Table of Contents

Selecting the Card and Displaying Card Parameters

Front Card Configuration Dialog
Back Card Configuration Dialog

Selecting Lines and Displaying Line Interface Parameters

Physical Line Configuration
DS3 Line Configuration
Sonet Line Config
Logical Ports

Port Configuration
Port Real-Time Counters

Displaying and Configuring ASI Cards

This provides information for configuring both ASI-T3/E3 and ASI-155 cards.

Selecting the Card and Displaying Card Parameters

To display a Card Configuration dialog, (from the front or rear views) right-click on the card to display the Card Configure pop-up menu, then select Configure to display the Card Configuration dialog.

Front Card Configuration Dialog

The Front Card Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 3-1.

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Note This is not a configurable dialog.

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Back Card Configuration Dialog

The Back Card Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 3-2.

Table 3-2: BPX 8600 Back Card Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Index	The slot number of the card.
Status	Status of the card. Examples are: Active: Card in use. No failure. Standby: Card idle. No failures. Failed: Card failed. Down: Card downed. Mismatch: Mismatch between front card and back card. Missing: An active card has been removed.
Type	Back card type.
Serial Number	The back card serial number.
Revision	Model number and hardware revision of the back card.
Port Number (Backcard)	Number of ports on the back of the card.

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Note This is not a configurable dialog.

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Selecting Lines and Displaying Line Interface Parameters

Select the line (on the rear view) to display the Intf Configuration dialog by doing one of the following:

• Double-click a line.

• Select a line, then select Configure>intf.

• Select a line, right-click to display the intf popup menu, then select Configure.

• Select a line, then click the Configure button on the toolbar.

The ASI Intf menu item provides one of more of the following configuration dialogs. The dialogs provided differ according to the interface:

• Physical Line Configuration (This is the default dialog.)

• DS3:DS3 Line Config

• Sonet Line Config

• Logical Ports

These dialogs are described in the sections that follow.

Physical Line Configuration

Use the Physical Line Configuration dialog to view ASI physical line features. The parameters are described in Table 3-3.

Table 3-3: Physical Line Configuration Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card	Number that identifies the slot the card is in.
Line	Number of the line.
Interface Type	Line Interface type.
Vtrk	Virtual trunk number.
Service	Type of service for the line. Choose one from the popup menu: atmAccessPort atmRoutingTrk atmAxisIntfTrk atmIPXAFIntfTrk atmFdrInfTrk atmAPSInfTrk physicalMedia atmvsiIntfTrk atmParIntfTrk
Parameter	Description
Admin Status	Administrative status of the line. Choose one from the popup menu: up down added deleted
Oper Status	Operational status of the line. Can be one of the following: up down added deleted

DS3 Line Configuration

Use the Ds3 Line Configuration dialog to view ASI DS3 line configuration features.
The DS3 Line Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 3-4.

Table 3-4: DS3 Line Configuration Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card	Number of the slot the card is in.
Line	Line number.
Line Alarm Status Information	Information on the status of the line alarm. Can be one of: lineAlmTypeOTHER: Unused/unknown alarm type lineAlmTypeOK: Line OK lineAlmTypeDEACT: Line deactivated lineAlmTypeACT: Line activated lineAlmTypeBPV: BPV alarm lineAlmTypeFS: FS alarm lineAlmTypeFE: FER alarm lineAlmTypePKOOF: Packet OOF alarm lineAlmTypeOOF: OOF alarm lineAlmTypeLOS: LOS alarm lineAlmTypeBADCLK: BAD CLK alarm lineAlmTypeCRC: CRC alarm lineAlmTypePKCRC: HE alarm (packet CRC errors) lineAlmTypeOOM: OOM (multiframe synchronization error) alarm lineAlmTypeAIS: AIS alarm lineAlmTypeLCV: Line code violation alarm lineAlmTypePCVL: P-Bit parity code violations alarm lineAlmTypePCVP: C-Bit parity code violations alarm lineAlmTypeBCV: PLCP BIP-8 (Bframe Parity Error) code violations alarm lineAlmTypeATMCRC: ATM cell header CRC lineAlmTypePLCPOOF: PLCP OOF alarm lineAlmTypeCDMISS: Card missing alarm lineAlmTypeNET: Network failure alarm
Line Coding	Type of ZCS line coding used on this line. Can be ds3Other or ds3B3ZSe3HDB3
Clock Source	Transmit clock source. Can be one of: loopTiming, localTiming, throughTiming.
Line Local Loopback	Current local loopback status. Choose one of the following from the popup menu: enable or disable
Line Remote Loopback	Line remote loopback. Choose one of the following from the popup menu: enable or disable

Sonet Line Config

Use the Sonet Line Config dialog to view Sonet line configuration features. The Sonet Line Config dialog parameters are described in Table 3-5.

Table 3-5: Sonet Line Config Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card	Number that identifies the slot the card is in.
Line	Number of the line.
Line Alarm Status Information	Information on the status of the line alarm. Can be one of: lineAlmTypeOTHER: Unused/unknown alarm type lineAlmTypeOK: Line OK lineAlmTypeDEACT: Line deactivated lineAlmTypeACT: Line activated lineAlmTypeBPV: BPV alarm lineAlmTypeFS: FS alarm lineAlmTypeFER: FER alarm lineAlmTypePKOOF: Packet OOF alarm lineAlmTypeOOF: OOF alarm lineAlmTypeLOS: LOS alarm lineAlmTypeBADCLK: BAD CLK alarm lineAlmTypeCRC: CRC alarm lineAlmTypePKCRC: HE alarm (packet CRC errors) lineAlmTypeOOM: OOM (multiframe synchronization error) alarm lineAlmTypeAIS: AIS alarm lineAlmTypeLCV: Line code violation alarm lineAlmTypePCVL: P-Bit parity code violations alarm lineAlmTypePCVP: C-Bit parity code violations alarm lineAlmTypeBCV: PLCP BIP-8 (Bframe Parity Error) code violations alarm lineAlmTypeATMCRC: ATM cell header CRC errors alarm lineAlmTypePLCPOOF: PLCP OOF alarm lineAlmTypeCDMISS: Card missing alarm lineAlmTypeNET: Network failure alarm
Line Type	The type of line. Can be one of: sonetOther sonetShortSingleMode sonetLongSingleMode sonetMultiMode sonetCoax sonetUTP
Line Framing Standard	The line framing standard for the line. Can be one of the following: sonetOther sonetSTS-3C: Concatenated Synchronous Transport Signal level 3 sonetSTM-1: Concatenated Synchronous Transport Module level 1
Line Speed (mbps)	The line speed in megabits per second.
Clock Source	The transmit clock source. Can be one of the following: loopTiming localTiming throughTiming
Line Local Loopback	The current local loopback status. Choose enable or disable from the popup menu.
Line Remote Loopback	The line remote loopback. Choose enable or disable from the popup menu.

Logical Ports

The Logical Ports menu Item provides two dialogs:

• Port Configuration

• Port Real-Time Counters

These dialogs are described in the subsections that follow.

Port Configuration

Use the Port Config dialog to view ASI DS3 port configuration features. The Port Config dialog parameters are described in Table 3-6.

Table 3-6: Port Config Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card	Number that identifies the slot the card is in.
Line	Number of the line.
Admin Status	Administrative status of the port. Can be up, down, or modify.
Operational Status	Operational status of the port. Can be one of: added, up, deleted.
Port Type	Type of port. Choose one of the following from the popup menu: uni (user-to-network interface) or nni (network-to-node interface).
Port Interface Type	Interface type of the port. Can be one of: t3: T3 interface e3: E3 interface oc3-smf: OC3 single-mode fiber oc3-mmf: OC3 multimode fiber oc3-stm: OC3 synchronous transport module level 1 oc3-utp: OC3 unshielded twisted pair oc3-stp: OC3 shielded twisted pair oc3-smflr: OC3 single mode fiber long range oc12-smf: OC12 single-mode fiber oc12-mmf: OC12 multimode fiber oc12-smflr: OC12 single mode fiber long range
No. of VCs terminating on this port	Number of Virtual Circuits (VC) that terminate on this port.
Port Speed (cps)	Speed of the port in cells per second.
Percentage Utilization	Percentage utilization is disabled, the bandwidth for the connections terminating on the port will be used to determine the port load. If percentage utilization is enabled, the bandwidth for the connection is multiplied by the percentage utilization for the connection to determine the port load. Choose one of the following from the popup menu: disable or enable.
Port Management Protocol	Port management protocol used for this port. Can be one of: LMI, ILMI, none.

Port Real-Time Counters

Use the Port Real-Time Counters dialog to view ASI DS3 port Real-Time counters. The Port Real-Time Counters dialog parameters are described in Table 3-7.

Table 3-7: Port Real-Time Counters Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card Number	Number of the slot the current card is installed in.
Port Number	Port number of the logical port for that line.
Unknown VPI/VCI	Number of cells discarded due to unknown address, either unknown VPI (Virtual Path Identifier) or unknown VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier).
# Cell Buff OverFlows	Number of times the port has incurred a cell buffer overflow.
# Cells Discarded By IngressCU	Number of cells dropped by Ingress CU (Control Service Unit).
# Rx Cells with AIS	Total number of cells received with Alarm Indicator Signal.
# Rx Cells with FERF	Total number of cells received with FERF (Far End Reporting Failure).
# Rx Cells	Total number of cells received.
# Rx Cells with CLP	Number of cells received with Cell Loss Priority set.
# Rx Cells with EFCI	Number of cells received with EFCI (Explicit Forward Congestion Indication) set.
# Tx Cells	Total number of cells transmitted.
# Tx Cells with CLP	Number of cells transmitted with Cell Loss Priority set.
# Tx Cells with EFCI	Number of cells transmitted with EFCI (Explicit Forward Congestion Indication) set.
# Cells Discarded due to Parity Error	Number of cells dropped because of parity errors.

Posted: Mon Apr 17 11:07:10 PDT 2000
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