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8371 Interface Configuration

Table of Contents

  • Figures

  • Tables

  • Notices

  • Notice to Users of Online Versions of This Book

  • Trademarks

  • Preface
  • Conventions Used in This Manual
  • 8371 Library

    • User's Guide

  • Getting Started
  • Before You Begin
  • Loading the 8371 and the 8371 Blade Operational Code
  • Loading the 8265 CP/Switch Code for 8371 Blade (8265 Version)
  • Loading the 8260 CP/Switch Code for 8371 Blade (8260 Version)
  • Accessing the Software Using Local and Remote Consoles
  • Local Consoles
  • Remote Consoles
  • Logging In Remotely or Locally
  • Reloading the Device
  • Exiting the Device
  • Discussing the User Interface System
  • Understanding the First-Level User Interface

  • Using the Software
  • Entering Commands
  • Connecting to a Process
  • Identifying Prompts
  • Getting Help
  • Exiting a Lower Level Environment
  • Getting Back to OPCON
  • Accessing the Second-Level Processes
  • Accessing the Configuration Process, CONFIG (Talk 6)
  • Accessing the Console Operating/Monitoring Process, GWCON (Talk 5)
  • Accessing the Secondary ELS Console Process, ELSCon (Talk 7)
  • Accessing the Third-Level Processes
  • Accessing Feature Configuration and Operating Processes
  • Accessing Protocol Configuration and Operating Processes
  • Command Completion
  • Online Help When Command Completion is Enabled
  • Online Help When Command Completion is Disabled
  • Command History
  • Repeating a Command in the Command History
  • Repeating a Series of Commands in the Command History

  • Using Service Functions in the IBM 8371 and 8371 Blade Firmware
  • Accessing the Firmware Bootstrap Menus
  • Bootstrap Utilities
  • Select Boot Mode
  • Select POST Mode
  • Select Boot Device
  • Issue a Hardware Reset
  • Self-test Error Codes

  • Getting Started with Configuring the 8371
  • Network Interfaces on the 8371
  • Network Interfaces on the IBM 8371 Blades
  • LEC Configuration Details
  • Configuration and Monitoring Tools
  • Local and Remote Console Access
  • File Transfer
  • Tips for Managing Configuration Problems
  • Reconfiguring
  • How Software Files Are Managed
  • How to View the Files
  • How to Reset the IBM 8371
  • File Transfer Using TFTP
  • Storing Configuration Files Using the Command Line Interface or the Web Browser Interface
  • Changing the Statuses of Files
  • Using the Set Commands
  • Other Change Management Functions
  • Using the Copy Command
  • Using the Lock Command
  • Using the Unlock Command

  • Using the World Wide Web Interface
  • Connecting to the World Wide Web Interface
  • Rules for Using the Web Interface
  • Home Page Structure
  • Event Logging System
  • Operator Console
  • Device Configuration
  • History Function

  • The OPCON Process and Commands
  • What is the OPCON Process?
  • Accessing the OPCON Process
  • OPCON Commands
  • Configuration
  • Console
  • Diags
  • Divert
  • Els
  • Event
  • Flush
  • Halt
  • Intercept
  • Logout
  • Memory
  • Ping
  • Reload
  • Status
  • Suspend
  • Talk
  • Telnet

  • The CONFIG Process (CONFIG - Talk 6) and Commands
  • What is CONFIG?
  • Automatic Configuration
  • Quick Configuration
  • Configuring User Access
  • Resetting Interfaces
  • Entering and Exiting CONFIG
  • CONFIG Commands
  • Add
  • Boot
  • Change
  • Clear
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • Event
  • Feature
  • List
  • Network
  • Patch
  • Performance
  • Protocol
  • Qconfig
  • Set
  • Time
  • Unpatch

  • Using BOOT Config to Perform Change Management
  • Understanding Change Management
  • Using the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

  • Configuring Change Management
  • Accessing the Change Management Configuration Environment
  • Change Management Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Copy
  • Describe
  • Erase
  • List
  • Lock
  • Set
  • TFTP
  • Unlock

  • The Operating/Monitoring Process (GWCON - Talk 5) and Commands
  • What is GWCON?
  • Entering and Exiting GWCON
  • GWCON Commands
  • Buffer
  • Clear
  • Configuration
  • Disable
  • Error
  • Event
  • Feature
  • Interface
  • Memory
  • Network
  • Performance
  • Protocol
  • Queue
  • Reset
  • Statistics
  • Test
  • Uptime

  • The Messaging (MONITR - Talk 2) Process
  • What is Messaging (MONITR)?
  • Commands Affecting Messaging
  • Entering and Exiting the Messaging (MONITR) Process
  • Receiving Messages

  • Using the Event Logging System (ELS)
  • What is ELS?
  • Entering and Exiting the ELS Configuration Environment
  • Event Logging Concepts
  • Causes of Events
  • Interpreting a Message
  • Using ELS
  • Managing ELS Message Rotation
  • Capturing ELS Output Using a Telnet Connection on a UNIX Host
  • Configuring ELS So Event Messages Are Sent In SNMP Traps
  • Using ELS to Troubleshoot a Problem
  • ELS Example
  • Using and Configuring ELS Remote Logging
  • Syslog Facility and Level
  • Remote Workstation Configuration
  • Configuring the 8371 for Remote Logging
  • Remote Logging Output
  • Additional Considerations

  • Configuring and Monitoring the Event Logging System (ELS)
  • Accessing the ELS Configuration Environment
  • ELS Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Clear
  • Default
  • Delete
  • Display
  • Filter
  • List
  • Nodisplay
  • Noremote
  • Notrace
  • Notrap
  • Remote
  • Set
  • Trace
  • Trap
  • ELS Net Filter Configuration Commands
  • Entering and Exiting the ELS Operating Environment
  • ELS Monitoring Commands
  • Clear
  • Display
  • Files Trace TFTP
  • Files
  • Filter
  • List
  • Nodisplay
  • Noremote
  • Notrace
  • Notrap
  • Packet Trace
  • Remote
  • Remove
  • Restore
  • Retrieve
  • Save
  • Set
  • Statistics
  • Trace
  • Trap
  • View
  • Packet-trace Monitoring Commands
  • ELS Net Filter Monitoring Commands

  • Configuring and Monitoring Performance
  • Performance Overview
  • Performance Reporting Accuracy
  • Accessing the Performance Configuration Environment
  • Performance Configuration Commands
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Set
  • Accessing the Performance Monitoring Environment
  • Performance Monitoring Commands
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Report
  • Set

    • Interfaces

  • Using the 10/100-Mbps Ethernet Network Interface
  • Displaying 10/100-Mbps Ethernet Statistics
  • Auto-negotiation on the 10/100-Mbps Ethernet Interface

  • Configuring and Monitoring the 10/100-Mbps Ethernet Network Interface
  • Accessing the Interface Configuration Process
  • 10/100-Mbps Ethernet Configuration Commands
  • Duplex
  • IP-Encapsulation
  • List
  • Physical-Address
  • Speed
  • Accessing the 10/100-Mbps Interface Monitoring Process
  • 10/100-Mbps Ethernet Interface Monitoring Commands

  • Using Link Aggregation Groups

  • Configuring and Monitoring Ethernet Link Aggregration Groups
  • Accessing the LAG Configuration Environment
  • LAG Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Delete
  • List
  • Set
  • Accessing the LAG Monitoring Environment
  • LAG Monitoring Commands
  • Add
  • Delete
  • List

  • Using ATM
  • ATM and LAN Emulation
  • How to Enter Addresses

  • Configuring and Monitoring ATM
  • Accessing the ATM Interface Configuration Process
  • ATM Configuration Commands
  • ATM Interface Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • List
  • QoS Configuration
  • Remove
  • Set
  • Enable
  • Disable
  • Accessing the ATM Monitoring Process
  • ATM Monitoring Commands
  • Interface
  • ATM Interface Monitoring Commands (ATM INTERFACE+ Prompt)
  • List
  • Trace
  • Wrap
  • Assign-lec Configuration Command
  • Assign-lec Monitoring Command

  • Using LAN Emulation Clients
  • LAN Emulation Client Overview

  • Configuring and Monitoring LAN Emulation Clients
  • Configuring LAN Emulation Clients
  • Config
  • List
  • Configuring an ATM Forum-Compliant LE Client
  • ARP Configuration
  • IP-Encapsulation (for Ethernet ATM Forum-Compliant LEC only)
  • List
  • QoS
  • Set
  • Accessing the LEC Monitoring Environment
  • LEC Monitoring Commands
  • List
  • MIB
  • QoS Information
  • Trace

    • Features

  • Configuring and Monitoring Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Quality of Service Overview
  • Benefits of QoS
  • QoS Configuration Parameters
  • Maximum Reserved Bandwidth (max-reserved-bandwidth)
  • Traffic Type (traffic-type)
  • Peak Cell Rate (peak-cell-rate)
  • Sustained Cell Rate (sustained-cell-rate)
  • Maximum Burst Size (max-burst-size)
  • QoS Class (qos-class)
  • Validate PCR of Best-Effort VCCs (validate-pcr-of-best-effort-vccs)
  • Negotiate QoS (negotiate-qos)
  • Accept QoS Parms from LECS (accept-qos-parms-from-lecs)
  • Accessing the QoS Configuration Prompt
  • Quality of Service Commands
  • LE Client QoS Configuration Commands
  • List
  • Set
  • Remove
  • ATM Interface QoS Configuration Commands
  • List
  • Set
  • Remove
  • Accessing the QoS Monitoring Commands
  • Quality of Service Monitoring Commands
  • LE Client QoS Monitoring Commands
  • List

  • Self Learning IP
  • Accessing the Self Learning IP Configuration Environment
  • Self Learning IP Configuration Commands
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • One-to-one
  • Accessing the Self Learning IP Monitoring Environment
  • Self Learning IP Monitoring Commands
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • Hosts
  • Routers
  • State

  • Remote Network Monitoring
  • Accessing the RMON Configuration Environment
  • RMON Configuration Commands
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Accessing the RMON Monitoring Environment
  • RMON Monitoring Commands
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • Memstats
  • List

    • Protocols

  • Bridging Methods
  • Transparent Bridging
  • Network Requirements
  • Transparent Bridge Operation
  • Shaping the Spanning Tree
  • Transparent Bridging and ATM
  • Transparent Bridge Terminology and Concepts

  • Bridging Features
  • TCP/IP Host Services (Bridge-Only Management)
  • Bridge-MIB Support
  • Dynamic Protocol Filtering VLANs
  • Required Static Configurations
  • IP-Cut_Through Considerations
  • Auto-created IP Multicast VLANs

  • Configuring and Monitoring Bridging
  • Accessing the ASRT Configuration Environment
  • ASRT Configuration Commands
  • Response to ASRT Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Set
  • VLANS
  • Dynamic Protocol Filtering (VLANS) Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Change
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Accessing the ASRT Monitoring Environment
  • ASRT Monitoring Commands
  • Add
  • Cache
  • Delete
  • Flip
  • List
  • Dynamic Protocol Filtering (VLANS)

  • Using IP
  • Basic Configuration Procedures
  • Assigning IP Addresses to Network Interfaces
  • Setting the Internal IP Address
  • Enabling Dynamic Routing
  • Adding Static Routing Information
  • Setting Up ARP Configuration
  • Enabling ARP Subnet Routing
  • IP Filtering
  • Access Control
  • Route Filtering Without Policies
  • Configuring the BOOTP/DHCP Forwarding Process
  • Enabling/Disabling BOOTP Forwarding
  • Adding a BOOTP/DHCP Server
  • Configuring Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
  • Configuring the Redundant Default IP Gateway

  • Configuring and Monitoring IP
  • Accessing the IP Configuration Environment
  • IP Configuration Commands
  • Response to IP Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Change
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Move
  • Set
  • Update
  • Route Filter Policy Configuration
  • Add
  • Delete
  • List
  • Accessing the IP Monitoring Environment
  • IP Monitoring Commands
  • Access Controls
  • Cache
  • Counters
  • Distributed IP Gateway
  • Dump Routing Table
  • Interface Addresses
  • Packet-filter
  • Parameters
  • Ping
  • Redundant Default Gateway
  • Reset IP
  • RIP
  • RIP-Policy
  • Route
  • Route-table-filtering
  • Sizes
  • Static Routes
  • Traceroute
  • UDP-Forwarding
  • VRRP

  • Using IPX
  • IPX Overview
  • IPX Addressing
  • IPX Circuits
  • Configuring IPX
  • Optional Configuration Tasks
  • Specifying the Size of IPX RIP Network Table
  • Specifying RIP Update Interval
  • Specifying the Size of IPX SAP Services Table
  • Specifying SAP Update Interval
  • IPX Keepalive and Serialization Packet Filtering
  • Configuring Multiple Routes
  • Configuring Static Routes
  • Configuring Static Services
  • Configuring the RIP Default Route
  • Configuring Global IPX Filters (IPX Access Controls)
  • Global SAP Filters
  • IPX Circuit Filters - Overview
  • IPX Performance Tuning
  • Split-Horizon Routing

  • Configuring and Monitoring IPX
  • Accessing the IPX Configuration Environment
  • IPX Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • Filter-lists
  • Frame
  • List
  • Move
  • Set
  • Accessing the IPX Circuit Filter Configuration Environment
  • IPX circuit Circuit-Filter Configuration Commands
  • Attach
  • Create
  • Default
  • Delete
  • Detach
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Move
  • Set-cache
  • Update
  • Add (Update subcommand)
  • Delete (Update subcommand)
  • List (Update subcommand)
  • Move (Update subcommand)
  • Set-action (Update subcommand)
  • Accessing the IPX Monitoring Environment
  • IPX Monitoring Commands
  • Access Controls
  • Cache
  • Counters
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Dump
  • Enable
  • Filters
  • Filter-lists
  • Keepalive
  • List
  • Ping
  • RecordRoute
  • Reset
  • Sizes
  • Slist
  • Traceroute
  • IPX Circuit Filter Monitoring Commands
  • Cache
  • Clear
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List

  • Using ARP
  • ARP Overview
  • Inverse ARP Overview

  • Configuring and Monitoring ARP
  • Accessing the ARP Configuration Environment
  • ARP and Inverse ARP Configuration Commands
  • Add Entry
  • Change Entry
  • Delete Entry
  • Disable Auto-Refresh
  • Enable Auto-Refresh
  • List
  • Set
  • Accessing the ARP Monitoring Environment
  • ARP Monitoring Commands
  • Clear
  • Dump
  • Hardware
  • Ping
  • Protocol
  • Statistics

  • Using OSPF
  • The OSPF Routing Protocol
  • OSPF Routing Summary
  • Configuring OSPF
  • Enabling the OSPF Protocol
  • Defining Backbone and Attached OSPF Areas
  • Setting OSPF Interfaces
  • Setting Non-Broadcast Network Interface Parameters
  • Configuring Wide Area Subnetworks
  • Enabling AS Boundary Routing
  • Configuring OSPF over ATM
  • Other Configuration Tasks
  • Converting from RIP to OSPF
  • Dynamically Changing Interface Costs
  • Dynamically Changing OSPF Configuration Parameters

  • Configuring and Monitoring OSPF
  • Accessing the OSPF Configuration Environment
  • OSPF Configuration Commands
  • Response to OSPF Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Set
  • Accessing the OSPF Monitoring Environment
  • OSPF Monitoring Commands
  • Advertisement Expansion
  • Area Summary
  • AS-external advertisements
  • Database Summary
  • Dump Routing Tables
  • Interface Summary
  • Neighbor
  • Ping
  • Reset
  • Traceroute
  • Routers
  • Size
  • Statistics
  • Weight

  • Using BGP4
  • Border Gateway Protocol Overview
  • How BGP4 Works
  • Originate, Send, and Receive Policies
  • BGP Messages
  • Setting Up BGP4
  • Enabling BGP
  • Defining BGP Neighbors
  • Adding Policies
  • Sample Policy Definitions
  • Originate Policy Examples
  • AS Based Receive Policy Examples
  • Neighbor Based Receive Policy Examples
  • AS Based Send Policy Examples
  • Neighbor Based Send Policy Examples
  • Route Preference Process
  • Path Selection Process

  • Configuring and Monitoring BGP4
  • Accessing the BGP4 Configuration Environment
  • BGP4 Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Attach
  • Change
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Move
  • Set
  • Update
  • Accessing the BGP Monitoring Environment
  • BGP4 Monitoring Commands
  • Destinations
  • Dump Routing Tables
  • Neighbors
  • Parameter
  • Paths
  • Ping
  • Policy-List
  • Reset Neighbor
  • Sizes
  • Traceroute

  • Configuring and Monitoring TCP/IP Host Services
  • Accessing the TCP/IP Host Configuration Environment
  • Basic Configuration Procedures
  • Setting the IP Address
  • Enabling TCP/IP Host Services
  • Adding a Default Gateway
  • TCP/IP Host Configuration Commands
  • Response to TCP/IP Host Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Set
  • Monitoring TCP/IP Host Services
  • Accessing the TCP/IP Host Monitoring Environment
  • TCP/IP Host Monitoring Commands
  • Dump
  • Interface
  • Ping
  • Traceroute
  • Routers

  • Using SNMP
  • Network Management
  • SNMP Management

  • Configuring and Monitoring SNMP
  • Accessing the SNMP Configuration Environment
  • SNMP Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Set
  • Accessing the SNMP Monitoring Environment
  • SNMP Monitoring Commands
  • Add
  • Delete
  • Disable
  • Enable
  • List
  • Reset
  • Save
  • Set
  • Statistics

  • Using MultiProtocol Over ATM (MPOA)
  • MPOA Overview
  • MPOA and LAN Emulation
  • MPOA and Shortcut Establishment

  • Configuring and Monitoring MPOA
  • Accessing the MPOA Configuration Environment
  • MPOA Configuration Commands
  • MPC Configuration Commands
  • Add
  • Remove
  • List
  • Config
  • Accessing the MPOA Monitoring Environment
  • MPOA Monitoring Commands
  • MPC Monitoring Commands
  • Monitoring Commands for the MPC ATM-Interface
  • MPC Base Monitoring Commands
  • MPC Neighbor MPS Monitoring Commands
  • MPC VCC Monitoring Commands
  • MPC Ingress Cache Monitoring Commands
  • MPC Egress Cache Monitoring Commands
  • MPC Configure Monitoring Commands
  • Sample Configuration

    • Appendixes

  • Appendix A. Abbreviations

  • Glossary

  • Index

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