Nortel Passport 8683POS Using Manual
Part No. 209564-A
March 2001
4401 Great America Parkway
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Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to
Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when
the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy. If it is not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, it may cause harmful interference to
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with the application of Council Directive 89/336/EEC, Article 4a. Conformity is declared by the application of EN 55
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This digital apparatus Passport d oes not e xceed the Class A limits for ra dio-noi se emission s from digita l appara tus as set
out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.
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Cet appareil numérique Passport respe cte les limites de bruit s radioélectriques visant les appareils numériques de classe
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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Text conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to get help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chapter 1
About the Passport 8683POS Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Physical description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Media dependent adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Online LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
MDA LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Console and Diag ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Chapter 2
Using the Passport 8683POS Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SONET transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SONET terms and acronyms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SONET/SDH transmission rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Point-to-Point Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Establishing the PPP link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Negotiating network layer protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Spanning tree group feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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Chapter 3
Installing the Passport 8683POS Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety and environmental precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Installing the Passport 8683POS Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Verifying installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
MDA insertion and configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Replacing a module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 4
Managing the Passport 8683POS Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Port numbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Configuration procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SONET parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Trap feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Viewing the Trap Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
SONET loopback test feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Starting the system after a module replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starting the system with an empty slot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Device Manager access and passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Installing Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Resetting the module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Viewing MDA information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Default configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Basic procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Enabling or disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Configuring bridging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
Configuring routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Configuring IP routing using Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Configuring IP routing using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Configuring IPX routing using Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Configuring IPX routing using the CLI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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Chapter 5
Graphing statistics in Device Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Displaying statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Viewing POS statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Viewing PPP Link statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Viewing PPP LQR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Viewing Section statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Viewing Line statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Viewing FE Line statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Viewing Path statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Viewing FE Path statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Chapter 6
Command line interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuration commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
config poscard commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Port commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
config pos command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
config pos ip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
config pos ppp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
config pos sonet command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
config pos stg command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
config pos info command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Show commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
show ports info pos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
show ports info pos all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
show ports stats pos activealarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
show ports stats pos felinecurrent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
show ports stats pos felineinterval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
show ports stats pos fepathcurrent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
show ports stats pos fepathinterval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
show ports stats pos linecurrent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
show ports stats pos lineinterval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
show ports stats pos linkstatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
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show ports stats pos lqrstatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
show ports stats pos pathcurrent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
show ports stats pos pathinterval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
show ports stats pos pppiftbl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
show ports stats pos sectioncurrent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
show ports stats pos sectioninterval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
show ports stats pos sonetmediumtbl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
show tech command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Monitor commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Test commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Using the test commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
test hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
test led . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
test loopback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Chapter 7
Web management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
POS folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Appendix A
Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Figure 1 Passport 8683POS Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Figure 2 1-port OC-12c/STM-4 MDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Figure 3 2-port OC-3c/STM-1 MDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 4 Passport 868POS module with an OC-12c/STM-4 MDA . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Figure 5 Removing the filler panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 6 Extending the inserter/extractor levers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Figure 7 Inserting the Passport 8683POS Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Figure 8 Closing the inserter/extractor levers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 9 Tightening the retainer screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Figure 10 Passport 8600 series chassis with Passport 8683POS Module . . . . . . . . 48
Figure 11 Card tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Figure 12 POS tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Figure 13 MDA dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 14 Port dialog box — Interface tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Figure 15 Port dialog box — POS SONET tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Figure 16 Port dialog box — POS PPP tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Figure 17 Port dialog box — IP Address tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Figure 18 Port, Insert IP Address dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Figure 19 VLAN dialog box — Basic tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Figure 20 Chassis dialog box — System tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Figure 21 Chassis dialog box — Trap Receivers tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 22 Chassis, Insert Trap Receiver dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 23 Trap Log dialog box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 24 Port dialog box — Test tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Figure 25 graphSonetPort dialog box — POS tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 26 graphSonetPort dialog box — PPP Link tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Figure 27 graphSonetPort dialog box — PPP LQR tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 28 graphSonetPort dialog box — Section tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Figure 29 graphSonetPort dialog box — Line tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Figure 30 graphSonetPort dialog box — FE Line tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
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Figure 31 graphSonetPort dialog box — Path tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Figure 32 graphSonetPort dialog box — FE Path tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Figure 33 config pos info command sample output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Figure 34 show ports info pos all command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Figure 35 show ports info pos all command output (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Figure 36 show ports stats pos activealarms command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Figure 37 show ports stats pos felinecurrent command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Figure 38 show ports stats pos felineinterval command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Figure 39 show ports stats pos fepathcurrent command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Figure 40 show ports stats pos fepathinterval command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Figure 41 show ports stats pos linecurrent command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 42 show ports stats pos lineinterval command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Figure 43 show ports stats pos linkstatus command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Figure 44 show ports stats pos lqrstatus command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Figure 45 show ports stats pos pathcurrent command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Figure 46 show ports stats pos pathinterval command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 47 show ports stats pos pppiftbl command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Figure 48 show ports stats pos sectioncurrent command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Figure 49 show ports stats pos sectioninterval command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Figure 50 show ports stats pos sonetmediumtbl command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Figure 51 show tech command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figure 52 test hardware command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Figure 53 test loopback command output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Figure 54 System page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Figure 55 System page showing the POS menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Figure 56 SONET page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Figure 57 Link page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Figure 58 Bridge page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Figure 59 IP page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Figure 60 IPX page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Figure 61 Lqr page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Figure 62 Line page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Figure 63 SONET Medium page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Figure 64 Sonet options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Figure 65 PPP Link statistics page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
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Tables
Table 1 Passport 8683POS Module online LED indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Table 2 MDA LED indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Table 3 Passport 8683POS Module access levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Table 4 Passport Device Manager port color codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Table 5 Passport Device Manager buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Table 6 Card tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Table 7 POS tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table 8 MDA dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Table 9 Passport 8683POS Module default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Table 10 Interface tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Table 11 POS SONET tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Table 12 POS PPP tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Table 13 IP Address tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Table 14 Insert IP Address dialog box items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Table 15 Basic tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Table 16 Trap Receivers tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Table 17 Insert Trap Receiver dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Table 18 Trap Log dialog box fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Table 19 Test tab items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Table 20 Passport 8683POS Module alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Table 21 Types of statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Table 22 POS tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Table 23 PPP Link tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Table 24 PPP LQR tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Table 25 Section tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Table 26 Line tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Table 27 FE Line tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Table 28 Path tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Table 29 FE Path tab fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
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Table 30 config poscard command parameters and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Table 31 config pos command parameters and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Table 32 config pos ip command parameters and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Table 33 config pos ppp command parameters and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Table 34 config pos sonet command parameters and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Table 35 config pos stg command parameters and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Table 36 Information fields for output of the show ports info pos
Table 37 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 38 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 39 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 40 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 41 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 42 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 43 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 44 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 45 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 46 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 47 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 48 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 49 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 50 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
Table 51 Information fields for output of the show ports stats pos
all command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
activealarms command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
felinecurrent command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
felineinterval command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
fepathcurrent command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
fepathinterval command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
linecurrent command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
lineinterval command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
linkstatus command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
lqrstatus command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
pathcurrent command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
pathinterval command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
pppiftbl command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
sectioncurrent command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
sectioninterval command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
sonetmediumtbl command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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Table 52 Information fields for output of the show tech command . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Table 53 test led command parameters and variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Table 54 System page fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Table 55 SONET page fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Table 56 Link page fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Table 57 Bridge page fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Table 58 IP page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Table 59 IPX page fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Table 60 Lqr page fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Table 61 Line page fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Table 62 SONET Medium page fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Preface
The Passport® 8683POS Module is part of the Nortel Networks Passport® 8600
Series line of communications products. This module is the Passport Packet over
SONET (POS) module for the Passport 8600 chassis. This guide describes the
features and operations of the Passport 8683POS Module and provides
instructions for installing and managing the module.
Before you begin
This guide is intended for network installers and system administrators who are
responsible for installing, configuring, or maintaining networks. This guide
assumes that you have the following background:
17
• Understanding of the transmission and management protocols used on your
network
• Experience with windowing systems or graphical user interfaces (GUIs)
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18 Preface
Text conventions
This guide uses the following text conventions:
angle brackets (< >) Indicate that you choose the text to enter based on the
description inside the brackets. Do not type the
brackets when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
ping <ip_address>, you enter
ping 192.32.10.12
bold Courier text
Indicates command names and options and text that
you need to enter.
Example: Use the
Example: Enter
dinfo command.
show ip {alerts|routes}.
braces ({}) Indicate require d elements in sy ntax descripti ons where
there is more than one option. You must choose only
one of the options. Do not type the braces when
entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
show ip {alerts|routes}, you must enter either
show ip alerts or show ip routes, but not both.
brackets ([ ]) Indicate optional elements in syntax descriptions. Do
not type the brackets when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
show ip interfaces [-alerts], you can enter
either
show ip interfaces -alerts.
show ip interfaces or
ellipsis points (. . . ) Indicate that you repeat the last element of the
command as needed.
Example: If the command syntax is
ethernet/2/1 [<parameter> <value>]... ,
you enter
ethernet/2/1 and as many
parameter-value pairs as needed.
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italic tex t Indicates new terms, book titles, and variables in
command syntax descriptions. Where a variable is two
or more words, the words are connected by an
underscore.
Example: If the command syntax is
show at <valid_route>, valid_route is one
variable and you substitute one value for it.
plain Courier
text
Indicates command syntax and system output, for
example, prompts and system messages.
Example:
Set Trap Monitor Filters
separator ( > ) Shows menu paths.
Example: Protocols > IP identifies the IP command on
the Protocols menu.
vertical line (
| ) Separates choices for command keywords and
arguments. Enter only one of the choices. Do not type
the vertical line when entering the command.
Example: If the command syntax is
show ip {alerts|routes}, you enter either
show ip alerts or show ip routes, but not
both.
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Related publications
For more information about Passport 8600 series products and management
software, refer to the following publications:
• Installing the Passport 8683POS Module MDAs (part number 209565-A)
• Getting Started with the Passport 8000 Series Management Software
(part number 209663-C)
• Using the Passport 8600 Modules (part number 207306-C)
• Installation Instructions for the Passport 8600 Modules
(part number 207372-C)
• Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Switch
(part number 207307-C)
• Passport 8000 Series Network Design Guidelines, Release 3.0
Implementation Notes (part number 210128-A)
• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Switching
Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207308-D)
• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Command Line Interface Routing
Operations Release 3.1 (part number 208967-C)
• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Management Software Switching
Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207414-D)
• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Management Software Routing
Operations Release 3.1 (part number 207415-C)
• Release Notes for the Passport 8000 Series Switch (part number 211014-A)
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How to get help
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distributor or reseller for assistance.
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Chapter 1
About the Passport 8683POS Module
The Passport 8683POS Module provides network transmission using packet over
Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) servi ces. The Passpo rt 8683POS Module
for the Passport 8600 series routing switches provides WAN support to the
Passport product line by allowing access to SONET services in the metropolitan
area. Where multiple campuses exist in a single metropolitan area, you can
connect these campuses without compromising performance or increasing
complexity.
The Passport 8683POS Module i s a base board wit h slots for thr ee of t he foll owing
two optional media dep endent adap ters (MDAs):
• 1-port OC-12c/STM-4: single-mode fiber (SMF) or multimode fiber (MMF)
using SONET/SDH
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• 2-port OC-3c/STM-1: SMF or MMF using SONET/SDH
The Passport 8683POS Module supports up to six input/output (I/O) OC-3c/
STM-1 lines and up to three I/O OC-12 lines. You can mix these MDAs on a
single Passport 8683POS Modul e. For ex ample, you can put an OC-12 MDA into
the first slot and OC-3 MDAs into the two remaining slots. For information on OC
lines, PPP, and SONET, refer to Chapter 2, “Using the Passport 8683POS
Module,” on page 29.
You can put more than one Passport 86 83POS Module in t he Pas sport 8600 seri es
chassis, except slots 5 and 6, which are reserved for the Passport 8690 Switch
Fabric (SF) modules. The maximum number of modules on a chassis is four.
One Passport 8690 SF module acts as the CPU for the chassis, and the other
module is the standby CPU, taking over in case of failure. If a CPU failover
occurs, all traffic on the chassis stops momentarily while the standby CPU
reinitializes all input/output modules.
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Refer to Networking Concepts for the Passport 8000 Series Switch, Release 3.1
for a thorough discussion of the complete functionality of the Passport product
line, including the Passport 8683POS Module.
This chapter provides the following information about the Passport 8683POS
Module:
• “Features,” next
• “Physical description” on page 25
Features
The Passport 8683POS Module has the following features:
• SONET and SDH compliant, supporting OC-3c/STM-1 and OC-12c/STM-4
framing
• Front-panel LEDs to monitor port activity and module operation
• Ability to remove and in stall a module (hot- swap) without r esetting the switch
• MTBF of 150,000 hours
• Internal and external loopback support on all ports for testing purposes
• Hardware diagnostics
• Brouter port configurat io n
• Bridging support: RFC 1638-compliant
• Routing support for both unicast and multicast IP and IPX routing
• Support for both single-mode fiber (SMF) and multimode fiber (MMF)
cabling
• Support for DVMRP
• Support for IGMP
• Support for MultiLink Trunking (MLT)
• Support for the following VLAN features currently implemented in the
Passport switches including:
— Port-based VLAN
— Policy-based VLANs (protocol-based, IP subnet-based VLANs)
— IEEE 802.1Q tagged VLANs
• Support for the following RFCs:
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— PPP over SONET: RFC 2615
— SONET/SDH: RFC 2558
— PPP: RFC 1471, RFC 1473, RFC 1474, and RFC 1661
—
LQM: RFC 1989
— SNMP: RFC 1213
— IPCP: RFC 1332
— IPXCP: RFC1552
— BCP: RFC 1638
• Multiple spanning tree groups - bridge mode only
• Manageable through the Passport CLI or Device Manager, the SNMP-based
graphical user interface
• Monitored through a World Wide Web browser from anywhere on the
network
Physical description
The Passport 8683POS Module (Figure 1) is a single-slot module for the Passport
8600 series chassis. Online LEDs indicate module operation.
Figure 1 Passport 8683POS Module
Link
Diag Port
Console
_
8683POS
OnlineMDA 3MDA 2MDA1
To configure and manage the Passport 8683POS Module, connect to the Passport
8690 SF module. For information on connecting to the Passport 8690 SF console
port, refer to Using the Passport 8600 Modules.
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Media dependent adapters
The Passport 8683POS Module has slots for three media dependent adapters
(MDAs) that have their own LEDs. You can use up to three of the following
MDAs with the Passport 8683POS Module:
• 1-port OC-12c/STM-4: SMF or MMF using SONET/SDH
• 2-port OC-3c/STM-1: SMF or MMF using SONET/SDH
You can mix these MDAs on the Passport 8683POS Module.
Figure 2 shows the OC-12c/STM-4 MDA, and Figure 3 shows the OC-3c/STM-1
MDA.
Figure 2 1-port OC-12c/STM-4 MDA
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Figure 3 2-port OC-3c/STM-1 MDA
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Figure 4 shows the Passport 8683POS Module with the OC-12c/STM-4 MDA
installed. (For information on installing the MDAs, refer to Installing the Passport
8683POS Module MDAs.
Figure 4 Passport 868POS module with an OC-12c/STM-4 MDA
Link
Diag Port
Console
8683POS
OnlineMDA 3MDA 2MDA1
10040EA
Online LED
The front panel of the Passport 8683POS Module has an Online LED that
indicates wheth er or not the module has power applie d a nd is initialized correctly.
When the Passport 8683POS Module is first inserted into the chassis, the Online
LED turns amber until the board is recognized by the system and passes a
power-on self -test. I f the mod ule fail s the self -tes t, the lig ht is of f. When the board
passes the self-test and goes online, the LED illuminates a solid green.
Note: You cannot configure the Passport 8683POS Module until the
online LED on the module is steadily lit green and you have inserted at
least one MDA.
Table 1 lists the Passport 8683POS Module online LED indications.
Table 1 Passport 8683POS Module online LED indications
Online LED State
Off Card is not receiving power.
Amber Card is initializing or downloading.
Amber Card is offline.
Green Card is online.
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MDA LEDs
Table 2 lists the MDA LED indications.
Table 2 MDA LED indications
Tx LED Rx LED Port State
Amber Amber AdminDown/Out-of-Service
Off Amber AdminUp/In-Service/Sonet-alarm-condition
Amber Green AdminUp/In-Service/Sonet-Up/PPP lin k
Off Green AdminUp/In-Service/Sonet-Up/PPP-UP
Green (Blinking) Green (Blinking) Admin Up/In-Service/Traffic Activity
Console and Diag ports
down
Use the Console port on the Passport 8690 SF module to access management
functions for t he Passpo rt 868 3POS Module. For informat ion on con necti ng to the
console port on the Passport 8690 SF module, refer to Getting Started with the
Passport 8000 Series Management Software.
The Diag port on the Passport 8683 POS Module i s used only by Nortel Networks
personnel for debugging purposes. You can see diagnostic messages but you
cannot input any text.
The Diag port on the module is an RJ-45 port that allows out-of-band
management by Nortel Networks personnel.
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Using the Passport 8683POS Module
A typical application consists of a single Passport 8683POS Module in an
Passport 8600 seri es switch, b ut multiple modules are also suppo rted. This chap ter
briefly explains how the Passport 8683POS Module operates within the Passport
switch.
A typical network application of the Passport 8683POS Module is a direct
connection between one Passport 8600 series switch with a Passport 8683POS
Module in one campus to an identical module in another Passport 8600 series
switch at another campus connected over a SONET ring. Using this connection,
you achieve an intercampus link through packet over SONET (POS) technology.
This chapter contains the followin g informatio n:
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• “SONET transmis sion,” next
• “Spanning tree group feature” on page 33
SONET transmission
You can connect the Passport 8683POS Module through a Synchronous Optical
Network (SONET) termination multiplexor to extend the range of the wide area
network (WAN) connections. Or , you can connect the Passport 8683 POS Module,
using fiber, directly to a POS interface on another Passport routing switch or on a
traditional router.
The SONET frames received from the WAN contain IP packets encapsulated in
Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) that are converted by the Passport 8683POS
Module into an Ethernet format. Similarly, the Passport 8683POS Module
receives Ethernet frames and converts them into PPP packets for transmission
over SONET.
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SONET terms and acronyms
This section provides a brief listing of common Synchronous Optical Network
(SONET) terms. SONET is a medium for transmitti ng data that uses fiber-optic
cables.
The following terms and acronyms are frequently used with SONET information:
• SONET: Synchronous Optical Network. SONET is a family of fiber optic
transmission rates th at provides the flexibility to transp ort many digital
signals with different capacities. This ANSI standard provides for
transmission from OC-1 to OC-48 and greater.
• SDH: Synchronous Digital Hierarchy. SDH is a standard technology for
optical fiber-based synchronous data transmission. SDH is the international
equivalent of SONET.
• OC-3c/STM-1: Optical Carrier-level 3 concatenation. OC-3c/STM-1 is an
optical fiber transmission system that carr ie s STS-3c/STM-1 frame structures
at 155 Mb/s. Concate nation re fers to t he fact t hat th ere is onl y one logic al data
stream (rather than supporting a channelized structure).
• OC-12c/STM-4: Optical Carrier -le vel 12 conca tenatio n. OC-12c/STM -4 is an
optical fiber transmission system that carries STS-12c/STM-4 frame
structures at 622 Mb/s. Concatenation refers to the fact that there is only one
logical data stream (rather than supporting a channelized structure).
• POS: Packet over SONET.
• PPP: Point-to-Point Protocol. PPP encapsulates common network-layer
protocols in specialized Network Control protocol packets, such as IP over
PPP (IPCP) and IPX over PPP (IPXCP), and BCP. Thus, it enables sending
multiprotocol data over point-to-point links.
SONET/SDH transmission rates
The following transmission rates are commonly used with SONET:
• OC-3c/STM-1: 155.52 Mb/s
• OC-12c/STM-4: 622.08 Mb/s
The SONET specification defines optical both as:
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