4-2 Preliminary May 9, 2000 APX 8000/MAX TNT/DSLTNT Physical Interface Configuration Guide
Configuring Ethernet Cards
Overview of Ethernet configuration

Upgrading to the Ethernet-2 and Ethernet-3 slot cards

To upgrade from an existing 10Mbps or 10/100Mbps Ethernet card to an Ethernet-2 or
Ethernet-3 slot card, proceed as in the following example:
1Remove the existing Ethernet slot card.
2Enter the Slot command with the -r option to remove the existing Ethernet profiles. For
example, if the Ethernet card was in slot 1:
admin> slot -r 1
slot 1 removed
3Install the Ethernet-2 or Ethernet-3 slot card.
4Configure Ethernet profiles for the new card as explained in the following sections of this
chapter.
Overview of Ethernet configuration
The Ethernet slot cards provide multiport Ethernet routing capabilities. The configuration of
each port on an Ethernet slot card is identical to the configuration of the Ethernet port on the
shelf controller. (For complete information about configuring the Ethernet ports for routing,
see the APX 8000/MAX TNT/DSLTNT WAN, Routing, and Tunneling Configuration Guide.)
All TAOS units have an Ethernet port on the shelf controller. This Ethernet port is designed for
out-of-band management and light traffic loads. It is not intended to be the primary Ethernet
interface for the system. If your TAOS unit will be routing heavy Ethernet traffic, use an
Ethernet card.
Understanding the Ethernet-related profiles
The APX 8000 creates the following profiles when it detects an Ethernet port:
•Ethernet profile
•IP-Interface profile
•SNMP profiles (Admin-State and a Device-State profile)
For an explanation of SNMP profiles, see the APX 8000/MAX TNT/DSLTNT Administration
Guide.

Ethernet profile

TAOS creates a default Ethernet profile for each Ethernet port it detects, including the shelf
controller. The Ethernet profile specifies the link-layer configuration for the port.
For example, if an Ethernet-2 card installed in slot 4, you might see a screen similar to the
following:
admin> dir ethernet
5 08/06/1998 17:03:48 { shelf-1 controller 1 }
5 08/06/1998 17:11:46 { shelf-2 slot-4 1 }
5 08/06/1998 17:11:46 { shelf-2 slot-4 2 }