3Com S330 User manual

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SuperStack

PathBuilder

™

S330/S310

WAN Access Switches

Reference Guide

Release 2.04

Part No. 09-1850-000

Published August 1999

3Com Corporation

5400 Bayfront Plaza

Santa Clara, California

95052-8145

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ONTENTS

ARNING

NFORMATION

Servicing xi

Rack Mounting xi

Power and Power Cords xii

EMI xii

Safety Classiﬁcation of Ports for Connection to Telecommunications Networks xii

UPPLEMENTARY

EGULATORY

NFORMATION

FCC Part 68 Statement xiii

Canadian CS-03 Approval Information xiii

CE Notice xiv

BOUT

HIS

UIDE

Conventions 1

Related Documentation 2

YSTEM

ESCRIPTION

PathBuilder S330/S310 Overview 3

PathBuilder S330 Features 3

PathBuilder S310 Features 5

Application Support 7

Key Beneﬁts 8

NSTALLATION

Receiving and Inspecting the PathBuilder S330/S310 Switch 11

Installation Overview 12

Site Requirements 14

Installation Procedures 15

Step 1 (Optional): Install the Optional Modules in the Unit 15

ESD Precautions 18

Installing the Optional Modules in the Unit 19

Step 2: Install the Unit in the Rack 24

Step 3: Connect AC or DC Power and (optionally) the RPS System 25

Installing the Optional RPS System 26

Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling 27

Connecting to the T1/E1 UNI Interface 29

Connecting to the Serial Port 30

Connecting to the Ethernet 10BASE-T Port 31

Connecting to the OC3/STM-1 Port 32

Connecting to the CBR Module 34

Connecting to the Voice Compression Module 35

Connecting to the Ethernet 10/100 Module 36

Connecting to the DS3/E3 Module 37

Connecting to the Four-Port IMA Module 38

Step 5: Connect the Management Terminal 39

ETTING

TARTED

Logging On 41

Using the Menus 43

Navigating Through the Menus 43

Understanding the Menu Hierarchy 44

Using the Menus to Change Settings 44

Alarm Indicator 44

Performing Initial System Conﬁguration 45

Conﬁguring the System Clock 45

Setting up Communication Parameters 48

Conﬁguring the Local Host IP Parameters 49

Conﬁguring Trap Clients 52

Conﬁguring the Default Gateway 53

Setting the Time and Date 54

Setting up Passwords 54

Performing Additional Super User Functions 56

Taking over a Read-Write Session 56

Erasing the System Database 56

Conﬁguring In-band Management 57

ONFIGURING

ATH

UILDER

S330/S310 M

ODULES

, P

ORTS

AND

PPLICATIONS

Viewing and Conﬁguring System Information 59

Specifying General System Information 60

Viewing RS-232 Port Conﬁguration Information 61

Viewing the Firmware Version 61

Downloading New Management Processor Firmware 62

Downloading Firmware Using TFTP via an Ethernet Port 62

Downloading Firmware Using FTP via an Ethernet port 63

Downloading Firmware Using Xmodem via the Serial Port 64

Backing up and Restoring the Database and Code Image 64

Backing up the Database 64

Restoring the Database 65

Backing up the Code Image 65

Restoring the Code Image 66

Updating the Flash File System 66

Resetting the Interface Card 67

Viewing an Equipment List 67

Verifying Hardware Requirements 68

Using the Conﬁguration Management Menu 68

Using the List Card Menu 69

Conﬁguring the Management CPU 70

Viewing MCPU Conﬁguration Information 71

Conﬁguring MCPU Shapers 71

Conﬁguring the CTX 72

Conﬁguring CTX Shapers 73

Conﬁguring CTX Buffers 74

Setting Congestion Thresholds 76

Conﬁguring Ports 76

Conﬁguring the T1/E1 Interface 77

Conﬁguring the T1/E1 Ports 77

Activation/Deactivation Bit Error Rates 79

Conﬁguring UNI and IMA Groups 80

Adding UNI Groups 80

Adding IMA Groups 82

Viewing and Modifying IMA and UNI Groups 85

Deleting IMA and UNI Groups 85

Viewing IMA Link Status 86

Viewing IMA Group Status 89

Conﬁguring the T1/ E1 Card 92

Conﬁguring the OC3/STM-1 Port 93

Conﬁguring the DS3/E3 UNI Module 94

Conﬁguring the Serial Interface 96

Conﬁguring the Serial Port 96

Conﬁguring the SIM Local Management Interface 98

Conﬁguring the Serial Card 101

Conﬁguring the Ethernet Interface 102

Conﬁguring the Bridge 103

Conﬁguring the Spanning Tree 105

Conﬁguring Source Protocol Filtering 106

Conﬁguring Source Address Filtering 108

Conﬁguring Destination Address Filtering 109

Viewing the List Forwarding Table 110

Constructing the Bridge Static Table 111

Conﬁguring IP over ATM 112

Conﬁguring the Ethernet 10/100 Module 116

Conﬁguring the CBR Module 117

Conﬁguring the CBR T1-DSX/E1 Port(s) 118

DS0 Trunk Conditioning 123

Conﬁguring the CBR Serial Port 123

Conﬁguring the CBR Card 126

Conﬁguring the Voice Compression Module 126

Conﬁguring VCM DS0 Channels 127

Delay and Echo Cancellation 129

Conﬁguring the VCM T1/E1 Port 129

Conﬁguring the VCM Card 131

Conﬁguring Virtual Circuits 132

Supported Classes of Virtual Circuits 132

Adding Virtual Circuits 133

Adding PVC Virtual Circuits 134

Conﬁguring CBR Circuits for DBA 138

Deﬁning RS-366 (Video) Virtual Circuit Templates 140

Deﬁning RS-366 “Lite” Circuits for DSX-1/E1 CBR Ports 143

Adding Voice Compression Module VCC Circuits 143

Adding VCM Subchannel Circuits 146

VCM Subchannel Virtual Circuit Example 148

Virtual Circuit Parameters 150

Common VIrtual Circuit Parameters 150

MCPU Virtual Circuit Parameters 150

T1/E1 UNI Port Virtual Circuit Parameters 151

OC3/STM-1 Port Virtual Circuit Parameters 151

Serial Port Virtual Circuit Parameters 151

Ethernet Port Virtual Circuit Parameters 154

CBR Module Virtual Circuit Parameters 154

Voice Compression Module Virtual Circuit Parameters 156

VC and VP Address Translation 156

Viewing Existing Virtual Circuits 157

Viewing Virtual Circuits for the Entire Chassis 157

Viewing Virtual Circuits by Port or Group 158

Modifying Existing Virtual Circuits 159

Deleting Virtual Circuits 160

Managing the Video Dial Feature 160

Managing Video Dial-up Sessions 161

Starting Video Dial-up Sessions 161

Ending Video Dial-up Sessions 162

Viewing the Video Call Routing Table 163

ATH

UILDER

S330 D

IAGNOSTICS

AND

ERFORMANCE

TATISTICS

Managing System Alarms 165

Viewing and Clearing Current Alarms 165

PathBuilder S330/S310 Alarm Messages 166

MCPU and CTX Module (System) Alarms 167

Alarms Common to Several Interfaces 168

T1/E1 UNI with IMA Module Alarms 170

DSX-1/E1 CBR Module Alarms 175

SIM Alarms 176

Voice Compression Module Alarms 176

Working with History Alarms 177

Viewing and Printing History Alarms 177

Clearing History Alarms 177

Using Loopbacks 178

T1/E1 UNI with IMA Loopbacks 179

OC3/STM-1 Loopbacks 180

DS3 Loopbacks 181

E3 Loopbacks 181

CBR Loopbacks 182

Setting VCM Loopbacks 182

Setting VCM Port Loopbacks 183

Setting VCM Channel Loopbacks 184

Setting Tone Injection 185

Viewing Performance and ATM Statistics 185

Viewing Card Statistics 186

Viewing MCPU Card Statistics 187

Viewing T1/E1 UNI with IMA Card Statistics 187

T1/E1 Port/Link Statistics 188

T1/E1 Group Statistics 189

Viewing OC3/STM-1 Card Statistics 190

Viewing OC3/STM-1 Performance Statistics 190

Viewing OC3/STM-1 ATM Statistics 193

Viewing DS3 Card Statistics 193

Viewing DS3 UNI Performance Statistics 193

Viewing DS3 UNI ATM Statistics 194

Viewing E3 Card Statistics 194

Viewing E3 UNI Performance Statistics 194

Viewing E3 UNI ATM Statistics 195

Viewing SIM Card Statistics 195

SIM HDLC Statistics 195

SIM Frame Relay Statistics (per DLCI) 196

SIM DXI Statistics 196

SIM ATM VC Statistics (per VCI) 196

SIM LMI Statistics 197

Viewing Ethernet Card Statistics 197

Ethernet Statistics 198

Spanning Tree Statistics 200

IP over ATM Statistics 200

Ethernet ATM VC STatistics 201

Viewing CBR Module Card Statistics 201

CBR Performance Monitoring Statistics 202

CBR ATM Statistics 202

Viewing Voice Compression Module Statistics 203

Voice Compression Module Performance Monitoring Statistics 204

Voice Compression Module VC Statistics 205

Voice Compression Module Port Activity Statistics 206

Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics 206

Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Circuit 206

Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Port/Group 208

Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Shaper 208

Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Buffer (Queue) 209

YSTEM

PECIFICATIONS

AND

ART

UMBERS

PathBuilder S330 Speciﬁcations 213

PathBuilder S310 Speciﬁcations 218

Connector Pinouts 222

Management Interface Connector Pinouts 222

Ethernet Interface (10BASE-T and 10/100BASE-T) Connector Pinouts 222

T1/E1 UNI with IMA Interface Connector Pinouts 223

Serial Port Connector Pinouts 223

CBR Module Connector Pinouts 230

Voice Compression Module Connector Pinouts 232

Options and Parts List 232

ATH

UILDER

S330/S310 M

ODULE

AND

PPLICATION

VERVIEW

Management CPU 235

CTX Switch 235

CTX Output Queues and Memory Partition 236

Setting up a Virtual Circuit 238

VPI and VCI Ranges 238

Early and Partial Packet Discard 238

T1/E1 UNI with IMA Interface 238

OC3/STM-1 Port 239

DS3/E3 UNI Modules 239

Serial Interface 240

Serial Interface Frame Protocol Modes 240

ATM DXI Mode 241

HDLC/SDLC Mode 245

Frame Relay Mode 246

Ethernet Interface (10BASE-T or 10/100BASE-T) 248

Bridge Operation 249

Filtering 250

Spanning Tree 250

Spanning Tree Operation 250

Spanning Tree Instances 251

Addressing 251

Segmentation 254

Reassembly 254

Typical Ethernet and Voice Application Conﬁgurations 254

CBR Module 257

Structured DS1 259

DS0 Signaling and Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation 261

Unstructured DS1 264

Structured versus Unstructured Summary 264

Video Conferencing 265

Point-to-Point Video Conferencing 265

Multi-point Video Conferencing 267

Voice Compression Module 268

Supported Voice Compression Features 269

ATM F

ORUM

IMA C

OMPLIANCE

ECHNICAL

UPPORT

Online Technical Services 277

World Wide Web Site 277

3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 277

3Com FTP Site 277

3Com Bulletin Board Service 278

Access by Analog Modem 278

Access by Digital Modem 278

3Com Facts Automated Fax Service 278

Support from Your Network Supplier 278

Support from 3Com 279

Returning Products for Repair 280

NDEX

ORPORATION

IMITED

ARRANTY

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