Table of Contents

Displaying Card Parameters

Front Card Configuration Dialog
Back Card Configuration Dialog

Configuring UXM Interfaces

IGX: Physical Line Configuration
IGX: ATM Trunk Configuration
IGX: More ATM Trunk Configuration
IMA Trunk Configuration
ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters
IGX: Line Config (DS1 Interface)
IGX: Line Config (DS3 Interface)
IGX: Line Config (Sonet) Interface
Logical Ports

Logical Port Mod/Del
Logical Port Mod/Del (ILMI Config)
Logical Port Mod/Del (LMI Config)
IGX: Port Real-Time Counters
IGX: IMA Port Configuration

Configuring UXM Cards

The Universal Switching Module can function in one of the following modes:

• Port mode. The module serves as either an ATM User-To-Network Interface (UNI), or a Network to Network Interface (NNI).

• Trunk mode. The module supports trunks in the network.

Displaying Card Parameters

To display the Card Configuration dialog for this device (using the rear or front view), right-click on the card to display the card "Configure" pop-up menu, then select Configure.

Front Card Configuration Dialog

Use this dialog to display UXM card characteristics, hardware, firmware, and status information. The Card Configuration dialog parameters for a UXM front card are described in Table 13-1.

Table 13-1: Card Configuration Dialog Parameters---Front View

Parameter	Description
Slot No	Identifies the slot the card is in.
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.
FrontCard Type	Identifies the type of front card. In this case, it is an NTM.
Front Card Serial#	Serial number on the front card.
FrontCard Revision	Model, hardware revision, and firmware revision of the front card.
Card Y-RedStatus	Card Y-Redundancy status. The values can be one of: primary, secondary, null.
AssocCard for Y-red	Associated slot for this card's Y-Redundancy. If the Card Y-RedStatus is primary, the secondary card index displays in this field. If the Card Y-RedStatus is secondary, the primary slot index displays in this field. If Card Y-RedStatus is null, a zero (0) appears in this field.
No. Ports (Front Card)	Number of ports on the front card.

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Note This is not a configurable dialog.

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Back Card Configuration Dialog

Use this dialog to view back card characteristics, hardware, firmware, and status information. The Card Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 13-2.

Table 13-2: Card Configuration Dialog Parameters---Rear View

Parameter	Description
Slot No.	Identifies the slot containing the card.
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 backcard. Missing---An active card has been removed.
Back card Type	Back card type.
Back card Serial #	Serial number on the card.
Back card Revision	Model number and hardware revision of the back card.
No. Ports (Backcard)	Number of ports on the back of the card.

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Note The parameters in this dialog cannot be configured.

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Configuring UXM Interfaces

To open a Line Configuration dialog, right-click on a line to display the "Configure" pop-up menu, then click Configure. The Line Configuration dialog is displayed. From the Category pull-down menu, select one of the following options. Dialog options differ according to the interface:

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

• IGX:ATM Trunk Configuration

• IGX:More ATM Trunk Configuration

• IMA Trunk Configuration

• ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters

• IGX:Line Config (DS1) Interface

• IGX:Line Config (DS3) Interface

• IGX:Line Config (Sonet) Interface

• Logical Ports

These dialogs are described in the subsections that follow.

IGX: Physical Line Configuration

To display and configure Physical Lines on a UXM card, select IGX: Physical Line Configuration from the Category menu. The IGX: Physical Line Configuration dialog parameters are described in Table 13-3.

Table 13-3: Physical Line Configuration Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card	Number that identifies the slot the card is in.
Line	Number of the line.
Vtrk	Virtual trunk number.
Interface Type	Line Interface type.
Admin Status	Admin Status for the line. Choose one from the pop-up menu: up down added deleted setbitmap assgnScTmp
Physical Ports	The value represents a Bit map which specifies the physical ports used by the IMA trunk. Bits corresponding to the physical ports forming this IMA group will be set to 1. For regular ATM Routing trunks, and ATM access lines, a bit related to that port will be set.
Service	Service for this line may be one of the following options: atmRoutingTrk atmAxisIntfTrk atmIPXAFIntfTrk atmFdrIntfTrk atmAPSIntfTrk imaRoutingTrunk physicalMedia atmVsiIntfTrk

IGX: ATM Trunk Configuration

To display and configure ATM trunks on a UXM card, select IGX: ATM Trunk Configuration from the Category menu. The ATM Trunk Configuration dialog displays as shown in Figure 13-1.

The parameters are described in Table 13-4.

Table 13-4: ATM Trunk Configuration Table Parameters

Parameter	Description
Trunk Status	Status of the trunk. Can be one of: major, minor, clear, down, deact (deactivated).
Interface Index	Identifies the card and line for the selected trunk. For example, 8.1 means card #8, line #1.
Disable Trunk Alarm	Allows you to disable the trunk alarm. Choose one of the following from the pop-up menu: enable or disable. The default is enable.
Xmit Rate(cps)	Transmit rate for the line.
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(1000pkts/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.

IGX: More ATM Trunk Configuration

To display and configure more ATM trunk parameters on a UXM card, select IGX: More ATM Trunk Configuration from the Category menu. The More ATM Trunk Configuration dialog displays as shown in Figure 13-2.

The parameters are described in Table 13-5.

Table 13-5: More ATM Trunk Configuration Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Trunk Type	Type of trunk.
Interface Index	Identifies the card and line for the selected virtual trunk. For example, 8.1 means card #8, line #1.
VPI Used	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.
Chans Reserved	Number of channels reserved for this trunk. Enter a value in the field.
Traffic Class	Integer containing bits representing the traffic classes of this trunk.
Other end Node Type	Type of node or shelf at the other side of this trunk. Can be one of: ndTypeOther---Other type ndTypeBPX---Note Type BPX ndTypeIPX---Node type IPX ndTypeIGX---Node type IGX ndTypeIPXAF---Node type IPX acting as feeder ndTypeIGX---Node type IGX ndTypeIGXAF---Node type IGX acting as feeder
Other end Node Name	Name of the node at the other side of this trunk.
Other end IfIndex	Type of Interface Index at the other end.
Pass Synch?	Indicates whether or not the trunk is allowed to pass synchronization signals from a clock source to another node. Choose one of the following from the pop-up menu: yes or no.
Stat Reserve (cps)	Bandwidth reserved for statistical variations in cells per second. Enter a value in the field. The default is 1000.
Loop Rcv Clock to Tx	Indicates whether or not to loop the clock to the transmit clock. Choose one of the following from the pop-up menu: yes or no.
atmTrkDerouteDelayTimer	Indicates how long in seconds the network will wait before rerouting connections on a failed trunk. This helps when statistical errors are occurring or when a trunk momentarily moves into a failure state then returns to normal operation. This feature is relevant when rerouting the connections is more of a disruption than the errors caused by the intermittent trunk.
atmTrkGtwyChCount	The Gateway Channel count for UXM cards. The value must not exceed the total number channels per port.
Physical Link	Link type. Choose one of the following from the pop-up menu: satellite or terrestrial. The default is terrestrial. You cannot change this value after adding the trunk.

IMA Trunk Configuration

To display and configure IMA Trunk Configuration parameters on a UXM card, select IMA Trunk Configuration from the Category menu. The IMA Trunk Configuration dialog displays as shown in Table 13-6.

Table 13-6: IMA Trunk Configuration Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Interface Index	Identifies the card and line for the selected trunk. For example, 8.1 means card #8, line #1.
Retained Links	In the event of loss of service to one or more physical lines (major alarm), this is the minimum number of ports that must remain active for the IMA trunk to remain active.
Protocol	The IMA protocol option for trunks with a single physical line.
Diff. Delay (ms)	The maximum value of differential delay associated with the IMA line in msec.
Clock Mode	The clock mode of packet lines on the IMA line. ctc = Common clock mode. itc = Independent clock mode.

ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters

To configure ATM trunk real-time counters on a UXM card, select ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters from the Category menu. The ATM Trunk Real-Time Counters dialog displays as shown in Figure 13-3.

The parameters are described in Table 13-7.

IGX: Line Config (DS1 Interface)

To display and configure DS1 Lines on a UXM card, select IGX: Line Config (DS1 Interface) from the Category menu. The IGX: Line Config (DS1 Interface) dialog displays as shown in Table 13-8.

Table 13-8: Line Config (DS1 Interface) Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card	Identifies the slot containing the card.
Line	Number of the line.
Line Alarm Status	Alarms state for logical interface table row.
Line Alarm Status Information	Information on the status of the line alarm.
Line Type	The type of interface, either T1 or E1.
Clock Source	Transmit clock source for logical interface table row.
Line Local Loopback	Enables or disables the local loopback.
Line Remote Loopback	Enables or disable the local remote loopback.
ds1StatsBPVS	Number of bipolar violations. This statistic is not valid for E1 lines.

IGX: Line Config (DS3 Interface)

To display and configure DS3 Lines on a UXM card, select IGX: Line Config (DS3 Interface) from the Category menu. The IGX: Line Config (DS3 Interface) dialog displays as shown in Figure 13-4.

The parameters are described in Table 13-9.

IGX: Line Config (Sonet) Interface

To display and configure Sonet Lines on a UXM card, select IGX: Line Config (Sonet Interface) from the Category menu. The IGX: Line Config (Sonet Interface) dialog displays as shown in Table 13-10.

Table 13-10: Sonet Line Configuration Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card	Number of the slot holding the card.
Line	Number of the line.
Line Alarm Status	Alarm state for the logical interface table row.
Line Alarm Status Information	Alarm status information for the alarm state of a trunk or line.
Line Type	The line type for the interface. Possible values are: sonetOther (1) sonetShortsingleMode (2) sonetLongSingleMode (3) sonetMultiMode (4) sonetCoax (5) sonetUTP (6) sonetXLongSingleMode (7)
Line Framing Standard	Line Framing standard for a logical interface: sonetSTS-3C (2) sonetSTM-1 (3)
Line Speed (Mbps)	Line speed for the logical interface in Megabits per second.
Clock Source	The clock source for the logical interface table row.
Line Local Loopback	Enables or disables the local loopback. Note SonetIfLclLpbk and SonetIfLclRmtLpbk cannot be enabled at the same time.
Line Remote Loopback	Enables or disables the local remote loopback.

Logical Ports

To display and configure Logical Ports on a UXM card, select the IGX: Line Config > Logical Ports option from the Category menu. Logical Port configuration options will appear according to your interface type:

Logical Port Mod/Del

Select Logical Port Mod/Del from the Logical Ports Category menu. The Logical Port Mod/Del dialog displays as shown in Table 13-11.

Table 13-11: Logical Port Mod/Del Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card Number	Identifies the slot containing the card.
Port Number	Number of the port.
Admin Status	Admin status of the port. Choose one from the pop-up menu: up down modify add delete
Operation Status	Operational status of the port. Can be active, failed, inactive, looped, or unknown.
Port Type	Type of port. Chose 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: unknown (1) t3 (2) e3 (3) oc3-smf (4) oc3-mmf (5) oc3-stm1 (6) oc3-utp (7) oc3-stp (8) oc3-smflr (9) oc12-smf (10) oc12-mmf (11) oc12-smflr (12) t1 (13) e1 (14) oc3-xlr (15) oc12-xlr (16)
No.s of VCs terminating on this port	Number of virtual circuits terminating on this port.
Port Speed (cps)	Baud rate of the port.
Percent 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	The port management protocol used for this port. Select from the following: none (1) lmi (2) ilmi (3)

Logical Port Mod/Del (ILMI Config)

Select Logical Port Mod/Del (ILMI Config) from the Logical Ports Category menu. Use the Logical Port Mod/Del (ILMI) Config dialog to view these port parameters as described in Table 13-12.

Table 13-12: Logical Port Mod/Del (ILMI Config) Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Admin Status	User requested state for port table row. Possible values are Up or Down.
VPI for the ILMI	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 for the ILMI	The virtual channel identifier for the ILMI protocol.
ILMI Keep-Alive Polling	Enables the ILMI keep alive polling procedure.
ILMI Send Traps	Enable causes the ILMI agent to send unsolicited Trap PDUs.
ILMI Poll Interval	The number of seconds between each keep alive poll transmitted by the port (Refer to the T491 standards document for more information).
atmPortILMIErrorThresh	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).
atmPortILMIEventThresh	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).

Logical Port Mod/Del (LMI Config)

Select Logical Port Mod/Del (LMI Config) from the Logical Ports Category menu. Use the Logical Port Mod/Del (LMI) Config) dialog to view these port parameters as described in Table 13-3.

Table 13-13: Logical Port Mod/Del (LMI Config) Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Admin Status	User requested state for port table row. Possible values are Up or Down.
VPI for LMI	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 for LMI	The virtual channel identifier for the ILMI protocol.
LMI Poll Enable	Enables the ILMI keep alive polling procedure.
Link Integrity Timer	Link integrity timer for the port.
Update Status Timer	Updates the status timer for the port.
Polling Timer (T396)	Transmits a Status Enquiry message if polling is enabled.
Max No. of Status Enquiry retransmits	The maximum times a Status Enquiry message is retransmitted.
Max No. of Update Status retransmits	The maximum times an Update Status message is retransmitted.

IGX: Port Real-Time Counters

Select IGX: Port Real-Time Counters from the Logical Ports Category menu. The parameters are described in Table 13-4.

Table 13-14: IGX: Port Real-Time Counters Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card Number	Identifies the slot containing the card.
Port Number	Port number of the logical port for that line.
Unknown VPI/VCI	Number of cells discarded due to unknown address.
Cell Buff Overflows	Number of times the port as incurred a cell buffer overflow.
Cells Discarded by Ingress CU	The count of cells discarded by the Ingress Control Service Unit.
Rx Cells with AIS	Total number of cells received with AIS.
Rx Cells with FERF	Total number of cells received with FERF.
Rx Cells	Traffic received in cells.
Rx Cells with CLP	Cells received with CLP set.
Rx cells with EFCI	Cells received with EFCI set.
Tx Cells	Traffic transmitted in cells.
Tx Cells with CLP	Cells transmitted with CLP set.
Tx Cells with EFCI	Cells transmitted with EFCI set.
Cells Discarded due to Parity Err	Total cells discarded due to parity error.

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Note This is not a configurable dialog.

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IGX: IMA Port Configuration

Select IGX: Port Configuration from the Logical Ports Category menu. The parameters are described in Table 13-15.

Table 13-15: IGX: IMA Port Configuration Dialog Parameters

Parameter	Description
Card number	Number that identifies the slot the card is in.
Port Number	Port number of the logical port for that line.
Admin Status	Admin status of the port. Note In order to modify any parameters in this dialog, you must select the modify option. Choose one from the pop-up menu: up down modify add delete
Retained Links	Number of retained links.
Protocol	The IMA protocol option for the trunks with a single physical line.
Diff. Delay (ms)	The maximum value of differential delay associated with the IMA line in msec.
Clock Mode	The clock mode of the packet lines on the IMA line: ctc: Common clock mode itc: Independent clock mode

Posted: Mon Apr 17 12:09:37 PDT 2000
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