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ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter1 Product Overview
Summary of Software Features
ATM Addressing and Plug-and-Play Operation
The ATM switch router provides the following self-configuring features:
Preconfigured ATM address prefixes and MAC address, permitting small-scale ATM internetworks
to be deployed prior to obtaining officially-allocated ATM addresses
Automatic reassignment of addresses when reconfiguration is necessary
Automatic recognition of port adapter types and ATM interface type using ILMI
Automatic IP address configuration features, such as BOOTP
Online-insertion-and-replacement (OIR) diagnostic tests
Connections
The ATM switch router supports connections with the following characteristics:
Full 8-bit virtual path identifier (VPI) and 16-bit virtual channel identifier (VCI) with configurable
boundaries.
12-bit VPI support available on ATM Network-Network Interface (NNI) interfaces on the
Catalyst 8510 MSR and LightStream 1010
Up to 256,000 total virtual connections on the Catalyst8540 MSR and up to 64,000 total virtual
connections on the Catalyst 8510 MSR and LightStream 1010
VC and virtual path (VP) switching, VP tunneling, and VC merging
The following virtual connection types:
Permanent virtual channel (PVC) connections
Permanent virtual path (PVP) connections
Soft permanent virtual channel (soft PVC) and soft permanent virtual path (soft PVP)
connections with route optimization
Switched virtual channel (SVC) and switched virtual path (SV P) connections
Virtual path (VP) tunneling with traffic shaping and QoS guarantees for multiple service
categories (hierarchical VP tunnels)
Point-to-point ATM connections
Point-to-multipoint ATM connections
F4 and F5 Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) segment-loopback and end-to-end
remote deflect identification (RDI) and alarm indication signal (AIS)
OAM-based ping of IP or ATM address on the Catalyst8510 MSR and Lig htStream 1010
Frame Relay to ATM interworking features on the channelized E1 port adapter:
PVCs and soft-VCs with Network Interworking
PVCs and soft-VCs with Service Interworking
Support for various LMIs