Table of Contents

Summary of Configuration Procedures
Initial Node Configuration Summary
Command Sequences for Setting Up Nodes
Summary of Commands

Initial BPX 8600 Node Configuration

This chapter guides you through the initial node configuration that must be done before you can set up network management, which will enable you to use Cisco WAN Manager workstation to configure network connections

• Summary of Configuration Procedures

• Initial Node Configuration Summary

• Command Sequences for Setting Up Nodes

• Summary of Commands

Before proceeding with this chapter, make sure you have completed all procedures in Part Two, Installation. It is assumed that the BPX chassis is mounted, BPX cards are installed, cables connected, temporary terminal or network management station is connected, peripherals connected, and the BPX node is powered up.

You are now ready to do:

• Initially configure the node

  • Configure node name

  • Configure node number

  • Configure LAN IP address and subnet mask

  • Configure time zone

  • Configure network IP relay addresses

• Configure trunks (adding the new node to the network)

• Configure lines and ports (enabling and configuring user ports)

• Add and Configure Connections

Summary of Configuration Procedures

This section summarizes the configuration steps as an overview to the procedures in the following chapters.

For a description of the commands used to operate a BPX switch, refer to the Cisco WAN Switch Command Reference.

For node installation and operation, refer to the applicable reference publications: Cisco IGX 8400 Series Reference and Cisco MGX 8220 Reference.

Initial Node Configuration Summary

This section is an overview of adding nodes and trunks by using the command line interface.

As a minimum, you should configure the nodes, as applicable, by using:

• name (cnfname)

• date (cnfdate)

• time (cnftime)

• timezone (cnftmzn)

• trunks upped (uptrk)

• trunks added (addtrk or addshelf)

You may add connections now or later, after configuring the nodes for operation with the Cisco WAN Manager NMS manager.

If you are naming the node after a city or place that contains more than eight characters, you will have to abbreviate the name to create a valid network node name. The name must be unique across the network.

Here are the basic tasks to configure a BPX switch:

1. Set up the node.

a. Configure the node name (cnfname)
Before you can add a node to the network, you must assign it a unique node name.
All nodes initially have the default name NODENAME. The node name consists of one to eight printable characters (beginning with a letter), and cannot contain spaces. This new name will be distributed automatically to other nodes in the network. For example, to assign the node the name of alpha, enter:

cnfname alpha

b. Configure the time zone (cnftmzn)
Each node must have a time zone. To set the time zone for the node to Greenwich Mean Time, for example, enter:

cnftmzn GMT

c. Configure date (cnfdate)

d. Configure time (cnftime)

e. Configure the LAN interface (cnflan)

f. Configure the auxiliary or terminal ports to support any necessary external devices such as a local printer, an autodial modem, or an external multiplexer attached to the unit (cnfprt, cnfterm, cnftermfunc)

2. Set up the trunks to other routing nodes.
Verify that the correct cards are in both the local and remote nodes (dspcds).

a. Up the trunks at each node (uptrk).

b. Configure any parameters required for the trunk at each node (cnftrk).

c. Add the trunks at each node (addtrk).

d. Set up Y redundancy if desired (addyred).

3. If you are using an IGX Interface Shelf, configure it as a shelf.

a. Up the trunk from the AIT/BTM to the BPX switch by using (uptrk). Shelf trunks for the IGX must be upped on both the BPX routing switch and the shelf before the shelf can be joined to the Routing Network.

b. Contact Cisco Customer Service to configure the IGX shelf option.

c. At the BPX switch, add the IGX switch as a shelf to the BPX (addshelf).

4. Adding the MGX 8220 or MGX 8800 Shelf.

a. At the BPX switch, add the MGX as a shelf to the BPX switch (addshelf).

5. Set up ATM service lines and ports.

a. Activate the line (upln).

b. Configure the line (cnfln).

c. Activate the ports (upport).

d. Configure the ports (cnfport).

6. Set up ATM connections.

a. Add connections (addcon).

b. Configure a connection type (cnfcontyp).

7. Set up ATM to Frame Relay (ATF) connections.

a. Add the connections (addcon).

b. Configure connection classes (cnfcls).

c. Configure connection groups (addcongrp).

8. Set up Interface Shelf Frame Relay Connections in Tiered Networks.

a. Refer to the Cisco WAN Manager Operations publication.

b. Frame Relay connections terminated at an MGX 8220 or MGX 8800 Shelf. You add and manage these by using the Cisco WAN Manager Connection Manager via the SNMP protocol. All connections are treated as end-to-end.

c. ATM connections terminated at an MGX 8220 or MGX 8800 Shelf. You add and manage these by using the Cisco WAN Manager Connection Manager via the SNMP protocol. All connections are treated as end-to-end.

The "dspnode" screen displayed at the "shlf3igx" node shows that it is connected to the BPX switch via AIT trunk 8.

Command Sequences for Setting Up Nodes

Follow the illustrated command sequences to perform these node-related tasks:

• Set up a node. See in Figure 17-1

• View information about the presence of the cards and system power. See Figure 17-2.

• Configure an interface for a control terminal that is connected to the node. See Figure 17-3.

• Remove a node from a network. See Figure 17-4.

• Add an interface shelf. See Figure 17-5.

Summary of Commands

Table 17-1 Here are the names and brief descriptions of each node command:

Posted: Fri Jul 27 17:38:06 PDT 2001
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