About This Manual

Welcome to the Installation and Operation manual for the Extended Services Processor (ESP) component of the WAN Service Node. The WAN Service Node provides ATM and Frame Relay switched virtual circuits (SVCs), and ATM soft permanent virtual circuits (SPVCs) for Cisco WAN switching networks.

This preface discusses the following features of this manual:

Objectives

This publication provides an overview of the WAN Service Node with the Extended Services Processor, the ATM and Frame Relay SVC and ATM SPVCs it supports, and the Private Network to Network Interface (PNNI) routing protocol. The WAN Service Node consists of:

A Cisco BPX® 8600 series wide-area switch
A Cisco MGX^TM 8220 edge concentrator
An Extended Services Processor (ESP)

After providing an overview, this manual will step you through the initial site preparation, installation, and configuration of the ESP and ATM and Frame Relay SVC, and soft permanent virtual circuit (SPVC) services.

Audience

This publication is designed for the person installing the ESP in the WAN Service Node. The installer should be familiar with electronic circuitry and wiring practices and have experience as an electronic or electromechanical technician. It is also intended for the network administrator who will configure the ESP and provision the network to support ATM or Frame Relay SVCs. Both the installer and network administrator should be familiar with the BPX switch, MGX 8220, and the Cisco StrataView Plus® network management system.

Organization

This document contains the following chapters:

Chapter 1	WAN Service Node with the ESP and PNNI Routing This chapter introduces the WAN Service Node and the Extended Services Processor.
Chapter 2	ATM Switched Virtual Circuits This chapter discusses ATM switched virtual circuits as they are implemented by the WAN Service Node.
Chapter 3	Frame Relay Switched Virtual Circuits This chapter discusses Frame Relay switched virtual circuits as they are implemented by the WAN Service Node.
Chapter 4	ATM Routing This chapter discusses the Private Network to Network Interface (PNNI) and Interim Inter-switch Signalling Protocol (IISP) routing techniques as they are implemented by the WAN Service Node.
Chapter 5	Soft Permanent Virtual Circuits This chapter discusses soft permanent virtual circuits (SPVCs) as they are implemented by the WAN Service Node.
Chapter 6	Physical Installation of ESP This chapter describes how to unpack, rack-mount, and connect power to the Extended Services Processor (ESP).
Chapter 7	Interface Connections and Initial Configuration This chapter describes how to connect the ESP physical interfaces to a terminal, a BPX switch, and MXG 8220, and a StrataView Plus Workstation.
Chapter 8	Understanding the ESP Configuration Interface This chapter describes the ESP Configuration Interface, the primary tool used to configure a WAN Service Node for ATM and Frame Relay SVCs.
Chapter 9	Operation and Maintenance This chapter describes the initial configuration of a WAN Service Node for ATM and Frame Relay SVCs. This includes resource partitioning between SVCs and PVCs, using the ESP Configuration Interface, and PNNI or IISP provisioning. In addition, this chapter describes typical network operation and network management tasks.
Appendix A	Troubleshooting This appendix provides general guidelines for trouble shooting SVC related problems.
Appendix B	Cable Information This appendix provides AC power, fiber optic, and null modem cable information for the ESP.
Appendix C	Billing Architecture and Call Detail Records This appendix provides information about the WAN Service Node's billing system architecture and the format and content of the Call Detail Records (CDRs) collected by the ESP for each SVC call.
Appendix D	Specifications and Compliance This appendix lists the applicable WAN Service Node and ESP specifications, along with the Compliance to Standards table.
Appendix E	Terminology This appendix defines some terms that are relevant to the WAN Service Node.
Appendix F	Upgrading ESP Software This appendix describes a procedure for loading new ESP software from the StrataView Plus Workstation to the ESP.
Appendix G	Modem Support This appendix describes connecting a modem for dial-in support to the ESP.
Appendix H	ESP Tools This appendix describes the ESP tools provided along with the ESP software.
Appendix I	PVC Migration Tool This appendix describes the PVC Migration Utility, which is run from the StrataView Plus workstation to migrate PVCs to SPVCs.
Appendix J	SPVC Command Line Interface This appendix discusses the SPVC Command Line Interface commands which can be used in a user-written script to add SPVCs to a WAN Service Node network. It also describes the SPVC auto-grooming commands.
Appendix K	Cisco-Supplied Cabinet with ESP Configurations This appendix provides information about the STRATM cabinet which can be used to house the WAN Service Node. It includes a couple sample configurations of the BPX switch with co-located ESPs.
Appendix L	Configuring an IISP Trunk This appendix provides an example of configuring an IISP trunk with the BPX command line interface and the ESP Configuration Interface.

Conventions

This publication uses the following conventions to convey instructions and information.

Command descriptions use these conventions:

Commands and keywords are in boldface.
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic font.
Elements in square brackets ([ ]) are optional.
Alternative but required keywords are grouped in braces ({ }) and are separated by vertical bars ( | ).

Examples use these conventions:

Terminal sessions and information the system displays are in screen font.
Information you enter is in boldface screen font.
Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets (< >).
Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets ([ ]).

Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to materials not contained in this manual.

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

Warning This warning symbol means danger. You are in a situation that could cause bodily injury. Before you work on any equipment, you must be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and familiar with standard practices for preventing accidents.

New Features in ESP Release 2.2

The Extended Service Processor Release 2.2, which operates along with Switched Software Release 9.1, adds the following new features to the WAN Service Node:

Support for ATM soft permanent virtual circuits (SPVCs), including auto-grooming of SPVCs
Dynamic resource partitioning for migration of PVCs to SPVCS
Modified IISP protocol to support the connection of SVCs and SPVCs over foreign private networks attached to a Cisco WAN Service Node PNNI network
Interworking with the Cisco Lightstream LS1010 ATM Switch to provide point-to-multipoint SVC connections
Upgrades from ESP Release 2.0

The Extended Service Processor Release 2.2 supports all the features that were available in Release 2.0, which include:

ATM switched virtual circuits (ATM SVCs)
Frame Relay switched virtual circuits (Frame Relay SVCs)
ESP redundancy
Call billing and call detail records (for ATM and Frame Relay SVCs only)

In addition, this manual introduces the following product name changes:

The Cisco BPX® 8600 series wide-area switch was previously known simply as the Cisco StrataCom BPX switch.
The Cisco MGX^TM 8220 edge connector was previously known as the Cisco StrataCom AXIS interface shelf.
The Cisco WAN Service Node was previously known as the Cisco StrataCom BPX Service Node.

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