Overview

3 C-LAN Administration

TCP/IP connections (ppp or ethernet) require DEFINITY ECS Release 7 or later hardware and software. ISDN and BX.25 connections are supported on switches upgrading to R8 and pre-R7 switches can be connected to R8 switches via ISDN or BX.25. However, new systems will not be sold with X.25 connections. Therefore, all switches in the five configurations are assumed to be upgraded to release R7 or later except the si connected via BX.25 and the csi connected via ISDN in configurations 3 and 4 — these 2 switches could be either R7 or pre-R7 versions.

Organization of this chapter

The descriptions of the configurations have a common format. Each configuration section has the following subsections:

Configuration overview

Task summary

Checklist of prerequisite tasks

Configuration diagram

Administration tasks

The subsections are described below.

Configuration Overview Each of the configuration sections begins with a brief description of the network represented by the configuration. This section includes a high-level diagram and a description of the switches and their connections for each node in the network.

Task Summary

Lists the tasks that need to be performed to administer this configuration.

1Review checklist

2Assign node names

3Assign links

4Assign processor channels

Procedures for completing each of these tasks are described in detail following this summary.

Configuration Diagram A detailed diagram of the configuration is shown after the task summary. The diagram is in two parts — one part showing the software-defined connections and the other part showing the hardware connections. The diagram shows many of the parameters that are entered on the administration screens.

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