WaiLan DeltaFire 500 User manual

DeltaFireTM 500
User’s Guide

WaiLAN Communications, Inc.
DeltaFire 500 User’s Guide
Version: V1.0
Part Number: 311-090001
Copyright © 1998 WaiLAN Communications, Inc.
Address: WaiLAN Communications, Inc.
2032 Bering Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
URL: www.wailan.com
Notice:
AGATE™ and DeltaFireare trademarks of WaiLAN Communications, Inc. All other company
or product names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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Note: Every effort has been made to make this user’s guide as complete and accurate as possible, but no
warranty or fitness is implied. The information is provided on an “as is” basis. WaiLAN
Communications, Inc. shall have neither liability nor responsibility to any person or entity, with respect to
any loss or damage arising from the information contained in this user’s guide or the use of the product
itself.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) STATEMENT -- PENDING
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 interference if installed and
operated properly in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and if not properly installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this 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.
However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try and correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
•Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
•Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
•Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING! In order to meet FCC emission limits and to prevent interference to nearby radio and
television reception, it is essential that only the supplied AC power adapter be used.
SAFETY PRECAUTION
Before attempting to set up or operate your DeltaFire device, please read the following precautions carefully.
1. Immediately upon unpacking the DeltaFire device, inspect for external damage. If the unit has been damaged in
any way, do not attempt to operate it and return it immediately to WaiLAN Communications, Inc. Do not
connect the AC power adapter to an AC power source if the cord or the plug of the adapter is frayed or split.
2. Do not open the case. There are no user serviceable parts within.
3. Do not attempt to use any other similar AC power adapter rather than the one supplied with the package.
4. The supplied AC power adapter is designed exclusively for operation at 100V~120V, 60Hz AC, unless
otherwise specified.. Before inserting the AC power plug into a wall socket, be certain that your electrical power
is within the correct range of values.
5. Do not operate the DeltaFire device beyond the temperature and humidity range specified (see specifications
section).
6. Do not place near or over sources of heat such as a heater or radiator. Do not expose this unit to rain or
moisture.
7. Do not allow objects or foreign substances to enter the unit. If the unit malfunctions, immediately turn off the
power by removing the power plug from the outlet.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................................3
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION................................................................................................................................3
INSTALLATION.................................................................................................................................................4
Connections .............................................................................................................................................4
LED Indicators.........................................................................................................................................4
Telephone Wire Requirements..................................................................................................................5
Installation Diagram................................................................................................................................. 5
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT.................................................................................................................................6
Accessing System..................................................................................................................................... 6
Console.................................................................................................................................................... 6
Telnet.......................................................................................................................................................6
CONFIGURATIONS & MONITORING............................................................................................................6
Main Menu...............................................................................................................................................6
Default Password...................................................................................................................................... 7
System Information..................................................................................................................................7
Traffic Statistics .......................................................................................................................................8
Virtual LAN (VLAN) Configuration.........................................................................................................8
Port Configuration.................................................................................................................................... 9
IP Range Table....................................................................................................................................... 10
Static Routing Table............................................................................................................................... 10
SNMP Configuration.............................................................................................................................. 11
Change Password ................................................................................................................................... 12
Reset...................................................................................................................................................... 12
Software Upgrade................................................................................................................................... 12
SNMP Support....................................................................................................................................... 13
TROUBLESHOOTING..................................................................................................................................... 18
Table 1: Troubleshooting Procedures ..................................................................................................... 18
APPENDIX A TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................................ 19
Table 2: Technical Specifications........................................................................................................... 19
Table 3: MSDSL Line Card Rate at Different Cable Lengths................................................................... 19
Table 4: RADSL Line Card Rate at Different Cable Lengths................................................................... 20
APPENDIX B PORT PIN LAYOUTS............................................................................................................... 21
Table 5: 6-Port DSL Pin Layout (50-pin Centronics)............................................................................... 21
Table 6: Console Port Pin Layout (RS-232)............................................................................................. 22
Table 7: 10/100Base-T Port RJ-45 Pin Layout......................................................................................... 22
User’s Reference Form........................................................................................................................... 23
Technical Support Information ............................................................................................................... 26

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INTRODUCTION
Thank you for purchasing these outstanding WaiLAN communication products. This user’s guide
describes how to operate your new DSL Access Switch.
Instructions for installing your DeltaFiredevice(s) are described in the Installation section, while the
remaining sections review operation of the DeltaFire device(s) after they are installed, such as self-test,
LED indication, and troubleshooting.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
DeltaFire 500 is the industry’s first xDSL access switch router, which combines LAN switching, IP
routing and high-speed xDSL technologies. It is truly a high-speed remote LAN/WAN access device
utilizing RADSL WaiDSL, RADSL and MSDSL.
DeltaFire 500, working in conjunction with the company’s AGATEproduct line, provides remote
connections for LANs or workstations over regular copper telephone pairs with speeds up to 7 Mbps full
duplex and up to 2.3 Mbps for MSDSL, depending on line quality and distance. The remote LANs or
workstations can be located up to 29,000 feet away.
DeltaFire 500’s chassis is a 5-slot chassis with a dual redundant, load-balancing, hot-swappable plug-in
power supply. The Main Controller Board occupies the bottom slot while the remaining four slots allow
hot-swappable plug-in line cards for different line encoding technologies such as RADSL or MSDSL.
The line card plug-in cards can be mixed.
Features
•Layer-2 access switch for 24 xDSL ports plus Ethernet port; transparent to upper layer protocols
•Static and dynamic IP routing on all DSL and Ethernet ports
•Port-based Virtual LAN (VLAN) with support for up to 8 groups
•Simultaneous VLAN switching and routing
•Holds up to 4 mixed line cards: MSDSL, RADSL, WaiDSL or other xDSL technologies
•Hot-swappable multi-port xDSL line cards
•Bandwidth control on each xDSL port
•Data transport to/from the Internet via 10/100Base-T auto sensing Ethernet Port
•Completely secured communication with individual private line connections
•Compact 5-slot chassis has a plug-in fan module, dual hot-swappable power supplies with load
balancing and full redundancy
•Flash memory for system software upgrade through TFTP
•Centralized network management: SNMP embedded agent and support for standard MIB-II and
WaiLAN private MIB
•Supports VT-100 terminal emulation and telnet for network configuration and monitoring
•Protocols supported: TCP/IP, telnet, ping, tftp, ARP, SNMP, RIP-1, RIP-2

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INSTALLATION
Connections
(1) Fan Module
(2) Power Supply 1
(3) Power Supply 2 (optional)
(4) Control Card:
Console Port, RS-232 (DB-9 Female Connector): Console serial port for system configuration
LAN Network Port: Standard 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface port (RJ-45 Jack)
Fiber-Optic I/F (optional plug-in module)
(5) Line Card:
Standard 50-pin Telco connector (optional 6 port, RJ-11, harmonica)
LED Indicators
Power Supply:Power OK – Green LED, on during normal operation
Control Card:PWR – Red LED, on when power failure occurs
SYS – Green LED, on when system failure occurs
RUN – Yellow LED, blinks with normal operation
100M – Yellow LED, on when 100Base-T plugged into LAN port
RX/TX – Yellow LED, on/blinking when 10/100Base-T plugged in/activity
Line Card:Ports 1-6 – Yellow LED, on/blinking when port is linked/activity
(1) (2) (3)
(4) (5)

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Telephone Wire Requirements
The telephone circuits recommended for the DeltaFire are commonly known as Dry Line, Dry Pair, Raw
Copper Line, or Alarm Circuit. Now, it is often referred as DSL Line or ADSL Line.
When ordering a DSL line from a Telco, make sure to tell the telephone company that you need a line
with no load coils or bridge taps on it. For example, Pacific Bell’s Local Area Data Channels (LADC) use
USOC code to specify a 2-wire dry line as “T6E2D”.
NOTE:
The term “non-loaded” or “non-loaded coils” means no passive lowpass filter for voice spectrum on the
line. With a lowpass filter, the loop is used for voice signal only, the high frequency spectrum of signals
(above 4Khz) will be filtered out, and the loop cannot be used for xDSL signal transmission.
To have the dry line from a Telco, the loaded coils in the Telco’s Central Office and bridge taps at punch
down blocks MUST BE REMOVED from the subscribed line.
Installation Diagram

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SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
Accessing System
Access to the System Management Main Menu can be gained either through a Console Port or LAN Port
(Telnet):
•CONSOLE PORT – The console port is located on the Controller Card of the DeltaFire. Console
connection is through an RS-232 DB-9 male cable to the terminal/computer’s serial COM 1 or COM
2port. Users may choose to use any terminal emulation software (PROCOMM Plus is
recommended).
COM Port Configuration for direct connection to Console Port:
Terminal Emulation: VT-100
Speed : 9600, 14,400, 19,200, 28,800, 38,400, 57,600 or 115,200
Data Bit : 8
Parity Bit : None
Stop Bit : 1
•TELNET – Once the IP Address is assigned to the DeltaFire device, users can telnet to the DeltaFire
device for system configuration. An appropriate IP address for the user’s network must be configured
by a console terminal before the telnet command can be used.
CONFIGURATIONS & MONITORING
Main Menu
After making a connection to the DeltaFire device press <Enter> a few times to see the screen below.
Select the desired function by entering the corresponding number.
Console Management, Version DeltaFire 1.0 Beta (Feb 15 1999)
Copyright (C) 1998-1999, WaiLAN Communications, Inc.
Main Menu
1. System Information
2. Traffic Statistics
3. VLAN Configuration
4. Port Configuration
5. IP Range Table
6. Static Routing Table
7. SNMP Configuration
8. Password Change
9. Reset
0. Exit
Tab : Move to next changable field
Up/down Arrow : Move cursor by one line
Left/right Arrow: Move cursor by one character
Space/enter : Next choice when in selection field

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Default Password
When you try to access a Sub-menu, the DeltaFire device will prompt you to enter the password by
displaying the following screen.
The password is required in order to access the System Management Sub-menus. You will need to re-
enter the password each time the device is restarted, reset or left idle for several minutes. The default
password is set to “wailan”. You may change the password in the main menu.
System Information
-The first line of System Information sub-menu shows the system name. This is for users to identify
the DeltaFire devices.
-The next line shows the Security Level.
-The following line displays if TFTP download is enabled. You can change this by pressing <y/n> or
<Enter>. You must press <Ctrl-s> and then press <Enter> to save the changes.
-The Ethernet Address is for the Controller Card fast Ethernet port.
-The next three lines display the currently assigned IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway.
These values should be changed to fit into the user’s network in which the DeltaFire will be deployed.
-The Microprocessor line shows the CPU type on the Controller Board and the serial number of the
Board in on the following line.
-The tenth and eleventh lines display the Hardware Revision and Software Version. (You should
check the WaiLAN Web site (www.wailan.com) to see if the software is the latest version; if not, you
should upgrade your software.)
-The last four lines notify the user of the current ROM, RAM size, the baud rate of the serial port and
the current speed of the fast Ethernet port.
(NOTE: ALL CHANGES SHOULD BE SAVED BY PRESSING <CTRL-S> FOLLOWED BY PRESSING <ENTER>.
EXAMPLE OF SUB-MENU #1: SYSTEM INFORMATION
===== System Information =====
. System Name : DeltaFire A
. Security Level : High
. Allow TFTP Download : N
. Ethernet Address : 00 E0 F3 FF 34 98
. IP Address (Ethernet port) : 192.168. 0.170
. Subnet Mask : 255.255.255. 0
. Default Gateway : 0. 0. 0. 0
. Microprocessor : R4640 CPU 200MHz
. Serial Number : 00000321AF8B
. Hardware Revision : Rev.D
. Software Version : DeltaFire 1.0 Beta (Feb 15 1999)
. ROM Size : 4194304
. RAM Size : 16777216
. Serial Port Baud Rate : 38400
. Ethernet Current Speed : 10Mbps
Press Esc to return to the main menu:
Please Enter Password :
Press Esc to return to the main menu:

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Traffic Statistics
The Statistics sub-menu 2 provides traffic statistics from/to the Ethernet port and from/to DSL ports
-RX: Number of packets received
-TX: Number of packets transmitted
-ERR: Number of errors while receiving
Note: The 6-port line cards are counted from top to bottom, i.e. the top card is Slot 1.
Virtual LAN (VLAN) Configuration
The VLAN Configuration Sub-Menu 3 displays VLANs grouping configuration. The maximum number
of VLANs possible is eight. The “X” signifies that a port is part of that VLAN. “ETH” means fast
Ethernet port. The user can change the name and configuration of the VLAN.
-To change the name just type in the new name in the appropriate VLAN No. column and press <Ctrl-
s> and <Enter>
-To change the configuration of the VLAN the user must press the <Space Bar> on the appropriate
parts to add or remove an “X” and then press <Ctrl-s> and <Enter> to save
-Note: No changes will be saved if the user does not press <Ctrl-s> and then <Enter>
===== VLAN Configuration =====
Slot1 Slot2 Slot3 Slot4
No. VLAN Name ETH 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 vlan1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
2 vlan2 X X X
3
4
5
6
7
8
Press Esc to return to the main menu:
===== Traffic Statistics =====
Ethernet Port: RX 10 TX 18 ERR 0
|Slot1|---Port1---|---Port2---|---Port3---|---Port4---|---Port5---|---Port6---|
| RX | 0 | 0 | 341 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TX | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ERR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|Slot2|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| RX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ERR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|Slot3|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| RX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| ERR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|Slot4|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| RX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ERR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
0 Clear to zero - Use -- border Esc Return to the main menu