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Configuring BXM Cards

Configuring BXM Cards

Use the Card Configuration dialog to view BXM -T3/E3, OC-3 (155), or OC-12 (622) card characteristics including hardware, firmware, and status information.

Selecting the Card and Displaying Card Parameters

There are front and back Card Configuration dialogs for this device. To display a Card Configuration dialog, right-click on the card (from the front or rear views) 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 4-1.


Table 4-1: BPX 8600 Front Card Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Index

Number that identifies the slot holding 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

The type of the front card, e.g. BXM, BNI

Card Name

The name of the front card.

Serial Number

The front card serial number.

Revision

The hardware and firmware revision number of the card.

Top Assembly

The board-level revision number (manufacturing 800 number) provides specific identification of the card.

Card Y-Red Status

The card Y-redundancy status is either:

  • primary

  • secondary

  • null

AssocCard for Y-Red

The associated slot for this card's Y-redundancy. The associated slot takes one of the following values:

  • a secondary slot index if the slot is a primary one.

  • a primary slot index if the slot is a secondary one.

  • "Ignore" if the slot is null.

No. Ports

The number of ports supported by the front card.

Note This is not a configurable dialog.

Back Card Configuration Dialog

The Back Card Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 4-2.


Table 4-2: 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 (Back card)

Number of ports on the back of the card.

Note This is not a configurable dialog.

Selecting and Displaying Line or Trunk Interface Parameters

To access Interface Configuration dialogs, right-click on a line or trunk (rear view) to display the "Configure" pop-up menu, then click Configure. The Physical Line Configuration dialog is displayed. From the Category pull-down menu, select one of the following options. Dialog options differ according to the interface:

These dialogs are described in the subsections that follow.

Physical Line Configuration

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


Table 4-3: 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

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 DS3 line configuration features on a BXM T3/E3/OC-3/OC-12. The DS3 Line Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 4-4.


Table 4-4: DS3 Lines Configuration Table Parameters
Parameter Description

Slot

Number of the slot the card is in.

Port

Line number.

Line Status

Alarms state for a logical interface.

Line Alarm Type

Alarms status information for the alarm state of a trunk or line. 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

  • lineAlmTypePLCPO0F: PLCP OOF alarm

  • lineAlmTypeCDMISS: Card missing alarm

  • lineAlmTypeNET: Network failure alarm

  • lineAlmTypeUAS: Unavailable seconds

Line Type

The type of interface, either T3, or E3.

Line Code

Type of ZCS line coding used on this line. Can be:

  • ds3Other

  • ds3B3ZS

  • e3HDB3

See the rfc 1407 standards document for the line coding values.

Clock Source

Transmit clock source. Can be one of: loopTiming, localTiming, throughTiming.

Line Local Loopback

Current local loopback status. Choose enable or disable from the popup menu.

Line Remote Loopback

Line remote loopback. Choose enable or disable from the popup menu.

ATM Trunk Configuration

Use the ATM Trunk Configuration dialog to view ATM trunk configuration features. The ATM Trunk Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 4-5.


Table 4-5: ATM Trunk Configuration Table Parameters
Parameter Description

vtrk

Identifies the slot the trunk is in.

Trunk Status

Status of the trunk. Can be one of:

  • major

  • minor

  • clear

  • down

  • deact (deactivated)

Disable Trunk Alarm

Allows you to disable the trunk alarm. Choose one of the following from the popup menu: enable or disable. The default is enable.

Xmit Rate (cps)

Trunk transmission rate in unit of cells per second.

Xmit Capacity (cps)

Transmit capacity of this trunk in cells per second.

Xmit Load (cps)

Transmit load of this trunk in cells per second.

Rcv Rate (1000 pkts/sec)

Receive rate in 1000 packets per second. Enter a value in the field.

Rcv Capacity (cps)

Receive capacity in cells per second.

Receive Load (cps)

Receive load in cells per second.

More ATM Trunk Configuration

Use the ATM Trunk Configuration dialog to view ATM trunk configuration features. The ATM Trunk Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 4-6.


Table 4-6: More ATM Trunk Configuration Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Atm trunk type

The type of trunk. Possible values are:

  • trkTypePHY(1)

  • trkTypeCBR(2)

  • trkTypeVBR(3)

  • trkTypeABR(4)

  • trkTypeIPXAF(5)

  • trkTypeAXISAF(6)

  • trkTypeESPAF(7)

  • trkTypeIGXAF(8)

  • trkTypeVSIAF(9)

  • trkTypePARAF(10)

  • trkTypeRTVBR(11)

Interface Index

Identifies the slot and trunk number, for example, 5.1 signifies slot 5, trunk #1.

Trunk VPI

The VPI used on this virtual trunk. The maximum value is 255 for ds3 trunks, and 63 for OC3 trunks. The minimum value for set-request PDUs is 1. This value must be unique on a physical trunk port and also must match the value for the path through the ATM cloud. This value cannot be modified if the partition is enabled.

Trunk Res Chans

The number of channels reserved for this trunk.

Traffic Class

An integer containing bits representing the traffic classes of this trunk:

  • bit0 Voice

  • bit1 Time Stamped

  • bit2 Non-Time Stamped

  • bit3 Frame Relay

  • bit4 not used

  • bit5 ForeSight

  • bit6 ATM CBR

  • bit7 ATM nrt-VBR

  • bit8 ATM ABR

  • bit9 ATM rt-VBR

TrkOeNdType

The type of node or shelf at the other end of this trunk. Possible values are:

  • ndTypeOther(1)

  • ndTypeIPX(2)

  • ndTypeBPX(3)

  • ndTypeIPXAF(4)

  • ndTypeAXIS(5)

  • ndTypeIGX(6)

  • ndTypeIGXAF(7)

  • ndTypeESP(8)

  • ndTypePAR(9)

TrkOeName

The name of the shelf at the other end of this trunk.

Other end IfIndex

The switchIfIndex at the other end of this trunk. If the other end does not exist, 0 is returned.

Trk Pass Sync

The selection of this trunk to pass synchronization to the network clock. The default value is yes (1).

Trk Stat Res

The Statistical Reserve in cells per second for BXM and BNI cards and packets per second for other cards. The default value for this object is 1000.

Trk Loop clock

This object indicates if this trunk has been configured to loop receive clock back to transmit. The default value for this object is no (2).

  • If local end is configured to pass sync, don't loop clock.

Trk Max ChanPort

The maximum number of channels a trunk port can support. The default value for this object is 1484.

Trk Link Type

The physical link type of the trunk. The default value for this object is terrestrial(1).

ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters

Use the ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters dialog to view the parameters. The ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters dialog parameters are described in Table 4-7.


Table 4-7: ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Vtrk

Virtual Trunk number.

cells to line

Total cells transmitted on the line.

cells from port

Total cells received from the port.

Voice cell drops

Number of transmitted ATM voice cell dropped. This statistics is not applicable to ATM Virtual Trunks, 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

Ts cell drops

Number of transmitted time-stamped ATM cell dropped. This statistics is not applicable to ATM Virtual Trunks. 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

NTS cell drops

Number of transmitted non time-stamped ATM cell dropped. This statistics is not applicable to ATM Virtual Trunks. 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

Hi Pri cell drops

Number of transmitted high priority ATM cell dropped. This statistics is not applicable to ATM Virtual Trunks. 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

BurstyA cell drops

Number of transmitted bursty data A cell dropped. This statistics is not applicable to ATM Virtual Trunks. 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

BurstyB cell drops

Number of transmitted bursty data B cell dropped. This statistics is not applicable to ATM Virtual Trunks. 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

CBR cell drops

Number of constant bit rate transmitted cells dropped. 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

VBR cell drops

Number of variable bit rate transmitted cells dropped. 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

ABR cell drops

Number of available bit rate transmitted cells dropped. 0 is returned for ATM Virtual trunks.

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 4-8.


Table 4-8: 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

  • lineAlmTypeLNUAS: Line unavailable alarm

  • lineAlmTypePTHUAS: Path unavailable alarm

Line Type

The type of line. Can be one of:

  • sonetOther

  • sonetShortSingleMode

  • sonetLongSingleMode

  • sonetMultiMode

  • sonetCoax

  • sonetUTP

  • sonetXLongSingleMode

Line Framing Standard

The line framing standard for the line. Can be one of:

  • 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:

  • loopTiming

  • localTiming

  • throughTiming

Line Local Loopback

The current local loopback status. Choose enable or disable from the popup menu.

Note You cannot enable both Line Local Loopback and Line Remote Loopback at once.

Line Remote Loopback

The line remote loopback. Choose enable or disable from the popup menu.

Note You cannot enable both Line Local Loopback and Line Remote Loopback at once.

VSI ILMI Enable

Controls a VSI ILMI session on this interface for this partition. Choose enable or disable from the pop-up menu. On port interfaces, this ILMI session is shared with the autoroute ILMI session.

On trunk interfaces, the ILMI session can be enabled on only one of the partitions. These ILMI sessions talk with a peer ILMI session at the other end of the interface.

Resource Partitions

Use the Resource Partitions dialog to view resource partition features. The Resource Partitions dialog parameters are described in Table 4-9.


Table 4-9: Resource Partitions Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Partition ID

Resource Partition Identification. A partition in the BXM resource is dedicated for control by the corresponding VSI Master. The partition is not available for any other cards.

Admin Status

Administration Status for this resource partition. Choose enable or disable from the popup menu.

Oper Status

Operational Status for this resource partition.

PVC Max Lcns

Maximum number of PVC LCNs of ALL partitions on the Logical Interface (slot.port.vtrk for trunks and slot.port for lines). The LCN value is logical interface based. The default value for this object is 256.

PVC Max BW

Maximum PVC bandwidth of ALL partitions on the Logical Interface (slot.port.vtrk for virtual trunks and slot.port for lines and physical trunks). The bandwidth is logical interface based. The default value for this object is the line rate of this interface.

  • For BXM E3, the bandwidth is 80000.

  • For BXM T3 the bandwidth is 96000.

  • For BXM OC-3(155) the bandwidth is 353208.

  • For BXM OC-12(622) the bandwidth is 1412830.

VSI Min LCNs

Minimum VSI LCN number of the partition. The default value for this object is 0.

VSI Max LCNs

Maximum VSI LCN number of the partition. The default value for this object is 0.

VSI Vpi Start

Start of VSI VPI number of the partition.

  • 1..4095 for NNI Trunk/Port configuration.

  • 2..4095 for autoroute trunk.

  • 1..255 for UNI Port configuration.

VSI Vpi End

End of VSI VPI number of the partition default value for this object is 0.

  • 1..4095 for NNI Trunk/Port configuration.

  • 2..4095 for autoroute trunk.

  • 1..255 for UNI Port configuration.

VSI Min Bw

Minimum VSI bandwidth of the partition. The default value for this object is 0.

  • For BXM E3, the bandwidth is 80000.

  • For BXM T3, the bandwidth is 96000.

  • For BXM OC-3(155), the bandwidth is 353208.

  • For BXM OC-12(622), the bandwidth is 1412830.

VSI Max Bw

Maximum VSI bandwidth of the partition. The default value for this object is 0.

  • For BXM E3, the bandwidth is 80000.

  • For BXM T3, the bandwidth is 96000.

  • For BXM OC-3(155), the bandwidth is 353208.

  • For BXM OC-12(622), the bandwidth is 1412830.

Qbin Table

Use the Qbin Table dialog to view Qbin table features. The Qbin Table dialog parameters are described in Table 4-10.


Table 4-10: Qbin Table Parameters
Parameters Description

Qbin ID

Qbin identification.

Interface Index

Identifies the slot and port number, for example, 5.1 signifies slot #5, port #1.

Admin Status

Administration Status for this Qbin. Choose enable or disable from the popup menu.

Oper Status

Operational Status for this Qbin.

Min BW

Minimum bandwidth of the Qbin. The default value for this object is 0.

  • For BXM E3, the bandwidth is 80000.

  • For BXM T3, the bandwidth is 96000.

  • For BXM OC-3(155), the bandwidth is 353208.

  • For BXM OC-12(622), the bandwidth is 1412830.

Depth

Discard threshold of the Qbin. The default value for the object is 9800.

Lo Clp

Low CLP threshold of this Qbin in percentage. The default value for the object is 80.

Efci

EFCI threshold of this Qbin in percentage. The default value for the object is 30.

Template Config

The value reflects whether the qbin was configured using the values defined by the Service Class Template or provided by the user (in the PDUs).

  • (yes) The agent uses the qbin values from the qbin template associated with the interface in the set request.

  • (no) The agent uses the values given in the rest of the columns in this table.

Note If this object exists in the PDU with other settable objects and has a value of yes(1), it is incorrect. If the object does not exist in the set PDU, the set request is considered user configured or, no (2).

Vc Shaping

Whether VC shaping is applied to this qbin.

Epd

Whether Early Packet Discard (EPD) is enabled on this qbin.

Logical Ports

The Logical Ports menu item provides two dialogs:

These dialogs are described in the subsections that follow.

Port Configuration

Use the Port Config dialog to view port configuration features. The Port Config dialog parameters are described in Table 4-11.


Table 4-11: Port Config Dialog 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: activates a port

  • down: deactivates a port

  • modify: modifies a value

  • writeOnly (the default)

Warning writeOnly is the default value, only. It is not a settable value!

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: OC-3(155) single-mode fiber

  • oc3-mmf: OC-3(155) multi-mode fiber

  • oc3-stm1: OC-3(155) synchronous transport module level 1

  • oc3-utp: OC-3(155) unshielded twisted pair

  • oc3-stp: OC-3(155) shielded twisted pair

  • oc3-smflr: OC-3(155) single mode fiber long range

  • oc12-smf: OC-12(622) single-mode fiber

  • oc12-mmf: OC-12(622) multi-mode fiber

  • oc12-smflr: OC-12(622) single mode fiber long range

  • oc3-xlr:

  • oc12-xlr:

No. of VCs terminating on this port

Number of Virtual Connections (VCs) that terminate on this port.

Port Speed (cps)

Speed of the port in cells per second.

Percentage Utilization

The scaling factor in determining port load. Disable determines the port load using the bandwidth for the connections terminating on the port. Enable determines the port load using the bandwidth for the connection multiplied by the percentage utilization for the connection.

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 port real-time counters. The Port Real-Time Counters dialog parameters are described in Table 4-12.


Table 4-12: 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.

Port LMI Config

Use the Port LMI Config dialog to view these port parameters as described in Table 4-13.


Table 4-13: Port LMI Config Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Admin Status

User requested state for port table row. Possible values are Up or Down.

VPI

The virtual path identifier for the LMI protocol. For UNI ports, the value ranges from 0 to 255 and, for NNI ports from 0 to 4095.

VCI

The virtual channel identifier for the ILMI protocol.

Poll Enable

Enables the ILMI keep alive polling procedure.

Link Integrity Timer

Link integrity timer for the port.

Status Inquiry Timer

Status inquiry timer for the port.

Update Status Timer

Updates the status timer for the port.

Stat Enq Retry

The maximum times a Status Enquiry message is retransmitted.

Upd Stat Retry

The maximum times an Update Status message is retransmitted.

LMI Polling Timer

If polling is enabled, transmits a Status Enquiry message when this timer expires. (Refer to the T396 standards document for more information.)

Port ILMI Config

Use the Port I LMI Config dialog to view these port parameters as described in Table 4-14.


Table 4-14: Port LMI Config Dialog Parameters
Parameter Description

Admin Status

User requested state for port table row. Possible values are Up or Down.

VPI

The virtual path identifier for the I LMI protocol. For UNI ports, the value ranges from 0 to 255 and, for NNI ports from 0 to 4095.

VCI

The virtual channel identifier for the ILMI protocol.

Poll Enable

Enables the ILMI keep alive polling procedure.

Trap Enable

Enable causes the ILMI agent to send unsolicited Trap PDUs.

Poll Interval

The number of seconds between each keep alive poll transmitted by the port (Refer to the T491 standards document for more information).

Error Threshold

The number of keep alive polls that must fail within a window of N492 polls, before the port is placed in the failed state (Refer to the N491 standards document for more information).

Event Threshold

Specifies the number of keep alive polls within which if N491 polls fail the port is placed in the failed state (Refer to the N492 standards document for more information).


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