Chapter 4 Configuration Tables and Fields

Obsolete Products

Refer to Table 4-20for information on modeling an explicit feeder tiered network with the NMT.

Table 4-20 Tiered Network Configurations with Explicit Feeders

Topic

Required Settings

Comments

 

 

 

Explicit Feeders:

Model Settings table

 

General Instructions

Make sure that the value of Switch Software Release

 

 

 

 

is set to the release that is to be modeled.

 

 

 

 

 

Site Table

 

 

Node Type field: Enter IGX, IPX, BPX, MGX8220,

 

 

MGX8850, or any other valid Node Type.

 

 

Fdr field: Enter Y.

 

 

PC field: Leave blank, for all nodes except Popeye 2;

 

 

if you are configuring a Popeye 2, enter PXM45.

 

 

 

 

 

Link Table

You must enter the trunk between the hub and the feeder

 

Site1/Site2 fields: Enter the hub site name and the

manually. NMT will not automatically generate it.

 

 

 

feeder site name.

Only IGX and BPX nodes may be hubs. IGX nodes may have

 

Trunk fields: Enter the appropriate T1, E1, T3, E3,

only IGX or IPX feeders. BPX nodes can have MGX8220 and

 

MGX8850 feeders as well.

 

OC3, or OC12 interface that connects the hub and

 

 

 

feeder nodes.

 

 

Trunk Card fields: Enter the front cards at the hub

 

 

and the feeder nodes for the trunk that connects

 

 

them.

 

 

 

 

 

Voice, Data, or Bursty Traffic tables

Only IGX and IPX feeders support Voice and Data Traffic.

 

Site field: Enter the explicit feeder site name. Must

You must enter a feeder site name for NMT to put the

 

be a site that has Y in the Fdr field in the Site table.

connection on the feeder node.

 

Type field: any from the list of choices.

 

 

BC (Back Card) fields: Enter the customer interface

Even though you are referencing a feeder node, use the BC

 

on the feeder node.

fields, and not the FdrBC fields.

 

 

 

Explicit Feeders:

Bursty Traffic table

By assigning Hub IDs to the connection endpoints, you can put

Port to Multiport

Hub I/D fields: ID values must be assigned.

the connection on a particular port.

 

 

 

ID values can be

Hub IDs can also control port-to-multiport connections.

 

 

 

• Slot.Line.Port (e.g., 5.2.6) for multi-port

 

 

channelized card (e.g., FRSM, UFMC).

 

 

• Slot.Port (e.g., 5.3) for single-port channelized

 

 

cards (e.g., FRM-E1) and for multi-port

 

 

unchannelized card (e.g., FRM-4V, AUSM);this

 

 

format can be used also for multi-port channelized

 

 

cards to specify physical port (line) without

 

 

specifying logical port.

 

 

• Zero, indicating no unique port constraint.

 

 

 

 

Obsolete Products

The sections that follow discuss obsolete products and configurations. These sections are included to describe CWM extraction data and migration planning.

 

 

Cisco WAN Modeling Tools Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

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