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Serial Tunnel and Block Serial Tunnel Commands

Serial Tunnel and Block Serial Tunnel Commands

This chapter describes the function and displays the syntax for serial tunnel (STUN) and block serial tunnel (BSTUN) commands. For more information about defaults and usage guidelines, see the corresponding chapter of the Bridging and IBM Networking Command Reference.

asp addr-offset

Use the asp addr-offset interface configuration command to configure an asynchronous port to transmit and receive polled asynchronous traffic through a BSTUN tunnel. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

asp addr-offset address-offset
no asp addr-offset

address-offset

Location of the address byte within the polled asynchronous frame being received.


asp role

Use the asp role interface configuration command to specify whether the router is acting as the primary end of the polled asynchronous link or as the secondary end of the polled asynchronous link connected to the serial interface and the attached remote device is a security alarm control station. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

asp role {primary | secondary}
no asp role {primary | secondary}

primary

Router is the primary end of the polled asynchronous link connected to the serial interface, and the attached remote devices are alarm panels.

secondary

Router is the secondary end of the polled asynchronous link connected to the serial interface, and the attached remote device is a security alarm control station.


asp rx-ift

Use the asp rx-ift interface configuration command to specify a time period that, by expiring, signals the end of one frame being received and the start of the next. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

asp rx-ift interframe-timeout
no asp rx-ift

interframe-timeout

Number of milliseconds between the end of one frame being received and the start of the next frame.


bsc char-set

Use the bsc char-set interface configuration command to specify the character set used by the Bisync support feature in this serial interface as either EBCDIC or ASCII. Use the no form of this command to cancel the character set specification.

bsc char-set {ascii | ebcdic}
no bsc char-set {ascii | ebcdic}

ascii

ASCII character set.

ebcdic

EBCDIC character set.


bsc contention

Use the bsc contention interface configuration command to specify an address on a contention interface. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc contention address
no bsc contention

address

Address assigned to contention interface. The range is 1 to 255. The default is 0x01.


bsc dial-contention

Use the bsc dial-contention interface configuration command to specify a router at the central site as a central router with dynamic allocation of serial interfaces. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification. A timeout value is configurable to ensure that an interface does not get locked out because of a device outage during transmission.

bsc dial-contention timeout
no bsc dial-contention

timeout

Amount of time interface can sit idle before it is returned to the idle interface pool. The range is 2 to 30 seconds. The default is 5  seconds.


bsc host-timeout

Use the bsc host-timeout interface configuration command to detect deactivation of devices at the host. Use the no form of this command to cancel the configuration.

bsc host-timeout interval
no bsc host-timeout interval

interval

Timeout interval within which a poll or select for a control unit must be received. If this interval expires, the remote router is sent a teardown peer signal. The range is 30 to 3000 deciseconds. The default is 60  seconds.


bsc pause

Use the bsc pause interface configuration command to specify the interval to the tenth of a second, between starts of the polling cycle. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc pause time  
no bsc pause time

time

Interval in tenths of a second. The default value is 10 (1  second). The maximum time is 25.5 seconds.


bsc poll-timeout

Use the bsc poll-timeout interface configuration command to specify the timeout, in tenths of a second, for a poll or select sequence. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc poll-timeout time  
no bsc poll-timeout time

time

Time in tenths of a second. The default value is 10 (1  second).


bsc primary

Use the bsc primary interface configuration command to specify that the router is acting as the primary end of the Bisync link connected to the serial interface, and that the attached remote devices are Bisync tributary stations. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc primary
no bsc primary

bsc retries

Use the bsc retries interface configuration command to specify the number of retries performed before a device is considered to have failed. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc retries retries  
no bsc retries retries

retries

Number of retries before a device fails. The default is 5.


bsc secondary

Use the bsc secondary interface configuration command to specify that the router is acting as the secondary end of the Bisync link connected to the serial interface, and the attached remote device is a Bisync control station. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc secondary
no bsc secondary

bsc servlim

Use the bsc servlim interface configuration command to specify the number of cycles of the active poll list that are performed between polls to control units in the inactive poll list. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc servlim servlim-count
no bsc servlim servlim-count

servlim-count

Number of cycles. The range is 1 to 50. The default is 3.


bsc spec-poll

Use the bsc spec-poll interface configuration command to set specific polls, rather than general polls, used on the host-to-router connection. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc spec-poll
no bsc spec-poll

bstun group

Use the bstun group interface configuration command to specify the BSTUN group to which the interface belongs. Use the no form of this command to remove the interface from the BSTUN group.

bstun group group-number  
no bstun group group-number

group-number

BSTUN group to which the interface belongs.


bstun keepalive-count

Use the bstun keepalive-count global configuration command to define the number of times to attempt a peer connection before declaring the peer connection to be down. Use the no form of this command to cancel the definition.

bstun keepalive-count count  
no bstun keepalive-count

count

Number of connection attempts. The range is between 2 and 10 retries.


bstun lisnsap

Use the bstun lisnsap global configuration command to configure a SAP on which to listen for incoming calls. Use the no form of this command to cancel the SAP on which to listen.

bstun lisnsap sap-value
no bstun lisnsap

sap-value

SAP on which to listen for incoming calls. The default is 04.


bstun peer-name

Use the bstun peer-name global configuration command to enable the BSTUN function. Use the no form of this command to disable the function.

bstun peer-name ip-address  
no bstun peer-name ip-address

ip-address

Address by which this BSTUN peer is known to other BSTUN peers that are using the TCP transport.


bstun protocol-group

Use the bstun protocol-group global configuration command to define a BSTUN group and the protocol it uses. Use the no form of this command to delete the BSTUN group.

bstun protocol-group group-number protocol
no bstun protocol-group group-number protocol

group-number

BSTUN group number. Valid numbers are decimal integers in the range 1 to 255.

protocol

Block serial protocol, selected from the following:

· adplex

· adt-poll-select

· adt-vari-poll

· async-generic

· bsc

· bsc-local-ack

· diebold

· mdi


bstun remote-peer-keepalive

Use the bstun remote-peer-keepalive global configuration command to enable detection of the loss of a peer. Use the no form of this command to disable detection.

bstun remote-peer-keepalive seconds
no bstun remote-peer-keepalive

seconds

Keepalive interval, in seconds. The range is 1 to 300  seconds. The default is 30 seconds.


bstun route

Use the bstun route interface configuration command to define how frames will be forwarded from a BSTUN interface to a remote BSTUN peer. Use the no form of this command to cancel the definition.

bstun route {all | address address-number} {tcp ip-address | interface serial number} [direct]
no bstun route {all | address address-number} {tcp ip-address | interface serial number}
[direct]

all

All BSTUN traffic received on the input interface is propagated, regardless of the address contained in the serial frame.

address

Serial frame that contains a specific address is propagated.

address-number

Poll address, a hexadecimal number from 01 to FF (but not all values are valid). The reply address to be used on the return leg is calculated from the configured poll address.

tcp

TCP encapsulation is used to propagate frames that match the entry.

ip-address

IP address of the remote BSTUN peer.

interface serial

HDLC encapsulation is used to propagate the serial frames.

number

Serial line to an appropriately configured router on the other end.

direct

(Optional) Specified interface is also a direct BSTUN link, rather than a serial connection to another peer.


bstun route (Frame Relay)

Use the bstun route interface configuration command to define how frames will be forwarded from a BSTUN interface to a remote BSTUN peer over Frame Relay. Use the no form of this command to cancel the definition.

bstun route {all | address cu-address} interface serial number dlci dlci rsap priority priority
no bstun route {all | address cu-address} interface serial number dlci dlci rsap
priority priority]

all

All BSTUN traffic received on the input interface is propagated, regardless of the address contained in the serial frame.

address

Serial frames that contain a specific address are propagated.

cu-address

Control unit address for the Bisync end station.

interface serial number

Specify a serial interface on which Frame Relay encapsulation is used to propagate serial frames.

dlci dlci

Data-link connection identifier to be used on the Frame Relay interface.

rsap

Remote SAP, to be used when initiating an LLC2 session. This argument is configurable only if the interface group number supports local acknowledgment.

priority priority

Priority port to be used for this LLC2 session. Configurable only if the interface group number supports local acknowledgment.


encapsulation bstun

Use the encapsulation bstun interface configuration command to configure BSTUN on a particular serial interface. Use the no form of this command to disable the BSTUN function on the interface.

encapsulation bstun
no encapsulation bstun

encapsulation stun

Use the encapsulation stun interface configuration command to enable STUN encapsulation on a specified serial interface.

encapsulation stun

frame-relay map bstun

Use the frame-relay map bstun interface configuration command to configure BSTUN over Frame Relay for passthru. Use the no form of this command to cancel the configuration.

frame-relay map bstun dlci
no frame-relay map bstun dlci

dlci

Frame Relay DLCI number on which to support passthru.


frame-relay map llc2

Use the frame-relay map llc2 interface configuration command to configure BSTUN over Frame Relay when using Bisync local acknowledgment. Use the no form of this command to cancel the configuration.

frame-relay map llc2 dlci
no frame-relay map llc2 dlci

dlci

Frame Relay DLCI number on which to support local acknowledgment.


locaddr-priority-list

Use the locaddr-priority-list interface configuration command to establish queuing priorities based upon the address of the logical unit (LU). Use the no form of this command to cancel all previous assignments.

locaddr-priority-list list-number address-number queue-keyword
no locaddr-priority-list

list-number

Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the LU address priority list.

address-number

Value of the LOCADDR=parameter on the LU macro, which is a 1-byte address of the LU in hexadecimal.

queue-keyword

Enables a priority queue type. Valid queue-keyword values and their equivalent priority queue type level are:

  • high---Priority queue type is high.

  • medium---Priority queue type is medium.

  • normal---Priority queue type is normal.

  • low---Priority queue type is low.


priority-group

Use the priority-group interface configuration command to assign a priority group to an interface. Use the no form of this command to remove assignments.

priority-group list-number
no priority-group list-number

list-number

Priority list number assigned to the interface.


priority-list protocol bstun

Use the priority-list protocol bstun global configuration command to establish BSTUN queuing priorities based on the BSTUN header. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

priority-list list-number protocol bstun queue [gt | lt packetsize]
[address bstun-group bsc-addr]
no priority-list list-number protocol bstun queue [gt | lt packetsize]
[address bstun-group bsc-addr]

list-number

Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.

queue

Priority queue type: high, medium, normal, or low.

gt | lt packetsize

(Optional) Output interface examines header information and packet size and places packets with the BSTUN header that match criteria (gt or lt specified packet size) on specified output.

address bstun-group bsc-addr

(Optional) Output interface examines header information and Bisync address and places packets with the BSTUN header that match Bisync address on the specified output queue.


priority-list protocol ip tcp

Use the priority-list protocol ip tcp global configuration command to establish BSTUN or STUN queuing priorities based on the TCP port. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

priority-list list-number protocol ip queue tcp tcp-port-number
no priority-list list-number protocol ip queue tcp tcp-port-number

list-number

Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.

queue

Priority queue type: high, medium, normal, or low.

tcp-port-number

BSTUN port and priority settings are as follows:

· high---BSTUN port 1976

· medium---BSTUN port 1977

· normal---BSTUN port 1978

· low---BSTUN port 1979

STUN port and priority settings are as follows:

· high---STUN port 1994

· medium---STUN port 1990

· normal---STUN port 1991

· low---STUN port 1992


priority-list stun address

Use the priority-list stun address global configuration command to establish STUN queuing priorities based on the address of the serial link. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

priority-list list-number stun queue address group-number address-number
no priority-list list-number stun queue-keyword address group-number address-number

list-number

Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.

queue

Enables a priority queue type. Valid queue values and their equivalent priority queue type level are:

  • high---Priority queue type is high.

  • medium---Priority queue type is medium.

  • normal---Priority queue type is normal.

  • low---Priority queue type is low.

group-number

Group number that is used in the stun group command.

address-number

Address of the serial link. For an SDLC link, the format is a 1-byte hex value (for example, C1). For a non-SDLC link, the address format can be specified by the stun schema command.


queue-list protocol bstun

Use the queue-list protocol bstun global configuration command to customize BSTUN queuing priorities based on the BSTUN header. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

queue-list list-number protocol bstun queue [gt | lt packetsize]
[address bstun-group bsc-addr]
no queue-list list-number protocol bstun queue [gt | lt packetsize]
[address bstun-group bsc-addr]

list-number

Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.

queue

Enables a priority queue type. Valid queue-keyword values and their equivalent priority queue type level are:

· high---Priority queue type is high.

· medium---Priority queue type is medium.

· normal---Priority queue type is normal.

· low---Priority queue type is low.

gt | lt packetsize

(Optional) Output interface examines header information and packet size and places packets with the BSTUN header that match criteria (gt or lt specified packet size) on specified output.

address bstun-group bsc-addr

(Optional) Output interface examines header information and Bisync address and places packets with the BSTUN header that match Bisync address on the specified output queue.


queue-list protocol ip tcp

Use the queue-list protocol ip tcp global configuration command to customize BSTUN queuing priorities based on the TCP port. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

queue-list list-number protocol ip queue tcp tcp-port-number
no queue-list list-number protocol ip queue tcp tcp-port-number

list-number

Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.

queue

Enables a priority queue type: Valid queue-keyword values and their equivalent priority queue type level are:

· high---Priority queue type is high.

· medium---Priority queue type is medium.

· normal---Priority queue type is normal.

· low---Priority queue type is low.

tcp-port-number

BSTUN port and priority settings are as follows:

· high---BSTUN port 1976

· medium---BSTUN port 1977

· normal---BSTUN port 1978

· low---BSTUN port 1979

STUN port and priority settings are as follows:

· high---STUN port 1994

· medium---STUN port 1990

· normal---STUN port 1991

· low---STUN port 1992


sdlc virtual-multidrop

Use the sdlc virtual-multidrop interface configuration command to allow SDLC broadcast address FF to be replicated for each of the STUN peers, so each of the end stations receive the broadcast frame. Use the no form of this command to disable the SDLC broadcast feature.

sdlc virtual-multidrop
no sdlc virtual-multidrop

show bsc

Use the show bsc privileged EXEC command to display statistics about the interfaces on which Bisync is configured.

show bsc [group bstun-group-number] [address address-list]

bstun-group-number

(Optional) BSTUN group number. Valid numbers are decimal integers in the range 1 to 255.

address-list

(Optional) List of poll addresses.


show bstun

Use the show bstun privileged EXEC command to display the current status of STUN connections.

show bstun [group bstun-group-number] [address address-list]

group bstun-group-number

(Optional) BSTUN group number. Valid numbers are decimal integers in the range 1 to 255.

address address-list

(Optional) List of poll addresses.


show stun

Use the show stun privileged EXEC command to display the current status of STUN connections.

show stun

stun group

Use the stun group interface configuration command to place each STUN-enabled interface on a router in a previously defined STUN group. Use the no form of this command to remove an interface from a group.

stun group group-number
no stun group group-number

group-number

Integer in the range 1 to 255.


stun keepalive-count

Use the stun keepalive-count global configuration command to define the number of times to attempt a peer connection before declaring the peer connection to be down. Use the no form of this command to cancel the definition.

stun keepalive-count count
no stun keepalive-count

count

Number of connection attempts. The range is between 2 and 10 retries.


stun peer-name

Use the stun peer-name global configuration command to enable STUN for an IP address. Use the no form of this command to disable STUN for an IP address.

stun peer-name ip-address cls
no stun peer-name
ip-address cls

ip-address

IP address by which this STUN peer is known to other STUN peers.


stun protocol-group

Use the stun protocol-group global configuration command to create a protocol group. Use the no form of this command to remove an interface from the group.

stun protocol-group group-number {basic | sdlc [sdlc-tg] | schema}
no stun protocol-group

group-number

Integer in the range 1 to 255.

basic

Indicates a non-SDLC protocol.

sdlc

Indicates an SDLC protocol.

sdlc-tg

(Optional) Identifies the group as part of an SNA transmission group.

schema

Indicates a custom protocol.


stun remote-peer-keepalive

Use the stun remote-peer-keepalive global configuration command to enable detection of the loss of a peer. Use the no form of this command to disable detection.

stun remote-peer-keepalive seconds
no stun remote-peer-keepalive

seconds

Keepalive interval, in seconds. The range is 1 to 300  seconds. The default is 30 seconds.


stun route address interface dlci

Use the stun route address interface dlci interface configuration command to configure direct Frame Relay encapsulation between STUN peers with SDLC local acknowledgment. Use the no form of this command to disable the configuration.

stun route address sdlc-addr interface frame-relay-port dlci number localsap local-ack cls
no stun route address
sdlc-addr interface frame-relay-port dlci number localsap local-ack cls

sdlc-addr

Address of the serial interface.

frame-relay-port

Port number.

number

Data-link connection identifier (DLCI) number.

localsap

Local connecting SAP.

local-ack

Enable local acknowledgment.

cls

Use Cisco Link Services (CLS) to access the frame relay network.

stun route address interface serial

Use the stun route address interface serial interface configuration command to forward all HDLC traffic on a serial interface. Use the no form of this command to disable this method of HDLC encapsulation.

stun route address address-number interface serial number [direct]
no stun route address address-number interface serial number

address-number

Address of the serial interface.

number

Number assigned to the serial interface.

direct

(Optional) Forwards all HDLC traffic on a direct STUN link.


stun route address tcp

Use the stun route address tcp interface configuration command to specify TCP encapsulation and optionally establish SDLC local acknowledgment (SDLC transport) for STUN. Use the no form of this command to disable this method of TCP encapsulation.

stun route address address-number tcp ip-address [local-ack] [priority] [tcp-queue-max]
no stun route address address-number tcp ip-address [local-ack] [priority] [tcp-queue-max]

address-number

Number that conforms to SDLC addressing conventions.

ip-address

IP address by which this STUN peer is known to other STUN peers that are using the TCP as the STUN encapsulation.

local-ack

(Optional) Enables local acknowledgment for STUN.

priority

(Optional) Establishes the four levels used in priority queuing: low, medium, normal, and high.

tcp-queue-max

(Optional) Sets the maximum size of the outbound TCP queue for the SDLC link.


stun route all interface serial

Use the stun route all interface serial interface configuration command to encapsulate and forward all STUN traffic using HDLC encapsulation on a serial interface.

stun route all interface serial number [direct]

number

Number assigned to the serial interface.

direct

(Optional) Indicates that the specified interface is also a direct STUN link, rather than a serial connection to another peer.


stun route all tcp

Use the stun route all tcp interface configuration command with TCP encapsulation to forward all STUN traffic on an interface regardless of what address is contained in the serial frame.

stun route all tcp ip-address

ip-address

IP address by which this remote STUN peer is known to other STUN peers. Use the address that identifies the remote STUN peer that is connected to the remote serial link.


stun schema offset length format

Use the stun schema offset length format global configuration command to define a protocol other than SDLC for use with STUN. Use the no form of this command to disable the new protocol.

stun schema name offset constant-offset length address-length format format-keyword
no stun schema name offset constant-offset length address-length format format-keyword

name

Name that defines your protocol. It can be up to 20 characters in length.

constant-offset

Constant offset, in bytes, for the address to be found in the frame.

address-length

Length in one of the following formats: decimal (4 bytes), hexadecimal (8 bytes), or octal (4 bytes).

format-keyword

The allowable format keywords are decimal (0 to 9), hexadecimal (0 to F), and octal (0  to   7).

Format to be used to specify and display addresses for routes on interfaces that use this STUN protocol. Valid format keyword values and their ranges are:

· decimal---0 to 9

· hexadecimal---0 to F

· octal---0 to 7


stun sdlc-role primary

Use the stun sdlc-role primary interface configuration command to assign the router the role of SDLC primary node. Primary nodes poll secondary nodes in a predetermined order.

stun sdlc-role primary

stun sdlc-role secondary

Use the stun sdlc-role secondary interface configuration command to assign the router the role of SDLC secondary node. Secondary nodes respond to polls sent by the SDLC primary by transmitting any outgoing data they may have.

stun sdlc-role secondary

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