Cisco OSM-12CT3/T1 - Optical Services Module... Quick guide

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Configuring the Channelized 12-port CT3/T1
Optical Services Modules
This chapter describes how to configure the 12-port channelized/unchannelized DS3 Optical Services
Modules (OSM-12CT3/T1).
The chapter consists of these sections:
•Understanding the Channelized/Unchannelized CT3/T1 Modules, page 7-1
•Supported Features, page 7-2
•Configuring the Interfaces, page 7-6
Understanding the Channelized/Unchannelized CT3/T1 Modules
The OSM-12CT3/T1 module provides 12DS3 interface connections using mini-SMB connectors.
Each DS3 port can be independently configured all the way from a clear channel DS3 down to and
including DS1, E1,and DS0 connections on the same port, with a maximum of 128 channels per DS3
port.
Each OSM-12CT3/T1 can support any combination of DS3/DS1/E1/T1s up to 1023 channels. For
example, each port can support the following:
•1 DS3 at 44.7 Mbps
•21 E1s at 2.048Mbps
•28 DS1s at 1.5 Mbps
•128 DS0s at 64 Kbps
An unchannelized DS3 connection provides a single serial interface data channel that may be configured
to use all of the DS3 bandwidth or a fractional portion of it. This mode is compatible with several
vendors of fractional (subrate) DS3 data service units (DSUs).
A cost, depending on the bandwidth, is associated with a serial interface. The total cost possible for 12 DS3
ports is 4096. That is, the sum of the costs of all the serial interfaces configured on 12 DS3 ports must be no
more than 4096. The show controller t3 command displays the VC cost, which indicates the available cost
of 12 DS3 ports. Table 7-1 shows the cost associated with each link type.

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Table 7-1 Serial Interface Cost
Channelized DS3 Overview
In the channelized mode of operation, an OSM-12CT3/T1 link is channelized into 28 DS1 or 21 E1 data
lines in an industry standard multiplexing format.
Each of the DS1 lines contain 24 timeslots of 64 or 56 kbps each, and each of the E1 lines contain 32
timeslots of 64 or 56 kbps each. The DS1and E1 lines can support one or more user data channels which
appear to the system as serial interfaces. Each serial interface is assigned one or more of the timeslots
giving the serial interface a bandwidth of n x 56 kbps or n x 64 kbps, where n is the number of timeslots
assigned. Any unused timeslots of the lines are filled with an idle channel pattern.
Unchannelized DS3 Overview
In the unchannelized mode of operation, a DS3 link provides a single high speed user data channel,
rather than being multiplexed into 28 DS1 or 21 E1 lines. The data channel appears to the system as a
serial interface that may be configured to use the full DS3 bandwidth or a smaller portion of the DS3
bandwidth.
In unchannelized DS3 mode, the OSM-12CT3/T1 supports the maintenance data link (MDL) channel
when using c-bit parity framing as well as local and network loopbacks.
Supported Features
The 12-port channelized/unchannelized DS3 OSMs support the following features:
•General Features, page 7-3
•Serial Encapsulation Protocols, page 7-3
•DSU Mode, page 7-4
•T1 Configuration Options, page 7-4
•E1 Configuration Options, page 7-4
•DS3 Alarms, page 7-5
•Network Management, page 7-5
•Quality of Service Protocols, page 7-5
Link Type Cost
DS3 336
Unframed E1 16
1-6 DS-/TS 4
7-9 DS0/TS 6
10-16 DS0/TS 8
17-24 DS0/TS 12
25-31 TS 16

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Supported Features
General Features
The general features are as follows:
•Channelized DS3 with 28 DS1 lines or 21 E1 lines multiplexed into a DS3 line.
•C-bit parity, M23, and auto-detect framing.
•Internal clocking configurable.
•Bit error rate test (BERT) diagnostics for each DS-3 channel
•Local, line, and remote loopback.
•Generation and termination of DS-3 maintenance data link (MDL) in C-bit framing.
•Compliance with ANSI T1.231-1993, Bellcore GR820, ANSI T1.107, ANSI T1.403 1989, G.703
Section 2, G.704 Section 3, AT&T Pub. 62411 1990, and Facilities Data Link (ANSI T1.403 and
AT&T 54016).
Serial Encapsulation Protocols
The OSMs support for the following serial encapsulation protocols:
•Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
•Distributed Multilink PPP (dMLPPP)
The OSM-12CT3/T1 module supports dMLPPP, which means that the MLPPP encapsulation is
performed on the OSM-12CT3/T1 module rather than the route processor. The following dMLPP
features are supported:
– 336 bundles per module
– A maximum of 12 DS1/E1 channels per bundle
– All links in a bundle should operate at the same speed
– 100 ms of differential delay
•High-Level Data Link Control (HDLC)
•Frame Relay
Configure the OSM-12CT3/T1 interfaces for Frame Relay as described in the Cisco IOS Wide-Area
Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.1 under “Configuring Frame Relay” and in the Cisco
IOS Wide-Area Networking Command Reference, Release 12.1 at:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/wan_c/wcdfrely.htm
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/wan_r/wrdfrely.htm
Configure traffic shaping for Frame Relay as described in the Cisco IOS Quality of Service
Solutions Configuration Guide under “Configuring Distributed Traffic Shaping” at:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios122/122cgcr/fqos_c/fqcprt4/qcfdts.h
tm.
For information on Multilink Frame Relay (FRF.16), see •Multilink Frame Relay (FRF.16),
page 1-4.
•MPLS/VPN
For MPLS/VPN configuration information, see Chapter 9, “Configuring Multiprotocol Label
Switching on the Optical Services Modules.”

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DSU Mode
Unchannelized DS-3 supports subrate and scrambling formats for the following DSUs.
•Digital Link
•Ve r i l i n k
•Adtran
•Larscom
•Kentrox
T1 Configuration Options
The T1 lines have the following configuration options:
•Local, line, and remote loopback.
•Generation and termination of DS-3 maintenance data link (MDL) in C-bit framing.
•In T1 mode, the channelized CT3/T1 OSMs support facilities data link (FDL) in Extended
Superframe (ESF) framing, as well as various loopbacks. Bit error rate testing (BERT) is supported
on each of the T1 lines. It can be done over a framed or unframed DS-1 signal. The
OSM-ChOC12C/T1 module has four framers, each connected to three contiguous ports. BER testing
can be done simultenously on 6 T1 interfaces in addition to any DS3 interfaces configured on the
three ports to which a framer is connected.
•In the channelized mode of operation, a channelized CT3/T1 OSM link can be channelized into
maximum of 336 T1 data lines in an industry standard multiplexing format. Each of the T1 lines
contains 24 timeslots of 64 or 56 kbps each. The T1 lines can support one or more user data
channels, which appear to the system as serial interfaces. Each serial interface is assigned one or
more of the timeslots giving the serial interface a bandwidth of nx 56 kbps or n x 64 kbps, where n
is the number of timeslots assigned. Any unused timeslots of the T1 are filled with an idle channel
pattern.
E1 Configuration Options
The E1 lines have the following configuration options:
•Channelized E1—Any of the 21 E1 lines can be configured as channelized E1 lines, but you are
limited to a total of 128 logical channels. You can group the time slots in these E1 lines into several
individual logical channel groups, each of which carries data with different data link layer protocol
encapsulations. You can configure timeslot 16 as a data channel, although it is typically used for
common channel signaling. (Channel associated signaling (CAS) for voice channels and E1
Facilities Data Link [FDL] on timeslot 16 are not supported.)
•Each logical channel group can be composed of individual 64-kbps timeslots and/or ranges of
timeslots, for example, 1, 9, 12-14. Each logical channel group can contain from 1-31 timeslots
maximum; the same timeslot cannot be used in more than one logical channel group. Any unused
timeslots are filled with programmable idle-channel data.
•Fractional E1— Any of the 21 E1 lines can be configured as fractional E1 lines, each of which can
be either E1 frames or E1 cyclic redundancy check (CRC) multiframes, as specified by CCITT/ITU
G.704 and G.706. A fractional E1 line is a subset of the full E1 bandwidth, which uses n x 64 kbps;
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Fractional E1 lines contain only a single logical channel group that can be either a single 64-kbps
timeslot or a range of timeslots; for example timeslot 1, or timeslots 15-23. Any unused timeslots
are filled with programmable idle-channel data.
Note If you assign only one channel group to an E1 line, it is a fractional E1 line. If you assign
more than one channel group to an E1 line, it is a channelized E1 line.
•Unframed E1—Any of the 21 E1 lines can be configured as unframed E1 data lines. Each unframed
E1 line contains no framing overhead and is not timeslot divided.
Note For channelized, fractional, and unframed configurations each configured channel group, which might
contain individual timeslots and/or ranges of timeslots, uses only one of the 128 available logical
channels. For example, if you assign the range of timeslots 3-7 to a channel group, only one logical
channel is used. Likewise, if you assign just timeslot 3 to a channel group, only one logical channel is
used.
DS3 Alarms
This section lists the supported DS3 alarms:
•Alarm indication signal (AIS)
•Out of frame (OOF)
•Far End Remote Failure (FERF)
•Loss of Signal (LOS)
•Far End Block Errors (FEBE)
•Far-End Alarm and Control (FEAC) support
Network Management
This section lists the supported network management features:
•Local Loopback.
•Network Loopback.
•RFC 1407 MIB support.
Quality of Service Protocols
For information on configuring QoS on the Channelized OSMs, refer to Chapter 10, “Configuring QoS
on the Optical Services Modules.”
The following QoS features are supported on the Channelized OSMs:
•Hierarchical traffic shaping for Frame Relay, HDLC, and PPP encapsulations
•PFC2 QoS on the LAN and WAN ports
•Differentiated Services Control Point (DSCP)
•IP Precedence classification

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Configure class-based marking as described in the Class-Based Marking Feature Module at this
URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121newft/121t/121t5/cbpmark2
.htm
•Classification and priority marking based on the following:
– Ethertype
– IP Source Address (SA)
– IP Destintation Address (DA)
– TCP port number
– UDP port number
– IP SA + TCP/UDP port number + IP DA + TCP/UDP port number
•Class-based weighted fair queuing (CBWFQ) on the WAN ports.
•Low latency queuing (LLQ) on the WAN ports.
For general information on classification, marking, and queuing in IOS, refer to the “Classificiation”
chapter of the Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide, Release 12.1 at this
URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/qos_c/index.htm
For information about platform-independent IOS QoS commands, refer to the Cisco IOS Quality of
Service Solutions Command Reference, Release 12.1at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/qos_r/index.htm
Configuring the Interfaces
This chapter includes these sections:
•Configuring the T3 Controller, page 7-6
•Configuring the Unchannelized DS3 Interface, page 7-7
•Configuring the Channelized DS3 Interface, page 7-9
•Configuring Distributed MLPPP, page 7-11
•Configuring the T1/NxDS0 Lines, page 7-9
•Configuring the E1 Lines, page 7-10
Configuring the T3 Controller
To configure the controller, perform this task:

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This example shows how to configure the controller:
Router# configure terminal
Router(config)# controller T3 3/0
Router(config-controller)# no channelized
Router(config-controller)# exit
Router(config)#
Configuring the Unchannelized DS3 Interface
After you verify the controller configuration, you can configure the associated DS3 interfaces.
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router# configure terminal Enters configuration mode and specifies that the
console terminal is the source of the configuration
subcommands.
Step 2 Router(config)# controller t3 slot/port Selects a port and enters controller configuration
mode.
Step 3 Router(config-controller)# [no] channelized [mode {t1
| e1}]
Specifies the channelization mode.
no channelized—configures the interface as
unchannelized.
channelized mode t1—configures the interfaces
for T1 channelized mode
channelized mode e1—configures the interfaces
for E1 channelized mode
Default is t1.
Step 4 Router(config-controller)# [no]bert pattern
[2^11 |2^15 |2^20 O.153 | 2^20 QRSS | 2^23 | 0s |
1s |alt-0-1]interval [1-1440]
(Optional) Configures bit-error-rate (BER)
testing.
Step 5 Router(config-controller)# [no] mdl string {eic | fic |
generator | lic | pfi | port | unit}
(Optional) Specifies the maintenance data link
(MDL) messages.
eic—equipment ID code
fic—frame ID code
generator—generator number in MDL test signal
lic—location ID code
pfi—facility ID code in MDL path message
port—port number in MDL idle string message
unit—unit code
Default is no mdl string.
Step 6 Router(config-controller)# [no] mdl transmit
{path | idle-signal | test-signal}
(Optional) Enables MDL message transmission.
Default is no mdl transmit.
Step 7 Router(config-controller)# t1 1 bert channel-group 0
pattern 2^11 interval 1
(Optional) Configures bit error rate testing on
channel-group 0 (all timeslots under channel
group 0).
Step 8 Router(config-controller)# t1 1 bert timeslots 21,24
pattern 2^11 interval 1
(Optional) Configures bit error rate testing on
timeslots 21 and 24 only.

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Note IP addresses can not be assigned to main interfaces configured for Frame Relay.
To configure the unchannelized DS3 interfaces, perform this task:
This is an example of an unchannelized DS3 interface configuration:
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)# controller t3 3/0
Router (config-controller)# no channelized
Router (config-controller)# exit
Router (config)# interface serial 1/0
Router (config-if)# dsu bandwidth 16000
Router (config-if)# encapsulation ppp
Router (config-if)# no shutdown
Router (config-if)# exit
Router(config)#
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router# configure terminal Enters configuration mode and specifies that the
console terminal is the source of the configuration
subcommands.
Step 2 Router(config)# interface serial slot/port Specifies the serial port to configure.
Step 3 Router(config-if)# framing {c-bit |m23}Specifies the framing.
Step 4 Router(config-if)# [no] dsu bandwidth Kilobits/sec Sets the DSU subrate bandwidth.
Router(config-if)# [no]dsu mode {0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4} Specifies the DSU mode:
0–Digital-Link
1–Kentrox
2–Larscom
3–Adtran
4–Verilink
Step 5 Router(config-if)# [no] dsu remote [accept | fullrate]Specifies if the local (near-end) interface will
accept incoming requests from the remote
(far-end) interface, or if the local interface will
request that the remote interface set its bandwidth to
fullrate.
Step 6 Router(config-if)# encapsulation hdlc | ppp Specifies the encapsulation type. HDLC is the
default encapsulation.
Step 7 Router(config-if)# [no] clock source {internal | line}(Optional) Specifies the clock source.
Default is line.
Step 8 Router(config-if)# [no] loopback
{local |network |remote {line |payload}}
(Optional) Sets the loopback mode.
Default is no loopback.
Step 9 Router(config-if)# [no] cablelength feet Specifies the cable length. Default is 224.
Step 10 Router(config-if)# [no] keepalive Turns on and off keepalive messages.
Step 11 Router(config-if)# no shutdown Enables the interface.

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Configuring the Channelized DS3 Interface
The DS3 Interface can be channelized down to T1 and E1 links. These sections provide configuration
information for T1 and E1 link configuration:
•Configuring the T3 Controller for Channelization, page 7-9
•Configuring the T1/NxDS0 Lines, page 7-9
•Configuring the E1 Lines, page 7-10
Note Bit error rate testing (BERT) is supported on each of the T1 and E1 lines. It can be done over a framed
or unframed DS-1 signal. The OSM-12CT3/T1 module has four framers, each connected to three
contiguous ports. BER testing can be done simultenously on 6 T1 or E1 interfaces in addition to any DS3
interfaces configured on the three ports to which a framer is connected.
Note BERT channel-groups and timeslots are also supported.
Configuring the T3 Controller for Channelization
To configure the T3 controller for T1 of E1 channelization, perform this task:
This example configures the T3 controller for T1 channelization mode:
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)# controller T3 2/0
Router(config-controller)# channelized mode t1
Router(config-controller)# CNTL/Z
Router#
Configuring the T1/NxDS0 Lines
To configure T1/NxDS0 lines, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router# configure terminal Enters configuration mode and specifies that the
console terminal is the source of the configuration
subcommands.
Step 2 Router(config)# controller slot/port Selects the controller.
Step 3 Router (config-controller)# [no] channelized [mode {t1
| e1}]
Specifies the channelization mode.
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This example configures a T1/NxDS0 line:
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)# controller T3 3/1
Router(config-controller)# t1 6 channel-group 0 timeslots 1-5, 20-23
Router(config-controller)# t1 6 framing sf
Router(config-controller)# t1 6 clock source line
Router(config-controller)# t1 6 loopback remote line
Router(config-controller)# t1 6 bert pattern 2^23 interval 5 unframed
Router(config-controller)# exit
Router(config)# interface serial t1 3/1/6:0
Router (config-if)# CNTL/Z
Router#
Configuring the E1 Lines
To configure E1 lines, perform this task:
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router# configure terminal Enters configuration mode and specifies that the
console terminal is the source of the configuration
subcommands.
Step 2 Router(config)# controller t3 slot/port Enters controller configuration mode.
Step 3 Router(config-controller)# [no] t1 t1-number
channel-group channel-group-number timeslots
list-of-timeslots [speed 56 | 64]
Configures the channel group.
Step 4 Router (config-if)# [no] t1 t1-number framing {sf |
esf}
Specifies the framing.
Step 5 Router (config-controller)# [no] t1 t1-number fdl ansi (Optional) Enables the once-second transmission
of the remote performance reports via facility data
link (FDL).
Step 6 Router (config-controller)# [no] t1 t1-number yellow
{detection | generation}
(Optional) Enables detection and generation of T1
yellow alarms.
Step 7 Router (config-controller)# [no] t1 t1-number clock
source {internal | line}
(Optional) Defines clock source for the specified
T1 line.
Step 8 Router (config-controller)# [no] t1 t1-number loopback
{local |network |remote {line fdl {ansi | bellcore}|
payload fdl ansi}}
(Optional) Sets the loopback mode.
Step 9 Router (config-controller)# [no][e1 | t1][e1-number
|t1 number] bert pattern {2^11 |2^15 |2^20 O.153
| 2^20 QRSS | 2^23 | 0s |1s |alt-0-1}interval
[1-1440]
(Optional) Configures bit-error-rate (BER)
testing.
Step 10 Router(config-controller)# exit Exits controller configuration mode.
Step 11 Router(config)# [no] interface serial slot/port/t1
number: channel-group number
Selects the interface and configures the channel
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This example configures an E1 line:
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router)# controller T3 4/1
Router(config-controller)# channelized mode e1
Router(config-controller)# e1 10 channel-group 0 timeslots 1-5, 20-23
Router(config-controller)# e1 10 framing crc4
Router(config-controller)# e1 10 national bits
Router(config-controller)# e1 10 clock source line
Router(config-controller)# e1 10 loopback network line
Router(config-controller)# e1 10 bert pattern 2^23 interval 5 unframed
Router (config-controller)# exit
Router(config)# interface serial e1 4/0/10:0
Router(config-if)# CNTL/Z
Router#
Configuring Distributed MLPPP
Distributed MLPPP allows you to combine T1 or E1 lines into a bundle that has the combined bandwidth
of multiple T1 or E1 lines. Bundling T1 or E1 lines enables you to increase the bandwidth of your
network links beyond that of a single T1 or E1 line without having to purchase a T3 line.
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router# configure terminal Enters configuration mode and specifies that the
console terminal is the source of the configuration
subcommands.
Step 2 Router(config)# controller slot/port Selects the controller.
Step 3 Router (config-controller)# [no] channelized [mode {t1
| e1}]
Specifies the channelization mode.
Default is t1.
Step 4 Router (config-controller)# [no] e1 e1number clock
source {internal | line}
Defines clock source for the specified E1 line.
Step 5 Router (config-controller)# [no] e1 e1 number unframed Configures the E1 line as unframed.
Step 6 Router (config-controller)# [no] e1 e1 number
framing {crc4 | no-crc4}
Specifies the framing.
Step 7 Router (config-controller)# [no] e1 e1 number national
bits pattern
Specifies the national bits reserved for
country-specific control information.
Step 8 Router (config-controller)# [no] e1 e1 number
channel-group channel-group number timeslots
list-of-timeslots speed [56 | 64]
Configures a channel-group.
Step 9 Router (config-controller)# [no] e1 e1 number loopback
{local |network}
(Optional) Sets the loopback mode.
Step 10 Router (config-controller)# [no][e1 | t1][e1 number
|t1 number] bert pattern {2^11 |2^15 |2^20 O.153
| 2^20 QRSS | 2^23 | 0s |1s |alt-0-1}interval
[1-1440]
(Optional) Configures bit-error-rate (BER)
testing.
Step 11 Router(config-controller)# exit Exits controller configuration mode.
Step 12 Router(config)# [no] interface serial slot/port/t1
number: channel-group number
Selects the interface and configures the channel
group.

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Figure 7-1 shows a network using an MLPPP link. The Cisco 7600 Series router is connected to the
network with an OSM-12CT3/T1 module. An OSM-12CT3/DS interface has been configured with
MLPPP to carry two bundles of four T1 lines each. Each of these bundles goes out to separate remote
Cisco 7200 series routers, which each have one MLPPP bundle of four T1 lines. Another
OSM-12CT3/DS interface has been configured with MLPPP to carry two bundles of two T1 lines. One
of these bundles goes out to a Cisco 2500 series router and the other goes out to a Cisco 3800 series
router.
Figure 7-1 MLPPP Topology
Creating a Multilink Bundle
To create a multilink bundle, perform this task beginning in global configuration mode:
The following example shows how to create a multilink bundle:
Router(config)# interface multilink 1
Router(config-if)# ip address 10.0.0.0 10.255.255.255
Router(config-if)# encapsulation ppp
Router(config-if)# ppp multilink
Router(config-if)# multilink-group 1
Router(config-if)# CNTL/Z
Router#
Cisco 7200
Cisco 7600
with OSM-12CT3/DS0
PSTN
Cisco 7200
Cisco 2500
Cisco 3800
T1s
T1s
CT3 CT3
Channelized T3
with two bundles
of four T1
Channelized T3
with two bundles
of two T1s each
77983
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router(config)# interface multilink
bundle-id
Statically configures link bundles.
Note The Multilink PPP command is available on serial
interfaces only.
Step 2 Router(config-if)# ip address address
mask
Assigns an IP address to the multilink interface.
Step 3 Router(config-if)# encapsulation ppp Enables PPP encapsulation.
Step 4 Router(config-if)# ppp multilink (Optional) Enables Multilink PPP.
Step 5 Router(config-if)# [no] multilink-group
bundle-id
(Optional) Designates an interface as part of a multilink bundle.
bundle-id is the bundle number created with the interface multilink
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Assigning an Interface to a Multilink Bundle
To assign an interface to a multilink bundle, use the following commands in interface configuration
mode:
The following example shows how to create a multilink interface and add it to a multilink bundle:
Router(config)# interface serial 1/0/0:1
Router(config-if)# no ip address
Router(config-if)# encapsulation ppp
Router(config-if)# multilink-group 1
Router(config-if)# CNTL/Z
Router#
Enabling PPP Multilink Fragmentation
By default, PPP multilink fragmentation is enabled. To enable PPP multilink fragmentation after it has
been disabled, perform this task in interface configuration mode:
Enabling fragmentation reduces the delay latency among bundle links, but adds some load to the CPU.
Disabling fragmentation may result in better throughput.
If your data traffic is consistently of a similar size, we recommend disabling fragmentation. In this case,
the benefits of fragmentation may be outweighed by the added load on the CPU.
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router(config)# interface serial
slot/port/DS0 number: channel-group number
Selects the interface.
Step 2 Router(config-if)# no ip address Removes any specified IP address.
Step 3 Router(config-if)# encapsulation ppp Enables PPP encapsulation.
Step 4 Router(config-if)# multilink-group
bundle-id
Designates an interface as part of a multilink bundle.
bundle-id is the bundle number created with the interface multilink
bundle-id command.
Step 5 Router(config-if)# ppp authentication chap (Optional) Enables Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
(CHAP) authentication.
Step 6 Router(config-if)# ppp chap hostname name (Optional) Enables the presence of multiple bundles between two
hosts.
Command Purpose
Router(config-if)# [no] ppp multilink
fragmentation
Enables fragmentation. By default fragmentation is enabled.
Router(config-if)# [no]multilink fragment-delay
milliseconds
Specifies the tolerable delay in sending the fragment on the
multilink. This delay is used to compute fragment size of the
packet. Three supported fragment sizes are 128, 256, 512. Default
delay is 30ms.

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Configuring Multilink PPP Minimum Links Mandatory
To configure the Multilink PPP Minimum Links Mandatory feature, use the following commands in
interface configuration mode:
This example shows how to configure the Multilink PPP Minimum Links Mandatory feature:
Router(config-if)# ppp multilink
Router(config-if)# multilink min-links 5 mandatory
For additional information about the Multilink PPP Minimum Links Mandatory feature, refer to this
URL:
http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121newft/121limit/121e/121
e11/12e_mlp.htm#xtocid0
The commands listed at this URL are all supported on the OSM-12CT3/T1, except the following:
•multilink max-link
•multilink load-threshold
•multilink max-fragments
•debug ppp multilink fragments
Verifying the Configuration
Use the show ppp multilink command to display information about the newly created multilink bundle:
Router# show ppp multilink
Multilink1, bundle name is group1
Bundle is Distributed
0 lost fragments, 0 reordered, 0 unassigned, sequence 0x0/0x0 rcvd/sent
0 discarded, 0 lost received, 1/255 load
Member links:4 active, 0 inactive (max not set, min not set)
Serial1/0/0:1
Creating a Multilink Interface Example
Interface multilink1
ip address 100.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
interface serial6/12/1:0
no ip address
encapsulation ppp
Command Purpose
Step 1 Router(config-if)# ppp multilink Enables Multilink PPP.
Step 2 Router(config-if)# multilink min-links
links mandatory
Specifies the required minimum number of links in a Multilink
PPP (MLP) bundle. If the minimum number of links in the MLP
bundle falls below the number specified by the links attribute, the
MLP bundle is disabled.
•links—Minimum number of links, in the range 0 to 12.
•The mandatory keyword is required on the OSM-12CT3/T1.

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ppp chap hostname mul1
multilink-group 1
interface serial6/12/2:0
no ip address
encapsulation ppp
ppp chap hostname mul1
multilink-group 1
interface serial6/12/3:0
no ip address
encapsulation ppp
ppp chap hostname mul1
multilink-group 1
show ppp multilink
Multilink1, bundle name is mul1
Bundle up for 19:58:37
Bundle is Distributed
0 lost fragments, 0 reordered, 0 unassigned
0 discarded, 0 lost received, 1/255 load
0x0 received sequence, 0x0 sent sequence
Member links:3 active, 0 inactive (max not set, min not set)
Serial6/12/1:0, since 19:58:37, no frags rcvd 384 weight
Serial6/12/2:0, since 19:58:37, no frags rcvd 384 weight
Serial6/12/3:0, since 19:58:37, no frags rcvd 384 weight

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