Cisco Systems SCE 2000 4/8xFE manual Bypass - traffic is bypassed using the internal bypass card

Chapter 5 Connecting the Management Interfaces and Performing Initial System Configuration

Initial System Configuration

•On-Failure behavior — Determines the behavior of the SCE 2000 upon failure, or reboot. One of the following link modes may be chosen for the SCE 2000 in the cases of failure or reboot.:

•Bypass — traffic is bypassed using the internal bypass card.

•Cutoff — the link is forced down.

•Admin status after abnormal reboot — This parameter determines whether the SCE 2000 returns to full operational mode after abnormal (not user-requested) boot, or stays in non- operational mode, in which the SCE 2000 behaves as in failure mode. This parameter can be set to one of the following:

•Operational

•Non-operational

The procedure described below is a presentation of all the questions in the topology configuration. In actual practice, all questions may not be presented for a particular configuration, depending on the topology deployed.

Study the examples that follow to understand the procedure for various topologies. To configure topology dependent parameters, complete the following steps:

Step 1 Enter the topology configuration menu.

Would you like to enter the Topology configuration menu? [no]: y

Type y and press Enter.

The topology configuration dialog begins.

Step 2 Specify the connection mode.

•To define inline connection mode, press Enter.

•To define receive-onlyconnection mode, type 2 and press Enter.

Enter Connection mode: 1- inline

2- receive-only

Enter your choice [1]:

Step 3 Specify the deployment type.

•To specify a Single-SCE Platform deployment, press Enter.

•To specify a Cascade deployment, type y and press Enter.

Is this a cascade deployment? [no]:

Step 4 Specify the physically-connected-link index.

•To specify link-0, press Enter.

•To specify link-1, type 1 and press Enter.

Cisco SCE 2000 4/8xFE Installation and Configuration Guide

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