Con®guring MP

 

Add bandwidth %

The amount of bandwidth utilization at which the software will try to

add a new link.

Valid Values: 1 to 99

Default Value: 90

Drop bandwidth %

The amount of bandwidth utilization at which the software will

remove a link from the MP bundle.

Valid values: 1 to 99

Default value: 70

Bandwidth test interval (sec)

The time, in seconds, after which the software will check the

bandwidth utilization to determine whether to add or drop a link

from the bundle.

Valid Values: 10 to 200 seconds

Default Value: 15

calls Speci®es whether this MP interface will initiate outbound calls, only accept

 

outbound calls, or participate in both types of calls.

 

Valid values: inbound, outbound, or both

 

Default value: inbound

 

Note: If you specify outbound or both, the software will request the net

 

number of the dedicated MP link that will place the ®rst call.

 

Example:

 

set calls outbound

 

Dialout MP link net for this MP net []? 4

idle

Speci®es the time period in seconds that an interface can have no protocol

 

traffic at which the MP interface will end calls on all the links.

Valid Values: 0 to 65535

Default Value: 0

mp parameters

Prompts you to enter the maximum and minimum fragment sizes and the maximum number of active links.

Example:

set mp parameters

 

Max frag

size [750]?

675

Min

frag

size [375]?

300

Max

number of active

links [2]? 4

Max frag size

Speci®es the largest of number of bytes of data a packet can contain before the packet is fragmented to be sent over MP links.

Valid Values: 100 to 3 000

Default Value: 750

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