Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product IGX 8400 Series Cisco
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CHAPTER Card Installation and Node Startup 3-1 3 Card Installation and Node Star tup This chapter cov ers the following topics: • How to install the cards in an IGX node that has arri v ed without cards already installed. (The rack-mount models of the IGX 8420 and IGX 8430 nodes arriv e with cards not installed.
3-2 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Preparing the Cards Figure 3-1 W6 Jumper Many card sets support Y -cable redundancy . This feature requires an extra set of cards and a Y -cable. A set of commands exists to specify , delete, and display Y -cable redundancy .
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-3 Preparing the Cards Figure 3-2 IGX 8410 Cards, Fr ont View Note Opening the door requires a 5/32-inch Allen wrench. Cisco provides this in a combination tool (Part No. 218705). Caution When handling the cards, wear a wrist strap to prev ent damage to the cards from electrostatic discharge.
3-4 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Preparing the Cards Figure 3-3 IGX 8410 Cards, Bac k View H8386 ARI (recommended location) Blank SCM 876 General purpose card slots 54321.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-5 Preparing the Cards Figure 3-4 IGX 8420 Card Shelf , Front Vie w A R M N P M N P M General purpose card slots.
3-6 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Preparing the Cards Figure 3-5 IGX 8430 Back Vie w Exhaust plenum Cable manager Cable manager Optional AC power tray Fan power/ short cable Sys.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-7 Inserting the Cards Inser ting the Car ds T o insert a Cisco IGX module: Step 1 Attach an ESD-pre venti ve wrist strap to handle the cards. Note The IGX 8410 cabinet has an attached wrist strap both at the front and back.
3-8 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Making Signal Connections Making Signal Connections The remaining sections of this chapter describe ho w to set up physical lines, ports, trunks, and signal connections.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-9 Connecting Trunks Connecting T runks The sections that follow contain basic information on ho w to set up the tw o types of trunks on the IGX node. The two trunk types are F astPacket and A TM. The supported line types are OC3/STM1, T3, E3, T1, Y1, and E1.
3-10 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Setting Up a UXM-E Figure 3-7 Cable Management Frame bonding connection Cable manager Cable manager H7963.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-11 Setting Up a UXM-E The following is the command sequence for bringing up the trunk. Y ou must bring up the trunk before you add connections.
3-12 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Setting Up a UXM-E • The node maintains a set of r etained links for the IMA trunk to keep it acti v e. The IMA trunk does not fail unless the number of acti ve trunks is less than the user -specified number of retained links.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-13 Setting Up a UXM-E Removing Links from an IMA F eeder Group T o remove links from an IMA group, you can use either Cisco W AN Manager or the CLI. T o remove a link from an IMA group on the CLI: Step 1 Find the nodes configured as trunks connected to the IMA feeder by using the dsptrks command.
3-14 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Setting Up a UXM-E Connecting an NTM T1 or Y1 T r unk The T1 trunk connections use the NTM front card and the BC-T1 back card. Japanese Y1 connections use the NTM front card and the BC-Y1 back card.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-15 Setting Up a UXM-E Setting Up a UXM-E This section consists of descriptions of how to set up a port-mode UXM-E and a trunk-mode UXM-E. The descriptions consist of the steps for attaching cables and entering commands at the command line interface (CLI).
3-16 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Installing Voice Cards Step 10 Configure the cellbus bandwidth allocation with cnfb usbw if you plan to acti v ate a large number of ports on the UXM-E. Use dspbusbw or cnfb usbw to check cellb us usage and changes in bandwidth requirements for the UXM-E.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-17 Installing Voice Cards Connecting a CVM to an E1 Line or a Subrate T runk Channelized voice or data connections on an E1 line use the CVM front card and the BC-E1 back card. Subrate E1 connections use the CVM front card and the BC-SR back card.
3-18 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Installing Voice Cards • The total delay for a connection is defined as the sum of the propagation and trunk queuing delays. The total delay for a connection cannot be more than 25 ms different from the total delay for any other connection on the same card.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-19 Installing Voice Cards Figure 3-8 P ass-Through and Standar d (External) UVM T1 Cabling P assed- through External P assing (transparent) P assed- through UVM 1 UVM 2 External External P assing (transparent) P assing (transparent) P assed- through UVM UVM 3 UVM 1 UVM 2 B.
3-20 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Installing Voice Cards Connecting a UVM to E1 Lines V oice or data connections on an E1 line use the UVM front card and the BC-UVI-2E1EC back card.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-21 Installing Voice Cards Figure 3-9 P ass-Through and Standar d (External) UVM E1 Cabling The back slot line numbers correspond to the slot number in which the BC-UVI-2E1EC card resides. Record the back slot number and port number of each line.
3-22 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Installing Voice Cards Connecting a UVM to J1 Lines V oice or data connections on a J1 line use the UVM front card and the BC-UVI-2J1EC back card.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-23 Installing Voice Cards Figure 3-10 P ass-Through and Standar d (External) UVM J1 Cabling The back slot line numbers correspond to the slot number in which the BC-UVI-2J1EC card resides. Record the back slot number and port number of each line.
3-24 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Making Serial Data Connections Making Serial Data Connections The low-speed data module (LDM) and high-speed data module (HDM) card sets provide serial data service. Each of these front cards uses a variety of back cards.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-25 Making Serial Data Connections Configuring the P or t Modes of the HDM Back Cards Small jumper boards on the back card determine whether the mode of the port is DTE or DCE. The factory-set modes of the SDI ports alternate DCE with DTE.
3-26 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Making Serial Data Connections Figure 3-12 Changing the Mode on an SDI Card HDM and LDM Redundancy Optional redundancy for HDM and LDM cards can be pro vided with a second front and back card set and a Y -cable connection on each port to the customer data equipment.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-27 Making Serial Data Connections Figure 3-13 Connecting a DTE or DCE Adapter Cable to an LDI LDI xxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx xxxx x xx xx xx xx RS-232 cable 25-pin.
3-28 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Making Frame Relay Connections Making Frame Rela y Connections This section outlines how to establish Frame Relay service by setting up a uni v ersal frame module (UFM) or a Frame Relay module (FRM).
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-29 Making Frame Relay Connections Figure 3-14 shows the Y -cable arrangement for standard cables that support one or two ports. The diagram for single-port cables applies to all back cards. The dual-port cables connect to only a V .
3-30 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Making Frame Relay Connections Connecting UFM Cabling For important details on standard cables and Y -cables for the UFI back cards, refer to the cabling description in the UFM-U section of the Cisco IGX 8400 Series Reference .
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-31 Making Frame Relay Connections Step 5 For optional Y -cable redundancy , configure the two cards by using the addyred command. For Y -cable redundancy on a HSSI card, you must use port 1 of the cards for the primary and redundant ports.
3-32 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Making Frame Relay Connections • FRI-X.21 has female DB-15 subminiature connectors. Cabling requirements for the Frame Relay interfaces are in Appendix C, “Cabling Summary.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-33 Making Frame Relay Connections Step 2 T o change to DTE, move the jumper board one ro w of pins aw ay from the FRI faceplate. (See Figure 3-15.) For DTE mode, the jumper board should occupy ro ws 2, 3, 5, and 6.
3-34 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Making Frame Relay Connections After the hardware is installed, use the addyred command to reconfigure the node to recognize the card redundancy . Refer to the Cisco W AN Switching Command Refer ence for more information on the commands addyred , delyr ed , dspyred , and ptyred .
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-35 Making Frame Relay Connections Step 10 Determine which Frame Relay class number to use when you add connections to a port. T o see the parameters that a class specifies, use the dspfrcls command. T o modify parameters in a class, use the cnffrcls .
3-36 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Making Frame Relay Connections Step 2 From a control terminal or a Cisco W AN Manager NMS workstation, to the node and enter the addalmslot command followed by the slot number where the ARM is located.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-37 Making External Clock Connections T able 3-2 shows the unassigned connector pins. T able 3-2 Unassigned Connector Pins Making External Cloc k Connections The DB-15 connector labeled Ext Clocks on the faceplate of the SCM connects two e xternal sources for a high-stability clock (primary and redundant).
3-38 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Attaching Peripherals Attach the control terminal to the SCM. (See Figure 3-16.) Step 1 From the back of the cabinet, run the control terminal EIA/TIA-232/V .24 cable through the opening at the bottom and up to the SCM card in back slot 1.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-39 Attaching Peripherals LAN Connection f or the Netw ork Management Station If the network is lar ge or extensi ve netw ork statistics are needed, an Ethernet port (LAN port) should be used.
3-40 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Attaching Peripherals Configuring the LAN P or t Note Configure the LAN parameters before connecting the node to a LAN.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-41 Attaching Peripherals • GatewayIP Addr is the Internet gatew ay address. This is the gate way that traf fic is routed through if the IGX node and workstation are on dif ferent networks. If the y are on the same network, the gate way is not used.
3-42 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Attaching Peripherals Step 6 After the workstation and IGX node interface ha ve been set up, Cisco W AN Manager can be started. After Cisco W AN Manager has started and the communication sockets are acti ve, the dsplan screen looks like this: D2.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-43 Attaching Peripherals Figure 3-18 SV+ LAN Connection via Router to an IGX Node Figure 3-19 SV+ LAN Connection to an IGX Node (No Gatewa y) Step 7 Switch on the control terminal (or Cisco W AN Manager workstation).
3-44 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Attaching Peripherals Connecting the Printer At least one node in the network should ha ve a printer connected. The printer connects to the A UX port on the SCM. The printer is used to print information about network operation.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-45 Attaching Peripherals Step 4 T ighten the EIA/TIA-232/V .24 connector screws to firmly attach the cable connector to the A UX port connector . Step 5 Plug the printer po wer cord into the appropriate wall receptacle.
3-46 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Initial Startup of the IGX Connecting the P ow er Supply Monitor The po wer supply monitor (PSM) is a connector with outputs that signal an A C power supply alarm. Cisco provides no equipment that connects to the PSM connector , so user-supplied equipment is necessary .
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-47 Initial Startup of the IGX Step 14 At the back of the unit, turn the circuit breakers to the ON position. In a system using a DC source, attach the cable guard (A C should already ha ve the cable guard in place).
3-48 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration Initial Startup of the IGX If an NPM fails the po wer -up diagnostic, the boot process does not finish. If this failure occurs: Step 1 Remov e the failed NPM from its slot. Step 2 Install the NPM in the same slot again.
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-49 IGX Configuration Summary • If a power supply A C Okay LED or DC Okay LED is off, try remo ving and inserting the power supply .
3-50 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration IGX Configuration Summary — Set up any subrate trunk interf ace control templates if desired ( cnftrkict ). • For setting up v oice lines: — Acti vate the line ( upcln or upln ). — Configure the line ( cnfln ).
Card Installation and Node Startup 3-51 IGX Configuration Summary • For setting up data connections: — Add the connections ( addcon ). — Configure connection parameters ( cnfdclk , cnfcldir , cnfict ). • For setting up Frame Relay connections: — Add the connections ( addcon ).
3-52 Cisco IGX 8400 Series Installation and Configuration IGX Configuration Summary Figure 3-22 illustrates the sequence of using addshelf either locally or remotely to add one or more interface shelves. T o delete an interface shelf, use delshelf after you delete connections and the activ e interfaces.
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