T1/E1 & T3/E3 Commands
2-66 Configuring T1/E1 and T3/E3 Subsystems

equipment

For T3/E3 controllers only

ThiscommandconfigurestheT3/E3controllerasnetworkorcustomerequipmentandoperates
accordingtotheT1.403ANSIstandard,allowingequipmentconfiguredasnetworkequipmentto
disregardnetworkloopbackcommandsfromthefarenddevice.
Syntax
equipment {customer | network} loopback
Syntax of the “no” Form
Thenoformofthiscommandsetstheequipmentvaluetoitsdefault:
no equipment
Mode
Controllerconfiguration:XSR(config-controller)#
Default
Customerequipment
Example
ThefollowingexamplesetstheT3controllerinslot1,card2asnetworkequipment:
XSR(config-controller<T3-1/2/0>)#equipment network loopback

framing

ThiscommandsetstheT1/E1orT3/E3framingtype.Framingmustmatchbetweenthecircuit
providerandtheT1/E1orT3/E3interfacewiththecircuitproviderdeterminingwhichframing
typeisrequired.
FramingtypedefinesthetypeandformatofthetransmissionframeforT1orE1lines.T1lines
havetwoframeformats:SF(SuperFrame,D4,F12)andESF(ExtendedSF).E1lineshavethese
frameformats:CRC4(multiframe)andNOCRC4(doubleframe).
ForunchannelizedT3ports,theCbitframingformatisavailablewithM13asanoption.Forboth
channelizedandunchannelizedE3ports,theG751frameformatisavailable.Also,thebypass
framingformatspecifiesthattheG.751framingformatwillbebypassed.
Note: Since remote loopback requests are available only when C-bit framing is invoked for a T3
port, the equipment command is useful only when framing is set to C-bit.
customer Controllersetascustomerequipment.Itallowsaremotelyactivated(feac)
payloadloopfromtheT3line.
network Controllersetasnetworkequipment.Itdisallowsremotelyactivated(feac)
payloadloopfromtheT3line.