3Com S330 User manual

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®
SuperStack
®
II
PathBuilder
™
S330/S310
WAN Access Switches
Reference Guide
Release 2.04
Part No. 09-1850-000
Published August 1999

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C
ONTENTS
W
ARNING
I
NFORMATION
Servicing xi
Rack Mounting xi
Power and Power Cords xii
EMI xii
Safety Classification of Ports for Connection to Telecommunications Networks xii
S
UPPLEMENTARY
R
EGULATORY
I
NFORMATION
FCC Part 68 Statement xiii
Canadian CS-03 Approval Information xiii
CE Notice xiv
A
BOUT
T
HIS
G
UIDE
Conventions 1
Related Documentation 2
1
S
YSTEM
D
ESCRIPTION
PathBuilder S330/S310 Overview 3
PathBuilder S330 Features 3
PathBuilder S310 Features 5
Application Support 7
Key Benefits 8
2
I
NSTALLATION
Receiving and Inspecting the PathBuilder S330/S310 Switch 11
Installation Overview 12
Site Requirements 14
Installation Procedures 15
Step 1 (Optional): Install the Optional Modules in the Unit 15
ESD Precautions 18
Installing the Optional Modules in the Unit 19
Step 2: Install the Unit in the Rack 24
Step 3: Connect AC or DC Power and (optionally) the RPS System 25
Installing the Optional RPS System 26
Step 4: Connect I/O Cabling 27
Connecting to the T1/E1 UNI Interface 29

Connecting to the Serial Port 30
Connecting to the Ethernet 10BASE-T Port 31
Connecting to the OC3/STM-1 Port 32
Connecting to the CBR Module 34
Connecting to the Voice Compression Module 35
Connecting to the Ethernet 10/100 Module 36
Connecting to the DS3/E3 Module 37
Connecting to the Four-Port IMA Module 38
Step 5: Connect the Management Terminal 39
3
G
ETTING
S
TARTED
Logging On 41
Using the Menus 43
Navigating Through the Menus 43
Understanding the Menu Hierarchy 44
Using the Menus to Change Settings 44
Alarm Indicator 44
Performing Initial System Configuration 45
Configuring the System Clock 45
Setting up Communication Parameters 48
Configuring the Local Host IP Parameters 49
Configuring Trap Clients 52
Configuring the Default Gateway 53
Setting the Time and Date 54
Setting up Passwords 54
Performing Additional Super User Functions 56
Taking over a Read-Write Session 56
Erasing the System Database 56
Configuring In-band Management 57
4
C
ONFIGURING
P
ATH
B
UILDER
S330/S310 M
ODULES
, P
ORTS
,
AND
A
PPLICATIONS
Viewing and Configuring System Information 59
Specifying General System Information 60
Viewing RS-232 Port Configuration Information 61
Viewing the Firmware Version 61
Downloading New Management Processor Firmware 62
Downloading Firmware Using TFTP via an Ethernet Port 62
Downloading Firmware Using FTP via an Ethernet port 63
Downloading Firmware Using Xmodem via the Serial Port 64
Backing up and Restoring the Database and Code Image 64
Backing up the Database 64
Restoring the Database 65
Backing up the Code Image 65
Restoring the Code Image 66
Updating the Flash File System 66

Resetting the Interface Card 67
Viewing an Equipment List 67
Verifying Hardware Requirements 68
Using the Configuration Management Menu 68
Using the List Card Menu 69
Configuring the Management CPU 70
Viewing MCPU Configuration Information 71
Configuring MCPU Shapers 71
Configuring the CTX 72
Configuring CTX Shapers 73
Configuring CTX Buffers 74
Setting Congestion Thresholds 76
Configuring Ports 76
Configuring the T1/E1 Interface 77
Configuring the T1/E1 Ports 77
Activation/Deactivation Bit Error Rates 79
Configuring UNI and IMA Groups 80
Adding UNI Groups 80
Adding IMA Groups 82
Viewing and Modifying IMA and UNI Groups 85
Deleting IMA and UNI Groups 85
Viewing IMA Link Status 86
Viewing IMA Group Status 89
Configuring the T1/ E1 Card 92
Configuring the OC3/STM-1 Port 93
Configuring the DS3/E3 UNI Module 94
Configuring the Serial Interface 96
Configuring the Serial Port 96
Configuring the SIM Local Management Interface 98
Configuring the Serial Card 101
Configuring the Ethernet Interface 102
Configuring the Ethernet Interface 102
Configuring the Bridge 103
Configuring the Spanning Tree 105
Configuring Source Protocol Filtering 106
Configuring Source Address Filtering 108
Configuring Destination Address Filtering 109
Viewing the List Forwarding Table 110
Constructing the Bridge Static Table 111
Configuring IP over ATM 112
Configuring the Ethernet 10/100 Module 116
Configuring the CBR Module 117
Configuring the CBR T1-DSX/E1 Port(s) 118
DS0 Trunk Conditioning 123
Configuring the CBR Serial Port 123
Configuring the CBR Card 126
Configuring the Voice Compression Module 126
Configuring VCM DS0 Channels 127

Delay and Echo Cancellation 129
Configuring the VCM T1/E1 Port 129
Configuring the VCM Card 131
Configuring Virtual Circuits 132
Supported Classes of Virtual Circuits 132
Adding Virtual Circuits 133
Adding PVC Virtual Circuits 134
Configuring CBR Circuits for DBA 138
Defining RS-366 (Video) Virtual Circuit Templates 140
Defining RS-366 “Lite” Circuits for DSX-1/E1 CBR Ports 143
Adding Voice Compression Module VCC Circuits 143
Adding VCM Subchannel Circuits 146
VCM Subchannel Virtual Circuit Example 148
Virtual Circuit Parameters 150
Common VIrtual Circuit Parameters 150
MCPU Virtual Circuit Parameters 150
T1/E1 UNI Port Virtual Circuit Parameters 151
OC3/STM-1 Port Virtual Circuit Parameters 151
Serial Port Virtual Circuit Parameters 151
Ethernet Port Virtual Circuit Parameters 154
CBR Module Virtual Circuit Parameters 154
Voice Compression Module Virtual Circuit Parameters 156
VC and VP Address Translation 156
Viewing Existing Virtual Circuits 157
Viewing Virtual Circuits for the Entire Chassis 157
Viewing Virtual Circuits by Port or Group 158
Modifying Existing Virtual Circuits 159
Deleting Virtual Circuits 160
Managing the Video Dial Feature 160
Managing Video Dial-up Sessions 161
Starting Video Dial-up Sessions 161
Ending Video Dial-up Sessions 162
Viewing the Video Call Routing Table 163
P
ATH
B
UILDER
S330 D
IAGNOSTICS AND
P
ERFORMANCE
S
TATISTICS
Managing System Alarms 165
Viewing and Clearing Current Alarms 165
PathBuilder S330/S310 Alarm Messages 166
MCPU and CTX Module (System) Alarms 167
Alarms Common to Several Interfaces 168
T1/E1 UNI with IMA Module Alarms 170
DSX-1/E1 CBR Module Alarms 175
SIM Alarms 176
Voice Compression Module Alarms 176
Working with History Alarms 177
Viewing and Printing History Alarms 177
Clearing History Alarms 177

Using Loopbacks 178
T1/E1 UNI with IMA Loopbacks 179
OC3/STM-1 Loopbacks 180
DS3 Loopbacks 181
E3 Loopbacks 181
CBR Loopbacks 182
Setting VCM Loopbacks 182
Setting VCM Port Loopbacks 183
Setting VCM Channel Loopbacks 184
Setting Tone Injection 185
Viewing Performance and ATM Statistics 185
Viewing Card Statistics 186
Viewing MCPU Card Statistics 187
Viewing T1/E1 UNI with IMA Card Statistics 187
T1/E1 Port/Link Statistics 188
T1/E1 Group Statistics 189
Viewing OC3/STM-1 Card Statistics 190
Viewing OC3/STM-1 Performance Statistics 190
Viewing OC3/STM-1 ATM Statistics 193
Viewing DS3 Card Statistics 193
Viewing DS3 UNI Performance Statistics 193
Viewing DS3 UNI ATM Statistics 194
Viewing E3 Card Statistics 194
Viewing E3 UNI Performance Statistics 194
Viewing E3 UNI ATM Statistics 195
Viewing SIM Card Statistics 195
SIM HDLC Statistics 195
SIM Frame Relay Statistics (per DLCI) 196
SIM DXI Statistics 196
SIM ATM VC Statistics (per VCI) 196
SIM LMI Statistics 197
Viewing Ethernet Card Statistics 197
Ethernet Statistics 198
Spanning Tree Statistics 200
IP over ATM Statistics 200
Ethernet ATM VC STatistics 201
Viewing CBR Module Card Statistics 201
CBR Performance Monitoring Statistics 202
CBR ATM Statistics 202
Viewing Voice Compression Module Statistics 203
Voice Compression Module Performance Monitoring Statistics 204
Voice Compression Module VC Statistics 205
Voice Compression Module Port Activity Statistics 206
Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics 206
Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Circuit 206
Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Port/Group 208
Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Shaper 208
Viewing Virtual Circuit Statistics by Buffer (Queue) 209

A S
YSTEM
S
PECIFICATIONS AND
P ART N UMBERS
PathBuilder S330 Specifications 213
PathBuilder S310 Specifications 218
Connector Pinouts 222
Management Interface Connector Pinouts 222
Ethernet Interface (10BASE-T and 10/100BASE-T) Connector Pinouts 222
T1/E1 UNI with IMA Interface Connector Pinouts 223
Serial Port Connector Pinouts 223
CBR Module Connector Pinouts 230
Voice Compression Module Connector Pinouts 232
Options and Parts List 232
B
P
ATH
B
UILDER
S330/S310 M
ODULE AND
A
PPLICATION
O
VERVIEW
Management CPU 235
CTX Switch 235
CTX Output Queues and Memory Partition 236
Setting up a Virtual Circuit 238
VPI and VCI Ranges 238
Early and Partial Packet Discard 238
T1/E1 UNI with IMA Interface 238
OC3/STM-1 Port 239
DS3/E3 UNI Modules 239
Serial Interface 240
Serial Interface Frame Protocol Modes 240
ATM DXI Mode 241
HDLC/SDLC Mode 245
Frame Relay Mode 246
Ethernet Interface (10BASE-T or 10/100BASE-T) 248
Bridge Operation 249
Filtering 250
Spanning Tree 250
Spanning Tree Operation 250
Spanning Tree Instances 251
Addressing 251
Segmentation 254
Reassembly 254
Typical Ethernet and Voice Application Configurations 254
CBR Module 257
Structured DS1 259
DS0 Signaling and Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation 261
Unstructured DS1 264
Structured versus Unstructured Summary 264
Video Conferencing 265
Point-to-Point Video Conferencing 265
Multi-point Video Conferencing 267
Voice Compression Module 268

Supported Voice Compression Features 269
C
ATM F
ORUM
IMA C
OMPLIANCE
D
T
ECHNICAL
S
UPPORT
Online Technical Services 277
World Wide Web Site 277
3Com Knowledgebase Web Services 277
3Com FTP Site 277
3Com Bulletin Board Service 278
Access by Analog Modem 278
Access by Digital Modem 278
3Com Facts Automated Fax Service 278
Support from Your Network Supplier 278
Support from 3Com 279
Returning Products for Repair 280
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