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This chapter describes switch-level tasks for bringing up and configuring an MGX 8250 switch. The tasks begin at the point where all hardware is in place and the power is on and alarm-free. These initial tasks require you to use the command line interface (CLI) on an ASCII terminal. You can use either the CiscoView application or the CLI to continue with switch configuration.
This section describes the initial configuration steps for a new switch from Cisco. The tasks in this section apply to the switch whether the use is a feeder or stand-alone switch. The topics are:
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Note The word "bay" is the upper or lower half of the enclosure. |
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Note To add an MGX 8250 switch to the network, you execute addshelf at the BPX 8600 series switch. See "Commands That Apply to the MGX 8250 Switch," for a description of this and related commands. |
Three external ports exist for controlling the switch through the Processor Switching Module User Interface card (PXM-UI):
1. Through the control port (sometimes called the console port), you can use the command line interface (CLI) on an ASCII terminal. The purpose of this port is:
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Note When you use the CLI, you must type all required parameters and any optional parameters before you press Return or Enter. |
2. Through the Ethernet port, you can use a workstation running a Cisco network management application such as the Cisco WAN Manager or CiscoView application. Typically, the workstation on a LAN is co-located with the MGX 8250 switch.
3. Through the maintenance port (sometimes called the modem port), you can connect either a single workstation running an IP-based application or a terminal server that supports multiple workstations. The workstation must support SLIP. Typically, use of this port includes a modem because the switch resides at a remote location. The typical applications are software and firmware download or tasks that require low-level access.
Other ports exist on the PXM-UI. These ports support external clock sources and external, third-party audio or visual alarm systems. For information on the function of other ports on the PXM-UI, see "Card and Service Configuration."
The maintenance port and Ethernet port support IP-based applications. Through these ports, the following applications run:
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Note Although the Cisco WAN Manager itself does not communicate with the maintenance port, this port supports IP-based communication. |
This section describes how to start up the switch for the first time. It begins with a PXM that has only boot-mode firmware. The descriptions tell you how to:
1. Establish communication with the switch.
2. Configure one or more boot-level IP addresses to make the switch available to the network.
3. Download PXM firmware.
4. Configure a new, switch-level Ethernet IP address for the PXM as needed or other SLIP or
IP addresses.
5. Specify a name for the switch.
6. Specify the time on the switch.
7. Optionally configure a time zone for the Western Hemisphere, or configure a time zone relative to Greenwich Mean Time if the switch resides outside the Western Hemisphere.
8. Download firmware to the service modules.
If the PXM has no runtime (or "on-line") firmware image, begin with the boot-mode description in the section titled "Bringing Up a PXM with No Runtime Firmware." If the PXM has a runtime firmware image, go to the section titled "Configuring Switch-Level Parameters."
The section describes the tasks for loading runtime firmware onto a PXM that has only a boot loader.
Step 1 Establish communication with the switch by doing one of the following:
Step 2 Execute the command bootChange to configure boot-level IP parameters.
If the switch has a redundant PXM, execute bootChange on each PXM to configure unique, boot-level IP addresses. (During the subsequent switch-level configuration, you must configure another Ethernet IP address that applies to both PXMs.) The following are the only parameters that are meaningful at this point, so press Return for other parameters:
Note the three editing functions near the top of the following example. Of these, typing a period to clear the current field is the most commonly used.
>bootChange
'.' = clear field; '-' = go to previous field; ^D = quit
boot device : lnPci
processor number : 0
host name :c
file name :
inet on ethernet (e) : 188.29.37.14:ffffff00
inet on backplane (b):
host inet (h) :
gateway inet (g) : 188.29.37.1
user (u) :
ftp password (pw) (blank = use rsh):
flags (f) : 0x0
target name (tn) :
startup script (s) :
other (o) :
The PXM now has a boot-level IP address. Remember to repeat the bootChange command on the redundant PXM if the system has one.
Step 3 Enter reboot to reset the PXM.
The PXM is ready to receive a firmware image through the Ethernet port. Use the workstation for the next steps.
Step 4 At the workstation, you can optionally ping the PXM using the IP address to confirm that the switch is reachable.
Step 5 Establish communication with the PXM according to the user-communication device type. For example, at the prompt on a UNIX workstation, you could enter:
>tip -9600 /dev/ttya
The device specification could also be ttyb.
Step 6 Enter the tftp command with the IP address set at the ASCII terminal. For example, if the console port is connected to the serial port of the workstation:
$tftp 162.29.38.101
Step 7 At the tftp prompt, enter binary mode:
>bin
Step 8 From the directory where the firmware resides, enter the put command and include the arguments that specify the firmware release number, the statement that this firmware applies to the active PXM, and the release directory.
If necessary, refer to the release notes for new firmware release numbers. The entries are case-sensitive. For example:
>put pxm_release_number.fw POPEYE@PXM_ACTIVE.FW
where release_number is a decimal number in the form n.n.nn. Currently, the initial n typically is a "1." An example filename for PXM firmware is "pxm_1.0.03." Note that the download automatically includes the firmware for the standby PXM (if present). You can subsequently see POPEYE@PXM_STANDBY.FW in c:/FW.
Check the console to verify that the transfer completed and the checksum passed.
Step 9 Quit the tftp application, then go to the ASCII terminal connected to the control port:
>quit
Step 10 At the ASCII terminal, use cd to get to FW directory on the hard drive.
Step 11 List the contents to confirm that the firmware resides in the FW directory:
>cd "c:/FW"
>ll
Note these required quote marks are absent when you use the CLI after you reboot the PXM with its runtime image (see "Configuring Switch-Level Parameters").
Step 12 Enter the following:
>setPXMPrimary "version"
where version is the version number of the firmware. The name of a PXM firmware file has the format pxm_version.fw. For example: in PXM_1.0.03.fw, version is 1.0.03.
Step 13 Reboot the system again:
A login prompt appears on the ASCII terminal. The PXM is now the same as a PXM that Cisco ships with a runtime firmware image.
Except for adding a user and creating a password, all the tasks described in this section can be performed through the CiscoView application. For descriptions of the commands you enter at the CLI, see the Cisco MGX 8000 Series Command Reference. A representation of the MGX 8250 switch appears in Figure 5-1. A representation of the stand-alone application of the switch appears in Figure 5-2.
At the CLI prompt on the ASCII terminal:
Step 1 Enter the default login and password provided in the release notes.
The terminal displays the slot number of the PXM you have logged into by default:
card number [7]:
Step 2 Press Return to enter the CLI of this PXM.
At runtime, you could also enter the slot number of a service module or a standby PXM. In this case, the CLI prompt shows:
NODENAME.1.7.PXM.a>
where NODENAME shows that the node has no name; the slot number of the PXM is 7; and this PXM is active. The general format of the CLI prompt is:
nodename.1.slot.cardtype.a>
where nodename is the name of the node; the shelf number is always 1; slot is the card location; cardtype identifies the card; and the card state is active (a) or standby (s).
Step 3 Display the cards in the system:
NODENAME.1.7.PXM.a> dspcds
Step 4 Display any IP addresses in the system:
NODENAME.1.7.PXM.a> dspifip
Step 5 Change any IP addresses as needed:
NODENAME.1.7.PXM.a> cnfifip <interface> <IP_Addr> <Net_Mask> [BrocastAddr]
where interface is a number: 26 is the Ethernet (LAN AUI) port, 28 is the maintenance port (SLIP), or 37 for the ATM IP address (feeder application only). Note that BrocastAddr applies to only the Ethernet interface (number 26).
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Note Check the Release Notes for any variations in how to configure IP addresses. |
Step 6 Execute the cnfname command to assign a name to the switch:
UNKNOWN.1.7.PXM.a> cnfname <node name>
where node name is a case-sensitive name up to eight characters. For example:
UNKNOWN.1.7.PXM.a> cnfname cisco22
Step 7 Execute the cnftime command to specify the time on the switch:
cisco22.1.7.PXM.a> cnftime <hh:mm:ss>
where hh is the hour of the day in the range 1-24; mm is the minute of the hour in the range 1-60; and ss is the number of seconds in the minute and has a range of 1-60.
Step 8 Optionally configure a time zone for the node. Use cnftmzn to specify a time zone in the Western Hemisphere. To configure a time zone outside the Western Hemisphere, first specify Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) with cnftmzn then specify the offset from GMT by using cnftmzngmt:
where timezone is 1 for GMT, 2 for EST, 3 for CST, 4 for MST, 5 for PST.
where timeoffsetGMT is the offset in hours from GMT. The range of possible values for timeoffsetGMT is -12 through +12.
Step 9 Execute the cnfstatsmgr command to specify the IP address of the workstation that runs the Cisco WAN Manager application.
Before it sends statistics, the MGX 8250 switch must have the IP address of the workstation with this application. The syntax is:
>cnfstatsmgr <IP_Addr> where IP_Addr is the IP address of the workstation.
If the switch has a redundant PXM, it automatically receives the same IP addresses and configuration as the primary PXM. With the IP addresses in place, you can configure the logical ports for the broadband interface through the CiscoView application or the CLI.
Step 10 Add one or more users by executing adduser once for each new user.
Note that the access privilege level is case-sensitive as the syntax description indicates. After you enter the privilege level, the system prompts for a new password for the user. (This password parameter does not appear in the help information for adduser.)
adduser <user_Id> <accessLevel>
user_Id is 1-12 alphanumeric characters.
accessLevel is the case-sensitive privilege level. It can be ANYUSER or within the range GROUP1-GROUP5. For example, to specify a privilege level 2, type GROUP2.
After you enter a user-name and privilege level, the system prompts for a password. The password is a string of 5-15 characters. If you press Return without entering a password, the system assigns the default password "newuser."
Step 11 Optionally change your password or another user's password by executing:
cnfpasswd [username]
username is the name of another user whose password you are changing. That user must have a privilege level that is lower than your privilege. To change your own password, enter cnfpasswd with no username.
Step 12 To specify the switch as a feeder, execute the cnfswfunc command:
cnfswfunc <-ndtype>
and follow -ndtype with "fdr."
Step 13 Configure as needed an external clock by executing cnfextclk.
Step 14 Configure as needed double-speed clocks for individual cell buses by using cnfcbclk:
cnfcbclk <cellBus> <clockRate>
cellBus is a string in the range CB1-CB8 that identifies the cell bus.
clockRate is a number that identifies the rate in megahertz. Choices are 21 or 42.
The distribution of the eight cell buses follows.
In the top bay, each of the six cell buses serves two card slots. In the bottom bay, each of the two cell buses serves six card slots. Therefore, each top slot has three times the available bandwidth of the lower slots and is therefore better suited to the higher-speed cards. The bandwidth concentration for cell buses in the upper and lower bays is illustrated in Figure 5-3.
This section describes how to download firmware for a service module from a workstation. The descriptions apply whether you are upgrading the existing firmware or downloading because no runtime firmware resides on the hard drive.
Service modules do not retain runtime firmware. The hard drive on the PXM may come with default firmware for the service modules, but the details of the customer order actually determine whether firmware is on the disk. If default firmware exists on the hard drive, the PXM downloads it upon power-up or when you reset the card, otherwise you can download firmware from the workstation according to the instructions that follow.
Note that if you download firmware from a workstation to the hard drive, the PXM does not automatically load the firmware to the card. You must reset the card (resetcd on the CLI) to download firmware from disk to the card. With the single execution of a command, you can load either generic firmware for all cards of a certain type or firmware destined to a specific slot.
To load service module firmware from a workstation to the hard drive on the PXM:
Step 1 Start the tftp application:
$tftp <IP address>
then
>bin
Step 2 To download generic firmware for a type of service module to the PXM hard drive:
>put cardtype.fw POPEYE@SM_1_0.FW
where cardtype is the firmware for a type of card; the shelf number always is 1; and the 0 represents the slot number for the purpose of generic download. An example of cardtype.fw is "frsm8t1e1_10.0.11.fw." Note the space between ".fw" and "POPEYE."
Step 3 To load slot-specific firmware at a particular card:
>put cardtype.fw POPEYE@SM_1_slot.FW
where cardtype is the firmware, and slot is the number of the card slot. Note the space between ".fw" and "POPEYE." Repeat this step for each slot as needed.
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Note Slot-specific firmware overwrites the current firmware at a slot. |
With slot-specific firmware, the card does not come up if you do either of the following:
An example command for downloading specific firmware for an FRSM-2CT3 in slot 3 is:
>put frsm2ct3_10.0.01.fw POPEYE@SM_1_3.FW
where "frsm2ct3_10.0.0" refers to the firmware for the FRSM-2CT3, and "3" is the slot.
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Note See the Release Notes for current names of firmware files and release directories. |
Step 4 When you have finished downloading firmware, enter quit to quit the tftp application.
Step 5 At the CLI on either the workstation or the ACSII terminal, display the firmware files. Note that the directory specification ll c:/FW has no quote marks.
cisco22.1.7.PXM.a> ll c:/FW
Step 6 If you want to download the firmware from the disk to a card, execute resetcd.
Posted: Tue Oct 1 08:17:54 PDT 2002
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