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The FRSM 8T1/E1 sits in any of the MGX 8220 Service Module slots. It supports Frame Relay over 8 channelized T1 or E1 Ports.
Select the FRSM card to display FRSM card configuration dialogs by doing one of the following:
The FRSM 8T1/E1 Card Category menu contains the following items:
These dialogs are described in the sections that follow.
Use this dialog to view FRSM 8T1/E1 card characteristics, hardware, firmware, and status information. The Card Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 8-1.
| Parameter | Description |
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Slot Number | Number of the current slot the card is installed in. |
Card Type | Current card type. In this case, it is an FRSM. |
Card State | Front card status. Can be
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Front Card Description | Description of the front card. |
Front Card Serial No | Serial number of the front card. |
Card Hardware Revision | Current card hardware revision. |
Card Firmware Revision | Current card firmware revision. |
MIB Version Number | MIB version number updated when any part of the MIB changes. |
Card Reset Reason | Reason for the last card reset. Can be Powerup, parityError, watchDog, resource, clrAll, missingTask. |
Line Module Type | Current line module number. Can be
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Line Module State | Current back card state. Can be notPresent, Present, invalid |
Line Module Description | Description of the current back card. |
Line Module Serial Number | Serial number of the current back card. |
Line Module Hardware Revision | Hardware revision of the current back card |
Line Module Firmware Revision | Firmware revision of the current back card. |
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Note This is not a configurable dialog. |
Use this dialog to view service module features for the FRSM card as shown in Figure 8-1.

The parameters are described in Table 8-2.
| Parameter | Description |
Channelized Card? | BRAM parameter indicating whether this card will support DS0 channels. |
Card Supports ForeSight? | BRAM parameter indicating whether this card will support ForeSight. Can be rateControlEnabled or rateControlDisabled. |
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Note This is not a configurable dialog. The CLI commands related to this dialog are dspfeature, chanfst, and clrsmcnf. |
Use this table to view FR Port RealTime Counters on an FRSM card. (See Figure 8-2.)

The FR Port RealTime Counters table parameters are described in Table 8-3.
| Parameter | Description |
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Port Num | Logical port number. |
Rcv Port Frames | Total number of receive port frames received on theIngress. |
Rcv Port Bytes | Total number of receive port bytes received on the Ingress. |
Rcv Port Frames with DE | Total number of frames with DE bit set received on the Ingress. |
Rcv Port FECNs | Total number of frames with forward-explicit congestion notification (FECN) bit set received on the Ingress. |
Rcv Port BECNs | Total number of frames with backward-explicit congestion notification (BECN) bit set received on the Ingress. |
Rcv CRC ErrFrames | Total number of frames discarded on the Ingress due to cycle redundancy check (CRC) error. |
Rcv Frames DiscAlignmentErr | Total number of frames discarded on the Ingress due to alignment error. |
Rcv Frames DisIllLen | Total number of frames discarded on the Ingress due to alignment error. |
Rcv Frames DiscIllLen | Total number of frames discarded on the Ingress due to illegal length. |
Rcv Frames Illegal Header | Total number of frames discarded on the Ingress due to illegal header. |
Rcv Frames Abort | Total number of received frames aborted. |
Rcv Frames Unknown DLCI | Total number of frames received with an unknown DLCI. |
Rcv Last UnKnown DLCI | Last unknown DLCI received. |
Rcv Frames Tagged FECN | The total number of frames received that were tagged with FECN bit. |
Rcv FramesTaggedBECN | Total number of frames received that were tagged with BECN bit. |
Rcv Frames Tagged DE | Total number of frames received that were tagged with DE bit. |
Rcv Frames Disc Exceeded Threshold | Total number of frames discarded on the Ingress due to exceeded DE threshold. |
Rcv Kbps AIR | Received Average Information Rate(AIR) in Kbps. |
Rcv Buf Not Available | Total number of times the receiver is turned off. |
Xmt Port Frames | Total number of frames transmitted. |
Xmt Port Bytes | Total number of bytes transmitted. |
Xmt Port Frames FECN | Total number of frames transmitted with forward explicit congestion notification (FECN) bit already set. |
Xmt Port Frames BECN | Total number of frames transmitted with backward explicit congestion notification (BECN) bit already set. |
Xmt Port Disc ExceedQDepth | Total number of frames discarded on the Egress due to exceeded queue depth. |
XmtPortBytesDiscXceedQDepth | Total number of bytes discarded on the Egress due to exceeded queue depth. |
Xmt Port Frames During LMI Alarm | Total number of frames transmitted during Local Management Interface (LMI) logical port alarm. |
Xmt Port Bytes During LMI Alarm | Total number of bytes transmitted during Local Management Interface (LMI) logical port alarm. |
Xmt Port Frames Abort | Total number of transmit frames aborted. |
Xmt Port Underrun | Total number of frames discarded due to overrun. |
Xmt Kbps AIR | Transmit Average Information Rate in Kbps. |
Xmt Buf Not Available | Total number of times the transmitter is turned off. |
Rcv Frames Discarded due to No Chan | Total number of frames received when no channel is set up. |
Rcv Status Inquiry | Total number of Status Inquiry messages received. |
Rcv Invalid Request | Total number of Invalid Request messages received. |
Rcv Uni Seq Mismatch | Number of times User-Network Interface (UNI) messages with sequence number mismatches were received. |
Xmt Status | Number of times Status Response messages were transmitted. |
Xmt Asynch Update | Number of times Asynchronous Status messages were transmitted. |
UNI Signalling Timeout | Number of times user network interface User-Network Interface (UNI) Status Requests were not received. |
Xmt Status Inquiry | Number of Status Inquiry messages transmitted. |
RCV Asynch Update | Number of times Asynchronous Status messages were received. |
Rcv NNI Seq Mismatch | Number of times Network-to-Network (NNI) messages with sequence number mismatches were received. |
Rcv NNI Signaling Timeout | Number of times Network-to-Network (NNI) status requests were not received. |
Rcv Frames CLLM | Total number of CLLM frames received. |
Rcv Bytes CLLM | Total number of CLLM bytes received. |
Xmt Frames CLLM | Total number of CLLM frames transmitted. |
Xmt Bytes CLLM | Total number of XMT CLLM bytes received. |
CLLM Failures | Number of times an expected CLLM message was not received. |
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Note This is not a configurable dialog. |
Use this dialog to configure Lines on an FRSM card. Select Lines from the Card Configuration Category pull-down menu to bring up the Lines Table. (See Figure 8-3.)

The Lines table parameters are described in Table 8-4.
| Parameter | Description |
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Line Number | The line number. |
Line Connector Type | The line connector type. Can be
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Line Enable | Used to disable, enable or modify a line. |
Line Type | Indicates the variety of DS1 Lines implementing this circuit. The type of circuit affects the number of bits per second that the circuit can reasonably carry, as well as the interpretation of the usage and error statistics. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Line Coding | Type of zero code suppression used on the line, which in turn affects a number of its characteristics. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
The default value for T1 is dsx1JBZS and for E1 is dsx1HDB3. |
Line Length | The line length. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
The default value for T1 is 1, for E1, if the connector type is DB15 then the default is 9, if BNC, it is 8. |
Line Xmt CLock Source | Transmit clock source. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Line Loopback Configuration | Line loopback configuration of the DS1 interface. Agents supporting read/write access should return badValue in response to a requested loopback state that the interface does not support. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
Use Line Loopback Configuration to troubleshoot the network. |
Type of Code Sent Across DS1 | Indicates the type of code sent across the DS1 interface by the device. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Used DS0 Time Slots | Bitmap of DS0s for this line. |
Enable Detection of Line Lpbk Codes | Indicates whether or not detection of line loopback codes is enabled. Choose codeDetectDisabled or codeDetectEnabled from the pop-up menu. |
Enable BERT | Used to Enable or Disable BERT. |
To modify an entry in the dsx1 Lines table:
Step 2 View the possible value, if available, by displaying the pop-up menu next to the entry.
Step 3 Select or enter the appropriate value in the table column.
Step 4 Click Modify.
To make sure your changes went through, close and reopen the Lines table.
Use this table to configure Ports on an FRSM card. (See Figure 8-4.)

The Ports table parameters are described in Table 8-5.
| Parameter | Description |
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Port Num | Logical port number. |
Port Line Number | Line number. |
Port Row Status | Used to enable, delete, or modify the port. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Clear Port Status? | Clear port row status. Choose noaction or yes from the pop-up menu. |
Port Ds0 Config BitMap | Bitmap of DS0s for a line, used to form this logical port. Bit 0 represents DS0-1. |
Port Ds0 Speed | Port speed. Choose speed56k or speed64k from the pop-up menu. |
EQueue Service Ratio | Number of times queue 1 is serviced for every time queue 2 is serviced. |
Port Speed (kbps) | Port speed in Kbps. |
Port Admin Status | Port administrative status. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Port State | Logical port state. Can be
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Port Type | Port type. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Signalling Protocol Type | Signalling protocol type. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Async Updates | Enables asynchronous status updates. Choose disable or enable from the pop-up menu. |
Link Integrity Timer (Secs) | Interval in seconds for Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) to do status polling. |
Poll Verification Timer (Secs) | Interval in seconds for User-Network (UNI) to expect status polling. |
Status Polling Counter | Number of User-Network Interface (UNI)/Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) polling cycles. |
Error Threshold | User-Network Interface (UNI)/Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) error threshold. |
Event Count | User-Network Interface (UNI)/Network-to-Network Interface (NNI) events, always greater than the Error Threshold parameter. |
Enhanced LMI | Indicates whether or not enhanced Local Managemenr Interface (LMI) is enabled on a logical port. Choose disable or enable from the pop-up menu. |
CLLM Enable | Enables or disables CLLM. Choose disable or enable from the pop-up menu. |
CLLM XMT Status Timer (Milli Secs) | Interval in milliseconds for CLLM to send CLLM updates. |
Port Signalling State | Port Signalling State.
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Port Oversubscribed | Indicates whether or not the port is oversubscribed. Can be true or false. |
Port Ingress Percent Utilization | Indicates whether or not the port is oversubscribed. Can be true or false. |
Port Egress Percent Utilization | Percentage of utilization of the port in the Egress direction. |
Use this table to configure Channels on an FRSM card. (See Figure 8-5.)

The Channels dialog parameters are described in Table 8-6.
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Channel Number | Virtual connection number. | ||||
Channel RowStatus | Channel status. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Channel Port Number | Refers to the logical ports that are possible on this card, the user must set this variable | ||||
Clear Channel Counters | Clears Channel Port Counters. Choose noaction or yes. | ||||
DLCI | Data-link connection identifier (DLCI) number of the channel. The user must set this variable. All the connections on the same port should have a unique DLCI number.
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Egress Q Select | Selects one of two possible port queues. Can be
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Ingress Q Depth | Sets the maximum depth for queue before it starts dropping cells. It is defined in terms of number of bytes. | ||||
Ingress Q ECN Threshold | Sets the maximum depth for queue before it starts flow control. It is defined in terms of number of bytes. | ||||
Ingress Q DE Threshold | Sets the maximum depth for queue before they become discard eligible. It is defined in terms of number of bytes. | ||||
Egress Q Depth | Sets the maximum depth for queue before it starts dropping the cells. It is defined in terms of number of bytes. | ||||
Egress Q DE Threshold | Sets the maximum depth for queue before they become discard eligible. It is defined in terms of number of bytes. | ||||
Egress Q ECN Threshold | Sets the maximum depth for queue before it starts flow control. It is defined in terms of number of bytes. | ||||
Enable DE Tagging | Enables DE tagging in the Ingress direction only. Choose enable or disable from the pop-up menu. The default is disable. | ||||
Committed Information Rate (BPS) | Defines the Committed Information Rate in bits per second. The default is 2400. The maximum value for E1 is 2048000; the maximum value for T1 is 1536000. CIR has to be less than or equal to the port speed. | ||||
Burst Committed | Defines the Burst Committed. The default value is 5100. If CIR is not 0, BC cannot be 0. BC must be o if CIR is 0. | ||||
Burst Excess | Defines the Burst Excess. The default value is 5100. If CIR is not 0, BE cannot be 0. | ||||
Burst Size | Default is 100. IBS should be less than or equal to BC when CIR is greater than 0. IBS must be 0 when CIR is 0. | ||||
Enable ForeSight | Sets the ForeSight option. Choose enable or disable from the pop-up menu. The default is disable. | ||||
Quiescent Information Rate (CPS) | Defines Quiescent Information Rate for ForeSight in cells per second. The default is 10. | ||||
Minimum Information Rate (CPS) | Defines Minimum Information Rate for ForeSight in cells per second. The default is 10. | ||||
Peak Information Rate (CPS) | Defines Peak Information Rate for ForeSight in cells per second. The default is 10. | ||||
Remote Lpbk State | Used to enable or disable the remote loopback for each channel. When you enable this option on a channel, all the cells coming from the network side are looped back toward the network and all the frames coming from the user side are dropped. The default is disable. | ||||
Channel Test Type | Tests the continuity or delay of a connection, sending specific cell patterns toward the network. The terminating end of this connection has to be an AXIS or ASI of a BPX in order for this test to be working. The receiving node would loop back when it receives these cells. The test should be done in a few seconds. Testcon tests the continuity of the connection. Testdelay uses the same test except that it measures for delay through the network. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
To test the delay follow this procedure: 1. Set chanTestType to testdelay 2. Read chanTestState till it is Pass or Fail 3. Read chanRTDResult for the delay if it is Pass
To test the continuity follow this procedure: 1. Set chanTestType to testcon. 2. Read chanTestState till it is Pass or Fail.
You cannot select two tests back to back. Select one test and wait for it to complete its cycle before selecting another test. | ||||
Channel Test State | State of the test. Can be
When you add a connection, the Channel Test State becomes notinprogress. When you select any test, it goes to the inprogress state. After it completes the test, failed or passed is displayed. | ||||
Round Trip Delay (Milli Secs) | Round trip delay in milliseconds. When Channel Test Type is testdelay, the result of the test can be read in chanRTDResult. | ||||
Channel Type | Sets the channel type. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Channel FECN Config | Sets the forward explicit congestion notification (FECN) configuration mapEFCI, valid only for SIW. The FECN bits in Frame Relay are mapped to Explicit Forward Congestion Indication (EFCI) bit in the ATM cells. Choose mapEFCI or setEFCIzero from the pop-up menu. | ||||
Map CLP Bit | Sets the mapping of cell loss priority (CLP) bit. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Map DE Bit | Sets the mapping of discard eligible (DE) bit. Choose one from the pop-up menu:
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Ingress Percent Util | Channel Ingress utilized percentage. Can be 1...100. | ||||
Egress Percent Util | Channel Egress utilized percentage. Can be 1...100. | ||||
Egress CIR | Channel Egress committed information rate (CIR). The Egress CIR has to be less than or equal to the port speed. Maximum value for E1 card = 2048000 Maximum value for T1 card = 1536000 | ||||
Override Oversubscription | Permits adding a new connection on a port, even if it is oversubscribed. Choose disable or enable from the pop-up menu. | ||||
FR Conn Type | Frame Relay (FR) channel connection type. Choose pvc or svc from the pop-up menu. | ||||
FR CDR Number | Frame Relay (FR) count data records (CDR) key to correlate cell/frame counts, start/end record. |
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Posted: Fri Feb 4 10:56:06 PST 2000
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