0

Types of traffic allowed on this link. If

TRAFFIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

blank, all types are allowed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LRd

 

N

O

Link redundancy. Y—spare trunk is

BACKUP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

used on redundant link (for BPX to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IBX/IPX links only). N—spare trunk is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not used on redundant link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dist

 

0

E

Distance between sites in miles or

DIST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kilometers. Must be consistent with the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line Cost table in the Maintenance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco WAN Modeling Tools Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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