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About This Guide

About This Guide

This preface describes who should read the Catalyst 8540 MSR Software Configuration Guide, how it is organized, and its document conventions.

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Who Should Read This Guide

This publication is intended as a standalone document for experienced network administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining the ATM switch router.

How This Guide Is Organized

The major sections of this guide are as follows:

Chapters

Chapter 1

Product Overview

Provides an overview of the ATM switch router features and functions.

Chapter 2

Understanding the User Interface

Describes how to access the commands available in each command mode and explains the primary uses for each command mode.

Chapter 3

Initially Configuring the ATM Switch Router

Describes the initial configuration of the ATM switch router.

Chapter 4

Configuring System Management Functions

Describes the tasks to manage the general system features, such as access control and basic management of the ATM switch router.

Chapter 5

Configuring Virtual Connections

Describes how to configure virtual connections after autoconfiguration has determined the default virtual connections.

Chapter 6

Configuring Operation, Administration, and Maintenance

Describes the OAM fault management and performance management functions of the ATM switch router.

Chapter 7

Configuring ATM Network Interfaces

Describes how to configure typical ATM network interfaces after autoconfiguration has established the default network connections.

Chapter 8

Configuring Resource Management

Describes how to configure the management of switch, interface, and connection resources.

Chapter 9

Configuring ILMI

Describes the Interim Link Management Interface protocol implementation and configuration.

Chapter 10

Configuring ATM Routing and PNNI

Describes how to configure the Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol (IISP) and the Private Network-Network Interface (PNNI) protocol.

Chapter 11

Using Access Control

Describes how to configure and maintain access control lists.

Chapter 12

Configuring IP Over ATM

Describes how to configure the Ethernet port for IP-over-ATM connections.

Chapter 13

Configuring LAN Emulation

Describes how to configure LAN emulation on the ATM switch router.

Chapter 14

Configuring ATM Accounting and ATM RMON

Describes the ATM accounting and ATM Remote Monitoring features and their configuration.

Chapter 15

Configuring Tag Switching

Describes how to configure tag switching on the ATM switch router.

Chapter 16

Configuring Signalling Features

Describes how to configure common and specialized signalling features.

Chapter 17

Configuring Port Adapter Interfaces

Describes the steps required to configure the individual port adapter interfaces.

Chapter 18

Managing Configuration Files, System Images, and Functional Images

Includes procedures for updating and maintaining the ATM switch router software and configurations.

Appendix

Appendix A

PNNI Migration Examples

Provides examples for migrating from a flat PNNI topology to a hierarchical topology.

Related Documentation

This document provides detailed software configuration examples; however, it does not provide complete software command syntax information. For detailed software command syntax information, refer to the Catalyst 8540 MSR Command Reference publication. You will also find useful information on the command line interface (CLI) and basic ATM switch router management in the Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide and Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference publications.

Refer to the following documents for detailed hardware installation and configuration information:

Document Conventions

Command descriptions use the following conventions:

boldface font

Commands and keywords are in boldface.

italic font

Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.

[   ]

Elements in square brackets are optional.

{ x | y | z }

Alternative keywords are grouped in braces and separated by vertical bars.

[ x | y | z ]

Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical bars.

string

A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks.

Screen examples use the following conventions:

screen font

Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.

boldface screen font

Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.

italic screen font

Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.



This pointer highlights an important line of text in an example.

^

The symbol ^ represents the key labeled Control. For example, the key combination ^D in a screen display means hold down the Control key while you press the D key.

<   >

Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.

[   ]

Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.

!, #

An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line.

Notes use the following conventions:


Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the publication.

Cautions use the following conventions:

Caution
Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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