Verilink 9000 Series User Manual

MultiPro

Verilink Corporation 127 Jetplex Circle Madison, AL 35758

1.800.VERILINK

Platform

Series

34-00271

September 1998

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Documentation Disclaimer

Trademarks

©1998 TXPORT. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form by any means without the written permission of TXPORT.

Reorder # 34-00271

Edition, September 1998

3 TXPORT shall not be liable f or errors con tained herein or for incident al or consequ ential damages in

connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. TXPORT reserves the right to revise this publication from time to time and make changes in content without obligation to notify any person of such revision changes.

Contents of this publication may be preliminary and/or may be changed at any time without notice and shall not be regarded as a warranty.

TXPORT makes no representation or warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.

NetWare and Novell are registered trademarks of Novell, Inc. Xerox is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation. NCR is a registered trademark of National Cash Register Corporation Sperry is a registered trademark of Sperry Rand Corporation. Uniscope is a registered trademark registered by Sperry Rand Corporation and owned by Unisys. Windows is registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. AppleTalk is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. OpenView is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Company. CROSSTALK is a registered trademark of Attachmate Corporation. PROCOMM is a registered trademark of DATASTORM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Any other named products herein are trademarks of their respective companies.

Acknowledgment

The software used in the SNMP function of this product contains material derived from the following source:

Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the documentation and /or other materials provided with the distribution. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software must display the following acknowledgment:

This product includes software developed by the University of California, Berkeley and its contributors.

Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

This software is provided by the regents and contributors ‘as is’ and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. In no event shall the regents or contributors be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, or consequ ential damages (including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or serv ices; loss of use, data, or profits; or business interrupt ion) however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability, or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use of this softw are , even if advised of the possibility of such damage .

FCC Requirements

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FCC Requirements

This equipment (9000, 9101, 9111 , and 9211) has been te sted and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmfu l interference when the equi pment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment ge nerates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if no t installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user is req uired to correct the interfe rence at his own expense. Th is device must also accept any interference received, including i nterference tha t may cause unde sired operation. Shielded cables

must be used to ensure compliance with the Class A FCC limits.

Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On the rear or bottom of the unit is a label that contains the FCC registration number and other information. If requested, provide this information to the telephone company.

All direct connections to the network lines must be made using stan dard plugs and jacks (co mpliant

with Part 68). The tables below present a list of applicable registration jack USOCs, facility interface codes (FICs), and service order codes (SOCs). These are req uired to order service from the telco.

9101

Port ID REN/SOC FIC USOC

56 kbps 6.0F 04DU5 - 56 RJ-48S jack

9111 Port 1 T1 Option

Port ID REN/SOC FIC USOC

1.544 Mbps SF

1.544 Mbps SF, B8ZS

1.544 Mbps ANSI ESF

1.544 Mbps ANSI ESF, B8ZS

6.0N 04DU9-BN

RJ-48C jack 04DU9-DN 04DU9-1KN 04DU9-1SN

9111 Port 1 DDS Option

Port ID REN/SOC FIC USOC

56 kbps 6.0F 04DU5-56 RJ-48S jack

If the unit appears to be malfunctioning, it should be disconnected from the network lines until the

source of trouble is deter mined to be your equip ment or the telephon e line. If your equipme nt needs repair, it should not be reconnected until it is repaired.

The unit has been designed to prevent harm to the network. If the telephone company finds that the

equipment is exceeding tolerable parame ters, it can tempo rarily disconnec t service. In this case, the telephone company will give you advance notice, if possible.

No customer is authorized to repair this equipment, regardless of warranty status.

If the telephone company alters its equipment in a manner that will affect the use of this device, it

must give you warning so that you have the opportunit y for uninterrupt ed service. You will be advised of your right to file a complaint with the FCC.

In the event of equipment malfunction, all repairs should be performed by our company or an

authorized agent. It is the responsibility of users requiring service to report the need for service to our company or to one of our authorized agen ts.

The affadavit at the end manu al must be co mpleted by the installer.

Canadian Emissions Requirements

Warranty

This digital apparatus does n ot exceed the Class A li mits for radi o nois e emis sions from di gi tal app aratus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

Le présent appare il numérique n’émet pas de brui ts radioélect riques dépassant les limites appl icables aux appareils numérique s (de la clas s A) pres crites dan s le Règl ement sur le b rouillag e radio électriqu e édicté par le mini stère des Communications du Canada.

Notice: The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets certain tel ecommunications network p rotective, operational and safety requirement s. The Industry Canada does not guarantee the equipment will operate to the user’s satisfaction.

Before installing this equipment, users should ensure that it is permissible to be connected to the facilities of the local teleco mmunications company. The equipment must also be installed using an acceptable method of connection. In some cases, the company’s inside wiring associated with a single lin e individual service may be extend ed by means of a certified connector assemb ly (telephone extension cord). The customer should be aware that co mpliance with the above conditions may not p r event degradation of service in some situations.

Repairs to certified equipment should be made by an authorized Canadian maintenance facility designated by the supplier. Any repairs or alterations made by the user to this equipment, or equipment malfunctions, may give the telecommunications company cause to request the user to disconnect the equipment.

Users should ensure for their own protection that the electrical ground connections of the power utility, telephone lines and internal metallic water pipe system, if present, are connected together. This precaution may be particularly important in rural areas.

Caution: Users should not attempt to make such connections themselves, but should contact the appropriate electric inspection authority, or electrician, as appropriate.

TXPORT warrants each unit against d efects in material and work manship for a period of five years from the date the unit was shipped to the customer. If the unit malfunctions at any time during the warranty period, TX PORT will repair, or at TXPORT’s option, replace the unit free of charge.

The remedies listed herein are the users sole and exclusive remedies. TXPORT shall not be liable for any indirect, direct, incidental or consequential damages. The owner must return the unit to the factory, shipping prepaid and pa ckaged to the best commercial standard fo r electronic equipment. TXPORT will pay shipping charges for delivery on return. The customer is responsible for mode and cost of shipment to TXPORT. This warranty does not apply if the unit has been damaged by accident, misuse or as a result of service o r modification by other than TXP O RT personnel.

Hardware Warranty

TXPORT warrants its hardware products to be free from defects in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for five years from the date of purchase from TXPORT or its Authorized Reseller:

If a product does not operate as warranted above during the applicable warranty perio d, TXPORT shall, at its option and expens e, repair the defe ctive product or part, d eliver to Customer an equivalent product or part to replace the defective item, or refund to Customer the purchase price paid for the defective product. All products that are replaced will become th e property of TXPORT. Replacement product s may be new or reconditioned. Any replaced or repaired prod uct or part has a n inety (90) d ay warranty or the remainder of the initial warranty period, whichever is longer.

TXPORT shall not be responsible for any software, firmware, information, or memory data of Customer contained in, stored on, or integrated with any products returned to TXPORT for repair, whether under warranty or not.

Software Warranty

Software War ran ty

Standard Warranty Service

Warranties Exclusive

TXPORT warrants that the software programs licensed from it will perform in substantial conformance to the program specifications therefor for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of purchase from TXPORT or its Authorized Reseller. TXPORT warrants the media containing software against failure during the warran ty period. No updates a re provided. TXPORT's sole obligatio n with respect to this express warranty shall be ( at TXPORT's discretion) to r efund the purchase p rice pa id by Customer for any defective software products, or to replace any defective media with software which substantially conforms to TXPORT's applicable published specifications. Customer assumes responsibility for the selection of the appr opriate applicat ions program and a ssociated reference materials. TXPORT makes no warranty or representation that its software products will work in combination with any hardware or applications software products provided by third parties, that the operation of the software products will be uninterrupted or error free, or that all defects in the software products will be corrected. For any third party products listed in the TXPORT software product documentation or specifications as being compatible, TXPORT will make reasonable efforts to provide compatibility, except where the non-compatibility is caused by a bug or defect in the third party's product.

Standard warranty ser vice for hardwa re products may be obtained by delivering the d efective product, accompanied by a copy of the dated proof of purchase, to TXPORT's Corporate Service Center or to an Authorized TXPORT Service Center during the applicable warranty period. Standard warranty service for software products may be obtained by telephoning TXPORT's Corporate Service Center or an Authorized TXPORT Service Center, within the warranty period. Products returned to TXPORT's Corporate Service Center must be pre-authorized by TXPORT with a Return Material Authorization (RMA) number marked on the outside of the package, and sent pre paid, insured, and packag ed appropriately for safe shipment. The repaired or replaced item will be shipped to Customer, at TXPORT's expense, not later than thirty (30 ) day s after recei pt of the de fective product by TXPORT.

If a TXPORT product does not operate as warranted above, customer’s sole remedy for breach of that warranty shall be repair, replacement, or refund of the purchase price paid, at TXPORT’s option. To the full extent allowed by law, the foregoing warranties and remedies are exclusive and are in lieu of all other warranties, ter ms, or conditions, express or i mplied, either in fact or by operation of law, statutory or otherwise, including warranties, terms, or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and satisfactor y qual ity. TXPORT neither assumes nor authori zes any othe r pers on to assume for it any other liability in connection with the sale, installation, maintenance or use of its products.

TXPORT shall not be liable under this warranty if its testing and examination disclose that the alleged defect in the product d oes not exist or was caused by customer’s or any third person’s misuse, neglect, improper install ation or testing , unauthorized attempts to r epair or modify, or any other ca use beyond the range of the intended use, or by accident, fire, lightning, or other hazard.

Limitation of Liability

Governing Law

To the full extent allowed by law TXPORT also excludes for itself and its suppliers any liability, whether based in contra ct or tort (includi ng n egligence), for in ciden tal , conse qu ential, indi rect, sp ecial, or punitive damages of any kind, o r for loss of revenue or profits, loss of busi ness, loss of i nformation or data, or other financial loss arising out of or in connection with the sale, installation, maintenance, use, performance, failure, or interruption of its products, even if TXPORT or its authorized reseller has been advised of the possibility of such damages, and limits its liability to repair, replacement, or refund of the purchase price paid, at TXPORT’s option. this disclaimer of liability for damages will not be affected if any remedy pro vi ded here in shall fail of its essential purpo se.

Some countries, states, or provinces do not allow the exclusion or limitation of implied warranties or the limitation of incidental or consequential dama ges for certain prod ucts supplied to consumers, so the above limitations and exclusions may be limited in their application to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights which may vary depending on local law.

This Limited Warranty shall be governed by the laws of the state of Alabama.

TXPORT,Inc.

, 127 Jetplex Circle, Madison, AL 35758 ( 256) 772-3770

Table of Contents

Documentation Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Acknowledgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

FCC Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iii

Canadian Emissions Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Hardware Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

Software Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v

Standard Warranty Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v

Warranties Exclusive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v

Limitation of Liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v

Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v

1 General

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Principles and Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Message Delivery System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Endpoint-to- Endpoint Connectivity

and Station Level Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Data Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Establishing a Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

A Connection Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Connecting for Network Management. . . . . . . . . .7

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Serial Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

9111 Port 1 DDS Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Industry Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

9111 T1 Port 1 Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Industry Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

LAN Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Protocols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Ordering Numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

TXPORT Customer Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Support from Your Network Supplier. . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Support from TXPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

E-mail. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Returning Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

2Installation

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Safety Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Unpacking and Inspection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Supplied Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

9101 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

AC Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

DC Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Connecting the DC Power Supply . . . . . . . . 21

Disconnecting the DC Power Supply. . . . . .22

Supervisory Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Port 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Port 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

9111 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 4

Supervisory Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 4

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

9111 Port 1 T1 Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Switch S1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

T1 Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

9111 Port 1 T1 Option Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

CSU Line Loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

9111 Port 1 DDS Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Switch SW1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

DDS Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

9111 Port 1 DDS Option Testing. . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Remote Channel Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Port 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Changing the Interface on Port 2 . . . . . . . . . 29

Port 3 and Port 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

9111 Dual RS-232 Expansion Option Module . .30

Port 5 and Port 6 Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

9211 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 2

Supervisory Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

UTP Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

AUI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Ports 1, 2, 3, and 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

9000 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 4

Console Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Ethernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

AUI Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

UTP Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Ports 1, 2, 3, and 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

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3 Hardware Operation

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

9101, 9111, and 9211 Front Panel Operation . . . . . .37

Configuration Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Download Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

9000 Front Panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Run/Config Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Port Select Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Reset Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Signal Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

System Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

LAN Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Download Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Configuration Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

4NMCS

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Installing NMCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Starting NMCS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Connecting the PC to the MultiPro Unit . . . . . . . . . . .41

Configuration/Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Navigating the Basic NMCS Screens . . . . . . . . .42

Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Change Configuration Number. . . . . . . . . . .43

Configuration Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Copy Configuration From/To . . . . . . . . . . .43

Create Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Delete Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Create Down Load File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Down Load Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

LM Start and Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

As Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Reset?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Reset Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Print Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Upgrade Software (Shift+F10) . . . . . . . . . . .46

Configuration Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Configuration Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Upgrade File Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Cancel Software Upgrade . . . . . . . . . . .46

Get Software version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Function Keys for Upgrade Software. . . . . .46

ESC=Main. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

F10=Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Function Keys for Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . .47

ESC=Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

F2=Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

F3=DLM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

F4=Stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

F7=AlmMod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

F8=Xref . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

F10=Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

SHIFT+F6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Foreground. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Memory Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Prog Key (Key Redefinition). . . . . . . . . . . . 48

F2=Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Configuration Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Configuration Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Status Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

WAN Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

LAN Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Station Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

SNA PU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

SNA LU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

ESC=MAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

F10=Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

F3=DLM (Data Line Monitor Menu). . . . . . . . . 52

Configuration Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Configuration Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Log To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

View Log File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Display LCN/SNA Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Delete Log File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Send END MONITOR Request. . . . . . . . . . 53

Condensed Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

ESC=MAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

F10=Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

F4=Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Configuration Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Configuration Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Statistic Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

WAN Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

LAN Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Station Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

ESC=MAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

F10=Send . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

F8=Xref (Configuration Modification). . . . . . . . 57

Configuration Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Last Modified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Last Download . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

F/W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

F10=Next (Port List) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Line Module 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Port 1-4 Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Port 1-4 Address Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Port D Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Port D Address Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Port L Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Port L Address Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Internetwork Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Global Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Configuration Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Down Load Station Address . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Com Port Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

TXPORT Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60

Number of Ports on Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Network Unit Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Power Supply Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Chassis Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Console Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

COM Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

ESC=Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

F1=Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

F5=Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

F7=Redisplay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

F8=Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

F9=Previous. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

F10=Next. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Line Module Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Copy Line Module Parameters

from Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Serial number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Network Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Connect Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Task-to-Task Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Task to Terminal/Host Timeout . . . . . . . . . .63

Connect Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Disconnect Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Send Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Reserve Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Disconnect Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Port Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Line Module Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

ESC=Main Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

F1=Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

F5=Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

F7=Redisplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

F8=Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

F9=Previous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

F10=Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 5

Greeting Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Connected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Message Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Host Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Disconnect Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Message from Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Send Confirmed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Send Refused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

ESC=Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66

F5=Clear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

F7=Redisplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

F8=Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

F9=Previous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

F10=Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Port 1-4 Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Port 1-4 Address Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Port D Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 8

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 8

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 8

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Bits Per Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

RTS/CTS Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69

Parity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Full Duplex. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Flow Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

ESC=Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

F5=Clear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

F7=Redisplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

F8=Jump. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

F9=Previous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

F10=Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Port L Parameters (Ethernet). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 1

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 1

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 1

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

LAN Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Physical Port selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Link Test Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Squelch Threshold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

ESC=Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

F5=Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

F7=Redisplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

F8=Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

F9=Previous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

F10=Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Internetworking Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Function Keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

ESC=Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

F1=Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

F5=Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

F7=Redisplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

F8=Jump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

F9=Previous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

F10=Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Downloading Firmware for the MultiPro Unit . . . . . .74

Establishing NMCS Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Using NMCS to Download Firmware . . . . . . . . .76

Required Equipment for Downloading . . . . . . . .77

Software Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

9101-, 9111-, and 9211-Specific Core

Download Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

9101-, 9111-, and 9211-Specific Task

Download Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Creating A Unit Configuration File . . . . . . .78

Downloading the Specific Task Software . . 79

9000-Specific Core Download Procedure . . . . . .79

9000-Specific Task Download Procedure . . . . . .80

Creating A Unit Configuration File . . . . . . .80

Downloading the Specific Task Software . . 81

Displaying Software Versions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

5 Unisys Poll/Select

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Poll/Select Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Configuration/Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Unisys Poll /S elect Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Baud Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Bits per Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Message Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Algorithm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Contention Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Trailing Pad Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Turnaround Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Consecutive Contention Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

RTS/CTS Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Timeouts to Mark Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Drop DTR If DCD Drops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Offline Delay Retry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Message Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Maximum Select Before Poll. . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Active If DSR/DCD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Select Retry Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Poll And Select Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Downline Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Activity Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Unisys Poll/Select Terminal Addresses . . . . . . . 92

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Copy Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Terminal Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Connecting Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Station Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Default Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

A - Auto Connect On Power Up. . . . . . 93

B - Don’t Send Status Message. . . . . . . 93

C - Reserved Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

D - Device Is Sharable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

E - Send Carriage Return . . . . . . . . . . . 93

F - Output Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

G - Group Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

H - Keep Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

I - Wait for Host Connection. . . . . . . . . 94

J - Virtual Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

K - Send CR Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

L - Spool printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

M - Flush input For Unknown Address 94

XN Type (Transmission Number) . . . . . . . . 94

Unisys Poll/Select Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Bits per Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Message Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Trailing Pad Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Turnaround Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

RTS/CTS Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Messages per Group Poll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Offline Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Upline Controller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Host Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Backup Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Unisys Poll/ Select Host Addresses . . . . . . . . . . .98

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Host Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Group Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Auto Connect Station Name . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

A - Timeout For Offline Device . . . . . . 99

B - Flush Data For Offline Device. . . . .99

C - Auto Connect On Select. . . . . . . . . .99

D - Group Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

E - Virtual Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

F - Auto Connect On Link Active . . . .100

G - Send Disconnect Message . . . . . . .100

H - Shared Device Timeout . . . . . . . . .100

I - 15 Minute Connect Retry . . . . . . . .100

XN Type (Transmission Number). . . . . . . .100

6 Asynchronous Host and

Terminal Protocol Parameter s

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Asynchronous Host and Terminal Port Parameters. .101

Asynchronous Terminal Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Bits per Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Parity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Message Buffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Transparent Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Host Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

RTS/CTS Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Terminal Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Drop DTR If DCD Drops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Device Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Active If DSR/DCD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Alternate Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Full Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

User Field Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Suppress Trailing Blanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Input Terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

End of User Field. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

User Terminator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Output Terminator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Include Terminator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Inactivity Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Input Terminator Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Control Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Control Character Mapping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

TTY Terminal Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Terminal Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Connecting Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Station Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Default Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Option A - Automatic connection on

power on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Option B - Don't send status message . . . . 109

Option C - Reserved channel . . . . . . . . . . .109

Option D - Sharable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Option E - Send CR on input . . . . . . . . . . .109

Option F - Keep message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Option G - Spool output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Option H - Output only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

XN Type (Transmission Number). . . . . . . . . . .110

Console Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Baud Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Bits per Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

RTS/CTS Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Full Duplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

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7 Bisync 2780/3780 and 3270

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Bisync Principles and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Configuration/Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Bisync Terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Bits per Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Parity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Message Buffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Maximum Messages Queued . . . . . . . . . . .116

Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 17

Timeouts to Mark Offline. . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Trailing Pad Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Offline Delay Retry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Turnaround Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Maximum Select before Poll . . . . . . . . . . .117

RTS/CTS Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Select Retry Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Drop DTR if DCD Drops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 18

Active if DSR/DCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Message Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Activity Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Poll and Select Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

End-to-End Protocol Conversion . . . . . . . .119

End-to-End Flow Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Bisync Terminal Station Parameters . . . . . . . . .120

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Copy Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

CU Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Device Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Connection Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Station Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Default Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

A. Auto Connect on Power up. . . . . . .121

B. Don't Send Status Message. . . . . . .121

C. Reserved Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

D. Device is sharable. . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

E. Output Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

F. Keep Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

G. Wait for Host Connection. . . . . . . .122

H. Flush Data if Offline. . . . . . . . . . . .122

CU Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

0 - RMBCS Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

1 - IBM 3274. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

2 - IBM 3275. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

3 - IBM 2780. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

4 - IBM 3780. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

5 - 3270 LAN Gateway. . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Bisync Host Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Baud RATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Bits per Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Message Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Offline Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Trailing Pad Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Host Response Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Turnaround Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Maximum Messages Queued. . . . . . . . . . . 125

RTS/CTS Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Messages per Group Poll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Backup Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

End-to-End Flow Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

End-to-End Protocol Conversion. . . . . . . . 126

Bisync Host Station Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Copy Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

CU Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Device Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Auto Connect Station Name. . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

A. Timeout for Offline Device . . . . . . 128

B. Flush Data for Offline Device . . . . 128

C. Auto Connect Upon Select. . . . . . . 128

D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

F. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

G. Auto Connect on Link Active . . . . 128

H.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

I. Flush Output Data for Offline Device128

J. Do Not Send Device Status. . . . . . . 129

CU Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

0 - RMBCS Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

1 - IBM 3274 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

2 - IBM 3275 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

5 - 3270 LAN Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . .129

8NCR

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Poll/Select Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Configuration/Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

NCR Terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Bits per Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Message Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Timeouts to Mark Offline . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Trailing Pad Characters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Offline Delay Retry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Turnaround Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Maximum Select before Poll. . . . . . . . . . . .135

RTS/CTS Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Select Retry Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Drop DTR If DCD Drops . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Message Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Active If DSR/DCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Poll and Select Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Activity Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Limited Select Count. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

NCR Terminal Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Terminal Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Connecting Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Station Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Default Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

A. Auto Connect on Power up. . . . . . .139

B. Don't Send Status Message . . . . . . .139

C. Reserved Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

D. Device is sharable . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

E. Non-SMF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

F. Non-NCR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

H. Keep Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

I. Wait for Host Connection . . . . . . . . 140

J. Limited select. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

K. No Retransmission . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

L. Spool Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

M. Wait for EOT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Poll Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Device Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

NCR Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Bits per Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Parity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Message Buffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Trailing Pad Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Turnaround Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

RTS/CTS Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Poll Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Input Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144

Backup Host Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

NCR Host Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Host Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Auto Connect Station Name. . . . . . . . . . . .146

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

A. Timeout for Offline Device . . . . . .146

B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

C. Auto Connect upon Select . . . . . . . 146

D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

E. Non-SMF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

F. Non-NCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

G. Auto Connect on Link Active. . . . .146

Poll Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Device Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Poll/Select Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Configuration/Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Uniscope Terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

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Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Bits per Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Parity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Message Buffer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 52

Trailing PAD Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

End to End Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Turnaround Delay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Peripheral Selection Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

RTS/CTS CONTROL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Timeouts to Mark Offline. . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Drop DTR If DCD Drops . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Offline Delay Retry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

End to End Protocol Conversion . . . . . . . .154

Maximum Select before Poll . . . . . . . . . . .154

Active If DSR/DCD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Message to Poll Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Poll And Select Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Maximum Messages Queued . . . . . . . . . . .154

Activity Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Uniscope Terminal Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Terminal Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Connecting Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Station Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Default Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

A. Auto Connect on Power Up . . . . . .156

B. Don't Send Status Message. . . . . . .156

C. Reserved Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

D. Device Is Sharable . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

F. Station Not Pollable. . . . . . . . . . . . .157

G. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

H. Keep Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

I. Wait for Host Connection. . . . . . . . .157

Uniscope Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Baud Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Bits per Character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Parity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Message Buffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Offline Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Trailing Pad Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Host Response Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Turnaround Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Maximum Messages Queued. . . . . . . . . . . 160

RTS/CTS Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Acknowledgment Passing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Backup Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

End to End Protocol Conversion . . . . . . . . 161

End to End Flow Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Uniscope Host Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Host Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Auto Connect Station Name. . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

A. Timeout for Offline Device . . . . . . 162

B. Flush Data for Offline Device . . . . 162

C. Auto Connect upon Select . . . . . . . 162

D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

G. Auto Connect on Link Active . . . . 163

10 Legacy Options

Legacy Terminal Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

A - Auto Connect On Power Up . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

B - Don’t Send Status Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

C - Reserved Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

D - Device Is Shareable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

F - Output Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

G - Group Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Using Group and Specific Polling

on the Same Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

H - Keep Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

I - Wait For Host Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Spool Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

M - Flush Input For Unknown Address . . . . . . 176

Legacy Host Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

A - Timeout For Offline Device. . . . . . . . . . . . .178

B - Flush Data For Offline Device. . . . . . . . . . .179

C - Auto Connect on Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

D - Group Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

G - Auto Connect On Link Active . . . . . . . . . . .181

H - Send Disconnect Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

11 DLP (Data Link Protocol)

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

DLP Principles and Concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Configuration/Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Data Link Protocol Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Link Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Link Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Link Termination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

RTS/CTS Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Link Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

NRZI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Data link type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Tunneling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

SDLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

LAPB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Parameters List for SDLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Recovery Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Retransmission Busy Counter. . . . . . . . . . .190

Modulo Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Window Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

T1 Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Device type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Duplex Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Switched Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Poll Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191

Device Inoperational Timer . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Postpone Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Keep Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Parameters List for LAPB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

RC Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193

Retransmission Busy Counter. . . . . . . . . . .194

Modulo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Window Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

T1 Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

T2 Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Type of Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Device Inoperational Timer . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Postpone Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Keep Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Device Parameters Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Device Parameters Menu for SDLC. . . . . . 196

Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196

Connect address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Connect name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Alternate name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Option A - Transparent Link Setup. . . 197 Device Parameters Menu for

LAPB and TUNNEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Device name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Device connect address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Device connect name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198

Device alternate name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Data Link Protocol in SDLC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Data Link Protocol in LAPB Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Data Link Protocol in Tunnel Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

12 Frame Relay Protocol

Frame Relay Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Configuration/Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Level 1 and Level 2 Frame Relay

Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Baud Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

RTS/CTS Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Active If DSR /DCD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

N1 Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

N2 Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

N3 Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

T1 Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

T2 Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Recovery Counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

LMI Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Level 3 Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Packet Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Restart Request Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Call Request Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Reset Request Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Recovery Counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Postpone Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

xvi

VC Modulo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

VC Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Number of VC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Clear Request Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Data ACK Timeout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

DTR Dial Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Frame Relay Endpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Copy Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

DLCI (Data Link Connection Identifier) . .213

Endpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Alternate Endpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Default Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Frame Relay Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

A Transparent channel. . . . . . . . . . . . .213

B Compression enabled

with default dictionary. . . . . . . . . . . . .213

C Use smaller dictionary

for compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

D Use larger dictionary

for compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

E RFC 1490 device.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Option A - Transparent Channel

With Leased Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Option A - Transparent Channel

On Public Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Option E - RFC 1490 Encapsulation with the

Bridge Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Option E - RFC 1490 Encapsulation with the

Boundary Router Application . . . . . . . . . . .2 21

13 X.25

X.25 Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Packet Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Number of LCNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

Local Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224

X.25 Layer 1 and Layer 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 25

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Baud Rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

RTS/CTS Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

Active If DSR/DCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Logical Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Recovery Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Retransmission Busy Counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Multilink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Modulo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

T1 Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

T2 Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

X.25 Layer 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Packet Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Restart Request Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Call Request Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Reset Request Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

Clear Request Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Registration Request Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Recovery Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Retry Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

D-Bit Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Reject Packet Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

PVC Modulo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

PVC Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Number of PVC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

VC Modulo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

VC Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Number of VC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Local X.25 Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

X.25 Access List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Copy Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Access Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Primary Access Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Alternate Access Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

X.25 Channel List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Terminal/Host Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Default Connect Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

PVC Channel Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

VC Sub-Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

X.25 Channel List Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Option A - Transparent Channel . . . . . . . . 234

Option B - No User Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Option C - X.29 User Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Option D -Address pooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Option E - No Subaddress . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

14 IP PAD Application Parameters

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

IP PAD Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243

Configuration/Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

IP PAD Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Copy IP PAD Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Packet Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Call Request Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Clear Request Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Data ACK Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Postpone Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Network layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Delete IP PAD Application. . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Restart Request Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Reset Request Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Recovery Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Modulo 128. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Number of VCs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Remote IP PAD List Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Copy IP PAD Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Remote PAD name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Remote PAD IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Remote PAD type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

LAN Media Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Remote PAD options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Option A - Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

IP PAD Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

15 IP Layer Application

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

IP Layer Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Configuration/Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

IP Layer Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Copy IP Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

Subnet mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .260

All systems multicast address . . . . . . . . . . .261

ICMP router solicitation address. . . . . . . . .261

IP broadcast address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

Maximum Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

ICMP request retry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

ARP request retry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

ARP aging timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .261

IP datagram Time-to-Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Reassembly timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

Link layer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

IP auxiliary links. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .262

IP routers list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

IP Router Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Copy IP Router Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Router IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

LAN Media Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . .264

Preference level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264

16 SNMP

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Configuration/Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265

SNMP Layer Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Copy SNMP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Transport Layer Used (UDP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

IP Address for Traps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Community Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

SysName . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

SysContact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

SysLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Delete SNMP Application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

Configuring the SNMP

Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .266

SNMP Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Supported MIBs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Supported Traps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Traps Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Miscellaneous Trap Behaviors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

OpenView for Windows and TXPORT Traps. . 274 OpenView for Windows and TXPORT

Proprietary MIBs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

17 Bridge

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277

Bridge Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Configuration/Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

LAN Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Copy Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Filter Aging Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Max Age Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Bridge Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

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Bridge Management Multicast Address . . . 279

Multicast MAC Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

LAN Path Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

WAN Path Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Bridge ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 80

Hello Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Forward Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Port ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Flush Frame with Unknown Destination . .281 Flush Frame with Multicast

Address Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Flush Frame with Broadcast

Address Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Forward IP Frames Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Prioritize IP Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Filter Appletalk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Delete Bridge Application . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

LAN Remote Bridge List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Remote Bridge Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 82

Port Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

WAN Path Cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

LAN Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Option A - Flush Frame

With Unknown Destination. . . . . . . . .282

Option B - Flush Frame With Multicast Address Destination . .2 83 Option C - Flush Frame With Broadcast Address Destination . . 283

Option D - Tunnel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Bridge Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

18 IP Router

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

IP Router Supported Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

RIP Summary Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

OSPF Summary Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288

Definitions of Commonly Used Terms. . . . . . . . . . .289

Adjacency (OSPF only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Autonomous System (OSPF only). . . . . . . . . . .2 89

Circuit or Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Designated Router (OSPF only) . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Hello Protocol (OSPF only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Interior Gateway Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

Link State Advertisement (LSA) (OSPF only) .290

Lower-level Protocols (OSPF only). . . . . . . . . .290

Multi-access Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Neighboring Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Network Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Router ID (OSPF only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 90

NMCS Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

IP Router Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .292

Copy Parameters from Configuration . . . . 292

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Enable IP Stack Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Enable RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Enable OSPF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

Enable Trusted Neighbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

OSPF Router ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2

Circuit Configuration Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Other Parameters Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

IP Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Check Spoofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

ARP Time To Live. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

IP Time to Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

IP Forwarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

RIP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

RIP Intervals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

RIP Import Metric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

RIP Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

Clear IP ROUTER Application . . . . . . . . . 293

IP Circuit Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Circuit Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

Enable This Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294

IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

IP Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Maximum Transmit Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Cost of This Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

Enable Multicast. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Enable RIP Poison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Type of Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Encapsulation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Circuit name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Circuit connect name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

DLCI Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

OSPF Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Enable OSPF for This Circuit . . . . . . . . . . 297

Area ID of This Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Seconds between LSA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Transmit Delay for LSU Packets . . . . . . . . 297

Router Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Hello Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Dead Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

Authentication Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297

IP ROUTER Other Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

OSPF Area Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Virtual Circuit Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Static ARP Table Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . 298

Static Route Table Parameters. . . . . . . . . . 298

Trusted Neighbors Parameters. . . . . . . . . . 298

OSPF (Open Shortest Pat h Fir st Routing)

Area Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Line Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Area Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Enable This Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

Area ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Address Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Address Summary Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Authentication Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

This is a Stub Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Advertise to Other Areas

via Summary LSAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Virtual Link Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Virtual Link Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Enable This Virtual Link. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Transmit Area ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302

Router ID of Area Border Router . . . . . . . .302

Static ARP Table Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Static ARP Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Enable This Static ARP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Associated Circuit Number. . . . . . . . . . . . .304

IP Address of Device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

MAC Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

DLCI Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

IP Static Route Table Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . .305

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Static Route Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Enable This Static Route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .305

Associated Circuit Number. . . . . . . . . . . . .306

IP Address of Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

IP Mask of Target . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

IP Address of Next Hop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Static Route Cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Trusted Neighbors Table Parameters. . . . . . . . .307

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

Trusted Neighbor Number . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

IP Address of Trusted Neighbor . . . . . . . . .307

Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

Statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309

19 IPX Router

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

TXPORT IPX Router Protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)

Summary Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Routing Information Protocol (RIP)

Summary Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Service Advertising Protocol (SAP)

Summary Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

NetWare Link Services Protocol (NLSP)

Summary Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

IPX Router Supported Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

Definitions of Commonly Used Terms . . . . . . . . . . .313

Adjacency (NLSP only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Circuit or Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Designated Router (NLSP only). . . . . . . . . . . . .313

HELLO Protocol (NLSP only). . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Link State Packet (NLSP only) . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Lower-level protocols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Multi-access Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Neighboring Routers (NLSP only) . . . . . . . . . . 313

Network Mask (NLSP only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313

Router ID, System ID (NLSP only). . . . . . . . . .314

Summary of IPX Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

IPX Support Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Internetwork Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

Intranode Addressing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

RIP IPX Support Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

RIP broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

SAP IPX Support Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

SAP broadcasts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .315

NLSP Support Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

IPX Type 20 Packet for NetBIOS . . . . . . . . . . . 316

NMCS Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

IPX ROUTER Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Copy Parameters from Configuration. . . . . 318

Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Enable IPX Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Enable SAP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Enable RIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Enable NLSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Enable IPXWAN2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

IPX Maximum Hop Count . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Circuit Configuration menu . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Other parameters menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

NLSP Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319

Router ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Internal Network Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Router Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

NLSP Area Network Number. . . . . . . . . . .319

NLSP Area Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Broadcast HELLO Interval. . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Non-broadcast HELLO Interval. . . . . . . . . 320

Designated Router HELLO Interval. . . . . . 320

Holding Time Multiplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Clear IPX ROUTER application . . . . . . . . 320

IPX CIRCUIT Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321

Circuit Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Enable This Circuit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

IPX Network Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321

Maximum Transmit Unit Size . . . . . . . . . . 322

Interface Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

Propagation Delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Enable RIP/SAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Enable NLSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Filter Type 20 Packet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Type of Circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Encapsulation Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322

Frame Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Circuit Name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323

Circuit Connect Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

DLCI Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

Enable IPXWAN2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .323

RIP/ SAP Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

RIP Periodic Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

RIP Age Multiplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

Maximum RIP Packet Size. . . . . . . . . . . . .324

SAP Periodic Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

SAP Age Multiplier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .324

Maximum SAP Packet Size . . . . . . . . . . . .324

IPX ROUTER Other Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . .325

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

IPX Static Route Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

IPX Static Service Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .325

IPX Static Route Table Parameters . . . . . . . . . .326

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Static Route Number. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Enable This Static Route. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .326

Associated Circuit Number. . . . . . . . . . . . .326

IPX Network Address of Destination. . . . .327

IPX Node Address of Next Hop. . . . . . . . .327

IPX Hops to Destination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

IPX Number of Tics to Destination . . . . . .327

IPX Static Service Table Parameters. . . . . . . . .328

Line Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Static Service Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Enable This Static Service . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Associated Circuit Number. . . . . . . . . . . . .328

IPX Service Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

IPX Network Address of Service . . . . . . . .329

IPX Node Address of Next Hop. . . . . . . . .329

IPX Socket Address of Service. . . . . . . . . .329

IPX Hops to Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329

Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .330

Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

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Configuration Scenario Using NMCS Screens and RFC-1490 Connections

General Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Component Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336

IP/IPX Specific Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336

Frame Relay Configuration (9111 Unit). . . . . . . . . .337

Ethernet Driver Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340

IP/IPX Router Configuration (9111 Unit). . . . . . . . .341

Router IP/IPX Configuration (9211 Unit). . . . . . . . .347

21 Simple IP/IPX Router

Configuration Scenario Using NMCS Screens and Proprietary Connections

General Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

Component Description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

IP/IPX Specific Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Frame Relay Configuration (9111 Unit) . . . . . . . . . 359

Ethernet Driver Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

IP/IPX Router Configuration (9111 Unit) . . . . . . . . 363

Router IP/IPX Configuration (9211 Unit) . . . . . . . . 369

A Console Interface

Console Physical Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Instant Recall of Previous Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Console Interface Menu Tree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380

Configuration Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Initializing the MultiPro Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Edit/display configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Help menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

Line Module Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Connect Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Message Received Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Message Delivered Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . 384

PCC Unit Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Netcontrol Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Connect Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Disconnect Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Send Message Command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384

Reserve Channel Command. . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Greeting Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Connected to Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Message Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Host Offline Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Not Connected Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385

Host is Selecting Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Send Confirmed Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Send Refused Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Disconnect Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Console Access Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386

Special Port Configuration Commands . . . 387

MOVE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

COPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387

SWAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Internetwork Protocols Configuration. . . . . . . . 388

Monitor Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Test Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Statistics Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Display line module statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

Display link statistic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Internetwork appl. statistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Bridge statistic menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Display bridge statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Display port statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Reset bridge statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Display station statistic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Reset port statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Reset port (link) statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Reset station statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393

Status Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394

Link Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394

Partial Link Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395

Station Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395

Address Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395

Bridge Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396

General status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396

Port list and port status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .396

Look up table entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Bridge's spanning tree status. . . . . . . . . . . .397

Port's spanning tree status. . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Reset Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

Remote Connection Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

List connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398

Remote Console Configuration Tips . . . . . . . . . 398

Connect to remote unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399

Disconnect from remote unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Logoff Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Unisys Poll/Select Terminal Port Parameters. . . . . . 400

Unisys Poll/Select Host Port Parameters . . . . . . . . .401

Asynchronous Host and Terminal Parameters . . . . . 402

Asynchronous Console Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . 403

Bisync Terminal Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .404

Bisync Host Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .405

NCR Terminal Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .406

NCR Host Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .407

Uniscope Terminal Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Uniscope Host Port Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409

Data Link Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .410

Frame Relay Protocol Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411

X.25 Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .412

Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .413

IP Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

IPX Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .415

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ENERAL

Introduction

TXPORT MultiPro platforms are the ideal branch office wide area networking solution for ma inframe comput ing environments migr ating to client /server LAN-based computing. TXPORT now offers a complete family of frame relay access equipment, ranging from the branch office 9100 series to high-performance and high-density central site equipment. Combined with an award-winning line of WAN access equipment, TXPORT provides total solutions for all your networking needs.

The TXPORT 9211 MultiPro platform provides four serial ports that are software configurable for RS-232 and V.35 networks as well as WAN connections with speeds up to 2.048 Mbps. The TXPORT 9211 MultiPro platform has all the advantages of a single 9000 MultiPro card in a stand-alone chassis similar to the 9101 and 9111.

The TXPORT 9111 MultiPro platform combines LAN and legacy protocols over X.25 or frame relay without sacrificing response time or reliability. Three standard serial ports and an integrated CSU/DSU; either an Ethernet or dual RS-232 option; and a T1 or DDS option accommodate a wide range of networking configurations.

The TXPORT 9101 MultiPro platform provides a way to run LAN protocols over X.25 or frame relay without sacrificing response time or reliability. An Ethernet LAN interface along with an integrated CSU/DSU, and additional serial port option accommodate a wide range of networking configurations.

The TXPORT 9000 MultiPro card provides four ports configurable for RS-232 and V.35 user connections as well as WAN connections at speeds up to 2.048 Mbps. The 9000 MultiPro card mounts in both the three-slot 6400 and eight-slot 6800 chassis.

These chassis are designed for high-density regional and central site installations requiring Frame Relay or X.25 network access. The 6400 chassis supports up to 12 ports and the 6800 chassis supports up to 32 ports.

TXPORT MultiPro platforms support all major legacy protocols including SNA/SDLC, Poll/Select, and Bisync and are configurable for asynchronous connections as well. For the branch office where simple LAN connectivity is required, the 9101 is the ideal solution to support branch office routing of TCP/IP and IPX protocols using industry-standard RFC 1490. Multiple LAN protocols can also be transparently bridged over the network utilizing the Spanning Tree Protocol per 802.1d. Where LAN and legacy protocols exist together, all network traffic can be sent over a single frame relay connection.

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With integrated SNMP in-band management, enterprise managers can now manage TXPORT MultiPro platforms and their integral CSU/DSUs as a single unit. With only one LAN segment in the network, all TXPORT MultiPro platforms can be managed by SNMP. With the self-learning functionality, the MultiPro platforms learn their frame relay environment and eliminate the need for remote, trained personnel. By downloading all configuration parameters from the central site, no interaction is required at remote sites to establish connectivity. WANs can be constructed using frame relay, X.25, ISDN, or leased-line services. TXPORT MultiPro plaforms support the listed transmission media and allow any port to be configured for any of these technologies through simple software configuration. Network managers can now fine tune the enterprise network for the lowest cost and highest performance. Complete protocol spoofing and local acknowledgment eliminates any unnecessary WAN traffic.

TXPORT MultiPro platforms provide up to a 4-to-1 data compression ratio for both legacy and LAN protocols. This advantage enables faster file transfers and allows purchasing a lower cost CIR (commi tted informati on rate) which re duces monthly telecommunications costs.

Principles and Concepts

Message Delivery

System

Endpoint-to-

Endpoint

Connectivity and

Station L evel

Routing

TXPORT MultiPro platforms operate based on a set of principles and concepts. These concepts are critical in understanding how the platforms work and in performing any troubleshooting.

TXPORT MultiPro platforms are message-delivery platforms. They deliver one message at a time for any individual station. Subsequent messages are not accepted from or for delivery to a station until the previous message is delivered. Although the platform s have many switc h-like feat ures, they still acc umulate da ta as messages and then deliver them.

All stations, hosts, and MultiPro Plaform units are assigned a name. All logical connections are established based on these names. This means that any device can connect to any other device. Under normal operation, a terminal connects to a host, however, since each terminal has a unique name, it can also become a destination. Each device establishes its own logical connection to an endpoint. This allows the platform to perform station-level routing. In essence, each terminal on a port can have a connection to a different host.

The way in which MultiPro platforms refer to these names is somewhat unique. For each name assigned to a device, the MultiPro plaform calculates a 16-bit cyclic redundancy checksum (CRC) the same as it would for one message of Bisync data. This CRC then becomes the marker for that device. This way the unit only needs to pass 16 bits of data to another task or unit when referring to a destination.

Data Integr ity

The MultiPro Plaform operates under the assumption that it loses no data. Once data is acknowledged by the MultiPro Plaform, it is delivered. The MultiPro Plaform uses higher-layer-error and data-loss checking to ensure that no message is lost.

Principl es and Conc epts

Establishing a

Connection

As stated earlier, each device establishes a logical connection with a destination within the network. This is done with the help of the operating system (OS). Each time a device signals that a connection is desired, the task sends a connect request to the OS. This request contains the device’s address as well as the name of the location to connect. The OS then locates that destination and forwards the request to that port’s task. If the receiving port can accept the connection, a connect confirmation is ret urned to the OS and forwarded to the request ing task. A lo gical pathway is now established along which data can flow. This pathway establishment only happens once and remains intact until either endpoint breaks the connection or the unit is reset.

A device can signal the platform for a connection in one of two ways: The first and more common method is for the configuration of the unit to specify a default destination for the device. Once the terminal port polls the device and receives a response, a logical connection is automatically established on behalf of the device. Automatic connections may also be established from a host port if desired. The second metho d is for the device to sen d a command with th e name of the desi red destination to the unit. Any existing pathway for the device is torn down and a new one established. A device may only have one connection at a time.

Figure 1-1 shows a device on a terminal port connecting to a host port on different units. Many times the final destination is not on the same card as the device, but is located at another location. If the protocol used on the leased circuit is a transport protocol, (X.25, Frame Relay, etc.) then additional steps must be taken to establish the complete logical connection for the device. All of the MultiPro unit’s transport protocols utilize Layer 3 of X.25 for the network layer of the OSI model. This means that any connection request to be carried across a transport link uses standard ca ll request, call clear, and call accept packets. When a transport task receives a connection request from the OS, it generates a call request packet on the link. The address of the requesting station and its destination are placed in the user data field of the packet since this remains unchanged by any public network. A transport task receiving a call request in turn generates its own connect request to the OS. Once this connection is confirmed by the final destination, the transport task sends a call accept packet to the initi ating u nit. Wh en th e call ac cept packet is finally received by the original unit, the unit generates a connect confirmation to the OS that informs the task which originally requested the connection. Figure 1-2 shows this process. Keep in mind that the requests flow all the way to the right before confirmations begin flowing back to the left.

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Term

X.25

Call request: userdata = HOSTA/01

Call accept

X.25

Host

HOSTA

Processor

Address: 01

Default Host

A Connection

HOST

Figure 1-1

Figure 1-2 provides an example of how the MultiPro units establish connections. In

Example

this example two 9111s are connected using the Frame Relay network via each device’s Port 1. Unit 001 has a host device connected to port 3: unit 002 has a terminal device connected to port 4. All address tables and endpoint checklists have been configured as shown.

PORT 1 Configured as: Frame Relay Endpoint List: DLCI 0015 [HOST]

PORTS 3

UNIT 001 UNIT 002

HOSTA

PORT 3 Configured as: Poll/Select Terminal Host Name: [HOSTA]

Connection Request Process

Frame Relay

DLCI 15 DLCI 16

PORTS 1

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARM POWER

PORT 4 Configured as: Poll/Select Terminal Address List: [AA] Connect [HOSTA]

PORT 1 Configured as: Frame Relay Endpoint List: DLCI 16 [HOST]

PORTS 4

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARM POWER

Terminal

Address = AA

Figure 1-2

9111 to 9111 Units Connected over Frame Relay

HOSTA

Principl es and Conc epts

Consider the scenario where both units have recently powered up, or been reset. Port 4 on Unit 2 polls the first device, terminal AA, in its address list and gets a response. After receiving this response, Port 4 issues a connect request to HOSTA, the corresponding connect name for address AA. The connect request to HOSTA is issued to Unit 002’s Operating System (OS), as shown Figure 1-3.

Frame Relay

DLCI 15 DLCI 16

UNIT 002

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARMPOWER

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARMPOWER

HOST

HOSTA

PORT 4 to OS Connection request to HOSTA

Terminal

Address = AA

Figure 1-3

Unit 002’s OS receives the connection request to HOSTA and finds HOSTA defined in Port 1’s Endpoint List. The connection request is passed to Port 1. Port 1 receives the connection request to HOSTA from unit 002’s OS, and upon finding HOSTA in its Endpoint List, transmits a call request to HO STA out the Frame Relay connection, over DLCI 16, as shown in Figure 1-4.

Connect Request to HOSTA Is Issued to Unit 002’s Operating System

Frame Relay

PORT 1 to FRY: Call request to HOSTA

DLCI 15 DLCI 16

UNIT 002

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARMPOWER

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARMPOWER

HOST

Figure 1-4

Terminal

Address = AA

Port 1 Transmits a Call Request to HOSTA

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After receiving a call request to HOSTA, Port 1 on unit 001 forwards the request as a connection request to HOSTA to its own OS. Upon receiving the connection request to HOSTA, unit 001’s OS finds that HOSTA is defined in Port 3’s HOST Name field. The connection request to HOSTA is then passed to Port 3 on unit 001, as shown in Figure 1-5.

HOSTA

Frame Relay

DLCI 15 DLCI 16

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARM POWER

UNIT 002

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARM POWER

HOST

OS to PORT 3: Connection request to HOSTA

PORT 1 to OS: Connection request to HOSTA

Terminal

Address = AA

Figure 1-5

Connection Request to HOSTA Passed to Port 3

Unit 001’s Port 3 receives the connection request to HOSTA, and verifies that HOSTA is defined on the port. A connect confirmation to HOSTA is returned t o the

OS, and the connect confirmation to HOSTA traverses to Port 4 on unit 0 02, the originator of the connect request to HOSTA, as is shown in Figure 1-6.

After the connect confirmation has traversed to Port 4 of Unit 002, a logical connection is established. This logical connection is between the terminal on Port 4 of unit 002, whose address is AA, and Port 3 of unit 001, which is connected to an external host. This logical connection remains until the unit is reset or optioned to disconnect under specific circumstances.

PORT 1 to FRY: Call accept to HOSTA

DLCI 15 DLCI 16

Frame Relay

FRY to PORT 1: Call accept to HOSTA

HOST

PORT 3 to OS: Connect confirmation to HOSTA

Figure 1-6

Connect Request to HOSTA

DOWNLOADCONFIG

MODEBACKUP NET ALARM POWER

OS to PORT 3: Connect confirmation to HOSTA

UNIT 002

DOWNLOADCONFIG

PORT 1 to OS: Connect confirmation to HOSTA

MODEBACKUP NET ALARM POWER

Terminal

Address = AA

OS to PORT 4: Connect confirmation to HOSTA

Principl es and Conc epts

Connecting for

Network

Management

Network management control software (NMCS) connections are required so each unit in a network may be controlled from a central PC-based management application. These connections are established just as if they were a normal station. In fact, the network management PC connects a Poll/Select host port configured on the MultiPro Plaform. Conventionally, the MultiPro Plaform is designated as the single entry point into the MultiPro Plaform network. From this single unit and by establishing connections as outlined previously, network management for every unit in the MultiPro Plaform network can be accomplished. Tasks such as configurations, status monitoring, and even downloading software modules can be carried out on every TXPORT MultiPro Plaform in the network. The only method for the MultiPro Plaform to establish a network connection is to have the NMCS host port initiate the connection. Normally, the NMCS port is configured as a Unisys Poll/Select host, and connects directly into the network manager’s PC. Initiating the connection from the NMCS host port is done by defining the host port with automatic connections to the unit number of the remote MultiPro Plaform. The unit number can be viewed as the name of the unit entered upon configuration. The host port initiates a connect request to the OS which then forwards the request through the network to the proper destination. When the remote unit receives the call, it confirms the connection as long as the destination name carried in the user data field matches its own unit number. The logical pathway is now established and commands can be sent by the NMCS application. Figure 1-7 shows this process.

Unit 001 Unit 000

Console

Network host = <blank>

X.25

Figure 1-7

Call request: userdata = 001/01

Call accept

Connecting for Network Management

X.25

Address 01 automatic connection to 001

NMCS

Host

NMCS

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Features

✦ Modular Design

● Base unit with three user/WAN ports (9111)

● Base unit with four user/WAN ports (9211)

● Chassis unit with four user/WAN ports (9000)

● Optional LAN card (Ethernet) (9000, 9111, and 9211)

● Optional DDS and T1 cards (9111)

● Optional two-user port card (9111)

✦ Protocol flexibil ity

● Wide range of legacy, LAN, and WAN protocols

● Branch office routing and switching

● Supports frame relay and X.25 over all transmission media

● RFC 1490 support

✦ Advanced management techniques

Specifications

Serial

Interfaces

● Integrated SNMP management

● Self-Learning functionality

● Remote port monitoring

● WAN bandwidth management

✦ Data compress ion ✦ Data Integrity

● Guaranteed message delivery in frame relay environment

✦ Alternate path routing in frame relay and X.25 ✦ Five-year warranty

9000: 6400 chassis holds one to three 9000 cards, 6800 chassis

holds one to eight 9000 cards Four ports per each 9000 card: software-configurable

DTE/DCE, RS-232, TDI, and V.35; on a DB-25, female Optional Ethernet interface with 10 Base-T on an RJ-48,

female and AUI on a DB-15, female

9101: Port 1: DDS; 56 kbps; RJ-48S, female

Port 2: DTE; V.35, 1.2 to 38.4 kbps w/character-oriented protocols and 2.4 kbps to 2.048 Mbps w/bit-oriented protocols; DB-25, female

Ethernet inte rface with 10 Bas e-T on an RJ-48, fe male

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