Black Box LRU4240 User manual

Dual Trunk E1 Router
User Guide
Software revision 2.3RT
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LRU4240
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Copyright
Copyright © 1998, BLACK BOX Ltd
World copyright reserved. No part of this publication may be stored in a retrieval system,
transmitted, or reproduced in any way, including but not limited to photocopy, photograph,
magnetic, chemical, or other record, without the prior agreement and written permission of
BLACK BOX Ltd.
ISO Compliance
Warning
The Dual Trunk E1 Router complies with FCC Part 15 of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) Rules concerning radio frequency emissions for Class A computing
devices. The following section is required by the FCC.
Caution
In accordance with FCC Part 15 section 15.21, changes or modifications made by the buyer that
are not expressly approved by BLACK BOX Ltd could void the buyer’s authority to operate
this equipment.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital
device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
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 will be required to correct the interference at his
own expense.
This Class A digital device meets all requirementsof the Canadian Interference-Causing
Equipment Regulations.
Cet Appareil numerique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Reglement sur le
materiel brouilleur du Canada.
Products Manufactured Under
An ISO 9001 Certified
Quality Management System
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Regulatory Information
The equipment complies with the following applicable European Directives 73/23/EEC,
89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC, 93/68/EEC and 1995/5-EC.
Customer Information
The equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. You will find the label located on the
bottom of the enclosure. This label contains the FCC Registration Number and Ringer
Equivalence Number (REN) for this equipment. You must, upon request, provide this
information to your telephone company.
Incidence of harm: If your telephone equipment causes harm to the telephone network, the
telephone company may discontinue your service temporarily. If possible, they will notify you
in advance. But if advance notice is not practical, you will be notified as soon as possible. You
will be informed of your right to file a complaint with the FCC.
Rights of the telephone company: Your telephone company may make changes in its facilities,
equipment, operations or procedures that could affect the proper functioning of your equipment.
If they do, you will be notified in advance to give you an opportunity to maintain uninterrupted
telephone service.
Malfunction of the equipment: In the event this equipment should fail to operate properly,
disconnect the unit from the telephone line. Try using another FCC approved telephone in the
same telephone jack. If the trouble does not persist and appears to be with this unit, disconnect
the unit from the telephone line and discontinue use of the unit until it is repaired. Please note
that the telephone company may ask that you disconnect this equipment from the telephone
network until the problem has been corrected or until you’re sure that the equipment is not
malfunctioning.
NOTE: As per the Voluntary Control Council for Interference by Information Technology
Equipment (VCCI), the Dual Trunk E1 Router complies with VCCI Class 1 ITE. This
equipment is in the 1st Class category (information equipment to be used in commercial and/or
industrial areas) and conforms to the standards set by the Voluntary Control Council for
Interference by Information Technology Equipment aimed at preventing radio interference in
commercial and/or industrial areas. Consequently, when used in a residential area or in an
adjacent area thereto, radio interference may be caused to radios and TV receivers, etc. Read
the instructions for correct handling.
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Preface 9
Audience 9
Organization 9
Conventions 10
Symbols 10
Typography 11
Black Box Technical Support 11
Returning a Unit 12
Send Us Your Comments 12
Chapter 1, Product Overview 13
Product Overview 13
Applications 14
Dual independent links application 14
Load balancing 14
Redundancy 14
Multilink application 15
Redundancy 15
Monitoring the Entire WAN Protocol Stack 16
Monitoring Higher Protocol Layers 16
Chapter 2, Installation 17
Unpacking and Checking Equipment 17
Package Contents 17
Before You Install 17
Site Requirements 17
Installation 18
Installing the Dual Trunk E1 Router 18
Installation Using AC Power 18
Installation Using DC Power 19
Chapter 3, Terminal Setup 21
Navigating The Front Panel 21
Front Panel Display 23
Default Display 23
The EFS Field 23

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The Configuration Options 23
The Test Options 24
To Stop a Test 25
The Monitor Options 25
Terminal User Interface Mode 25
Terminal Interface Navigation 26
Setting a Menu Parameter 26
Attaching to a Terminal 26
Using the Ethernet port as management interface 27
Using Terminal Software 27
Terminal Setup 27
Hyperterm Windows Setup 27
Logging On from a Terminal 30
Logging Off from a Terminal 31
Adjusting COMM Port Settings 31
Logging on from a Telnet Connection 31
Configuring Access Rights 32
Assigning User Passwords 32
Chapter 4, Access Configuration 33
Overview of Access Configuration 33
Configuring LAN Interface 35
Setting ID, Date, Time, and Network Timing 35
Unit Configuration−Menu 4A 35
Net Configuration and Status 37
Configuring Timeslot Allocations 37
Configuring WAN Protocol 38
Configuring Single Link PPP Interface 38
Configuring independent PPP links Interfaces 39
Configuring MLPPP Interface 39
Configuring PPP Protocol Parameters 39
Configuring single link Frame Relay 40
Configuring independent Frame Relay links 40
Configuring Multilink Frame Relay 40
Configuring Frame Relay DLCIs 40
Dynamic configuration (LMI) 40
Manual DLCI configuration 41

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Mapping DLCIs to IP Addresses 41
Configuring SLIP 41
Configuring TUI Access Rights 42
Configuring Radius Authentication 42
Enabling/Disabling Traffic Monitoring 44
Configuring SNMP. 44
Configuring Time and Date Synchronization 45
Configuring DHCP 46
Chapter 5, Bridging Configuration 47
Overview of the Configuration 47
Bridging Configuration 47
Managing the unit in Bridging mode 48
VLAN Forwarding support 48
Management VLAN ID 48
Bridging Application Examples 48
WAN Gateway for IP VPN Application 48
Point-to-point LAN Extension 48
Multipoint Bridge example 48
Configuring Bridging 50
Configuring static MAC Bridge Routes 50
Displaying MAC to Port Map Table 51
Configuring the Firewall 52
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Chapter 6, Routing Configuration 53
Overview of the Configuration 53
Configuring Routing Mode 54
Configuring Default Gateway 54
Configuring Static Routes 55
Load balancing over independent links 57
Configuring Dynamic Routing 57
Configuring NAT 57
NAT Configuration menus 58
Configuring NAT for single link ISP 59
Single link Internet Example 60
Configuring NAT for Multihoming 60
Configuring NAT for Internet access and Frame Relay network 61

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Chapter 7, Firewall Configuration 63
Configuring the Firewall 63
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Chapter 8, Diagnostics 65
Required Tools and Equipment 65
Performing Tests from the Front Panel 65
Self Test 65
Loopback Tests 66
Loop NET Test 66
Loop Payload Test 67
Loop Up Remote and Loop Down Remote Tests 67
Pattern Tests 68
QRW Pattern Test 68
Other Pattern Tests 68
Lamp Test 69
Performing Diagnostics from the Terminal 70
Menu-9 Diagnostics 70
Menu-9A Physical Layer Diagnostics 70
Performing a Test from Menu-9A Physical Layer Diagnostics 70
Performing Diagnostics From Telnet 70
Link Layer Diagnostics and Delay Monitoring 71
Link-based Testing for Public Packet Networks 72
Delay Monitoring for TCP/IP 72
Non-Disruptive Testing 72
Menu-9B—Link Layer Diagnostics 72
Chapter 9, Monitoring and Management 75
Monitoring and Management 75
Terminal User Interface Access Methods 76
Monitoring Performance 76
Displaying Performance Reports 76
Performance Report Menus 76
Performance Data Report Events 78
Event Log 78
Routing Monitoring 79

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Delay Monitoring 79
Monitoring Status 80
Menu-1 Main Status 80
Main Status Fields 80
Clearing Error Counters 80
Menu-2 Data Status 80
In–band Management 80
In-band Network Registers, 24 Hour Detail 81
RMON-2 81
Protocol Directory 81
Protocol Distribution 82
Network Layer and Application Layer Host Tables 82
Network Layer and Application LayerMatrix Tables 83
Chapter 10, Alarms 85
Configuring Alarm Conditions 85
How Alarm Reports Are Displayed 85
Menu-8 Alarm 86
Menu-8A Alarm Configuration 86
Menu-8C Miscellaneous Management Configuration 86
Menu-8E Modem Initialization Strings 86
Chapter 11, Troubleshooting 87
Troubleshooting the Unit 87
Unit Problems 87
Network Problems 90
Appendix A, Specifications 95
Technical Specifications 95
Performance 95
LRU4240 Network Interface 95
LRU4240 Data Interface 95
Power Options 96
Physical 96
Environmental 96
Reliability 96
LRU4240 Diagnostics 96

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Appendix B, Cable and Connector Pin Assignments 101
E1 Network Pin Assignments 101
Communication Port Pin Assignments 102
DE-9 to DB-25 Adapter Pin Assignments 102
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Appendix C, Software Upgrade 103
Software Download 103
Using the Download Menu Utility 103
Setting Up for TFTP 103
Abnormal Termination 104
Error Indicators 104
Download Aborted by User 105
Programming software upgrades remotely 106
Software-Only Upgrades 107
Changing software 107
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Appendix D, Menus 109
Appendix E, Router Command Line Interface Reference 137
Access To Router Command Line 137
Configuring the router automatically 137
Router Command Line Help 138
CLI Command Modes 140
Unit Command Reference 141
configure terminal 142
quit 142
show running-config 142
show unit id 142
e1 framing 143
e1 line-impedance 143
e1 timeslot 143
interface IFNAME icmp-redirect 143
interface IFNAME ip-addr 143

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interface enet 144
interface frame-relay dlci 144
interface frame-relay lmi 144
interface frame-relay map 145
interface frame-relay map clear 145
ip bridge static-route 145
ip dhcp-relay 145
ip firewall 145
ip nat 146
ip nat global 146
ip nat local-addr 146
ip nat static 146
ip route 146
ip route bridge-route-aging-time 147
ip route default-gateway 147
ip route load-balancing 147
ip route mode 147
ip route vlan-id 148
ip route vlan-priority 148
ip static-route clear 148
multilink 148
multilink mfr 148
multilink mlppp 148
t1 framing 148
t1 lbo 149
t1 timeslot 149
time-sync 149
time-zone 149
traffic monitoring 149
traffic type 150
unit alarm 150
unit ansi-fdl 150
unit clock 150
unit comm-port 150
unit id 150
unit idle-code 150
unit management 150

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unit modem 151
unit outage 151
unit protect-mode 151
unit radius 151
unit remote-comm 151
unit sla 151
unit snmp 151
unit yellow-alarm 151
wan-port in-service 151
Kernel Command Reference 152
interface IFNAME 152
quit 152
debug zebos events 152
debug zebos kernel 153
debug zebos packet 153
show debugging zebos 153
show interface IFNAME 153
show ip route 153
show running-config 154
RIP Command Reference 155
configure terminal 155
router rip 155
interface IFNAME 155
quit 155
debug rip 155
distance 156
ip rip receive-packet 156
ip rip receive version 156
ip rip send-packet 156
ip rip send version 157
ip rip send version 1-compatible 157
ip split-horizon 157
neighbor 158
network 158
passive-interface 158
route 158
router rip 159

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show debugging rip 159
show ip protocols 159
show running-config 160
show ip rip 160
timers 160
version 161
OSPF Command Reference 161
area authentication 161
area default-cost 162
area export-list 162
area import-list 162
area range 163
area shortcut 163
area stub 164
area virtual-link 164
auto-cost 165
compatible rfc1583 166
debug ospf event 166
debug ospf ism 166
debug ospf lsa 167
debug ospf nsm 167
debug ospf packet 168
debug ospf route 168
debug ospf zebos 168
default-information originate 169
default-metric 169
description 170
distance 170
distribute-list 170
ip ospf authentication 171
ip ospf authentication-key 171
ip ospf cost 172
ip ospf database-filter 172
ip ospf dead-interval 173
ip ospf hello-interval 173
ip ospf network 174
ip ospf priority 174

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ip ospf retransmit-interval 175
ip ospf transmit-delay 175
login 176
match interface 176
match metric 177
match route-type external 177
match tag 177
neighbor 178
network area 178
opaque 179
opaque-lsa-capable 179
ospf abr-type 180
ospf authentication-key 180
ospf cost 180
ospf dead-interval 181
ospf hello-interval 181
ospf network 182
ospf priority 182
ospf router-id 183
ospf transmit-delay 183
passive-interface 183
redistribute 184
refresh timer 184
router-id 185
router ospf 185
set metric-type 185
set next-hop 186
set tag 186
show debugging ospf 187
show ip ospf 187
show ip ospf border-routers 188
show ip ospf database 189
show ip ospf database asbr-summary 190
show ip ospf database external 190
show ip ospf database network 191
show ip ospf database opaque-area 192
show ip ospf database opaque-link 193

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show ip ospf database router 193
show ip ospf database summary 194
show ip ospf interface 195
show ip ospf neighbor 196
show ip ospf route 197
show ip protocols 198
show memory all 198
show memory lib 200
show memory ospf 201
summary-address 202
timers spf 202
Index 203

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