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Chapter11 Configuring ATM Routing and PNNI
IISP Configuration

ATM Addresses

The autoconfigured ATM address of the ATM switch router suffices when implementing sin gle-level
PNNI. Hierarchical PNNI requires an addressing scheme to ensure global uniqueness of the ATM
address and to plan for future network expansion.
For detailed discussions of the following related topics, refer to the Guide to ATM Technology:
The autoconfigured ATM address for single-level PNNI
E.164 AESA prefixes
Designing an ATM address plan for hierarchical PNNI
Obtaining registered ATM addresses
IISP Configuration
This section describes the procedures necessary for Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol (IISP)
configuration, and includes the following subsections:
Configuring the Routing Mode, page 11-2
Configuring the ATM Address, page 11-4
Configuring Static Routes, page 11-6

Configuring the Routing Mode

The ATM routing software can be restricted to operate in static mode. In this mode, the call routing is
restricted to only the static configuration of ATM routes, disabling operation of any dynamic ATM
routing protocols, such as PNNI.
The atm routing-mode command is different from deleting all PNNI nodes using the node command
and affects Integrated Local Management Interface (ILMI) autoconfiguration. If the switch is configured
using static routing mode on each interface, the switch ILMI variable atmfAtmLayerNniSigVersion is
set to IISP. This causes either of the following to happen:
ILMI autoconfiguration on the interfaces between two switches determines the interface type
as IISP.
The switch on the other side indicates that the Network-Network Interface (NNI) signaling protocol
is not supported.
Note The atm routing-mode command is activated only after the next software reload. The switch continue s
to operate in the current mode until the software is reloaded.