Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product OCTAL V.35 Compatible Systems
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Octal V .35 - Quad 10/100 RIOP Installation Guide Comp atible Systems C orporati on 4730 W alnut Street Suite 1 02 Boulder , Co l or ad o 80301 303- 444- 9532 800- 356- 0283 http://www.
Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 R IOP Instal lation Guid e, V ersion 1.0 Copyri ght© 1999 , Compat ible Systems Co rporat ion All rights reserved. VSR, VSR-2, MicroRouter and CompatiV iew are trademarks of Compatible Systems Corporation. Other trademarks are the p roperty of their respective holders.
T able of Contents i Introd uction to the Oc tal V. 35-Quad 10/100 RIOP 1 Chapter 1 - Network Installation 2 Connecting the Octal V. 35-Quad 10/100 t o the Ethe rnet 2 Telco Li ne Conne ction R equiremen ts 2 Connecting a Line Device to the V.
T able of Contents ii IP Prot ocol 9 Required for IP Numbere d Interface 9 Suggested fo r IP 9 IPX Pr oto col 10 Required for IPX 10 Suggested fo r IPX 10 Apple Talk Prot ocol 10 Requ ire d for Appl e.
Introduction to the Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIOP 1 Introduction to the Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIOP The Octa l V .35-Qu ad 10/100 Routi ng Input/ Output Pro cessor (R IOP), as part of the VSR multigigabit switching r outer , allows you to connect up to fou r local Ethernets and up to eight remote corpor ate networks.
Chapter 1 - Network Instal lation 2 Chapter 1 - Network Installation Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIOP Front Panel This section of the manual will help you in stall the Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIOP to connect up to four local Ether nets and up to eight r emote corpo rate networks .
Chapter 1 - Network Instal lation 3 The Octal V .35 -Qua d 10 /10 0 RIOP is ship ped with two “ Quad ” cables. These cables have a single V ery High Dens ity D-Sub connector wh ich plugs into o ne of the Quad V .
Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 4 Chapter 2 - Quickstart Instructions This Quickstart chapter briefly discusses the m ajor parameters that must be set in order to use the Octal V .35-Quad 10/100 RIO P as par t of your V SR multigig abit switchi ng rout er .
Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 5 Suggested fo r IP These parameters h elp supply infor mation about the segmen t that the interface is conn ected to.
Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 6 DECnet Protocol Required for DE Cnet The router ’ s ship ping conf iguratio n does not have DEC net turned o n.
Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 7 IP Protoc ol Required fo r IP W AN interfaces which are set for PPP operation do not ge nerally use an IP ad dress. They ar e set to act as an “ unn umbered in terface. ” In this mo de of operation, there are no required settings.
Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 8 In CompatiV iew yo u must set a global parameter and a port-specific parameter . Suggested fo r DECnet Setting the parameters abo ve s hou ld be adequ ate for most installations . Frame Relay Configuration This section covers the settings requ ire d for Fram e Relay oper atio n of the V .
Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 9 IP Protoc ol There are two ways to set up Frame Relay . One is to s et the W AN interface as a “ numb ered interface. ” This means that the in terface (and thus the Frame Relay network) will have an IP address, subnet mask, etc.
Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 10 IPX Pr otoco l Required fo r IPX Frame Relay operation requ ires that the W AN interface be set as a “ numbered interface. ” This means that the inter face (and thus the Frame Relay ne twork) mus t have an IPX network numb er .
Chapter 2 - Quicksta rt Instructions 1 1 SMDS Configur ation This section covers the settings require d for SMDS (Switch ed Multi-megabit Data Service) operation of the V .35 W AN interfaces (IP on ly). SMDS is a connectionless, pack et-switched service that of fers LAN-to- LAN connectivity across a wide area at up to 1.
Chapter 3 - Shipping Def aults 12 Chapter 3 - Shipping Defaults Ethernet Interfaces IP Routing Defa ults • Off, all in terfaces IP Bridging Defaults • On, all interfaces • Addr ess: 198. 41.12 .1 • Subnet Mas k: 255.255.2 55.0 • Broadcast Address: 198.
Chapt er 4 - LED Pat terns 13 Chapter 4 - LED Patterns Some of the LEDs on the front of the VSR multig igabit switching router serve dual functions. In addition to indicating certain router -wide o perating conditions, they may also display port-specifi c informat ion.
Appendix A - Connector and Cable Pin Outs 14 Appendix A - Connector and Cable Pin Outs Pin Outs for HD D-Sub Male to V .35 Male Cable 1 Unused by the V .35 interface circuitry . 2 Receive Line Signal Detect (RLSD) must be asserted b y the CSU/DSU when the W AN line is operational.
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