Perle PERLE P850, User And System Administration Manual

Page 1: ...Perle P850 Bridge Router USER AND SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION GUIDE Part number 5500086 15 Copyright 2003 Perle Systems Ltd ...

Page 2: ...equivalence number REN for this equipment If requested this information must be provided to the telephone company 2 Applicable USOC jack required RJ49C 3 If the terminal equipment P850 router causes harm to the telephone network the telephone company will notify you in advance that temporary discontinuance of service may be required But if advance notice is not practical the telephone company will...

Page 3: ...uipment users should ensure that it is permissible to be connected to the facilities of the local telecommunication company The equipment must also be installed using an acceptable method of connection The customer should be aware that compliance with the above conditions may not prevent degradation of service in some situations Repairs to certified equipment should be made by an authorized Canadi...

Page 4: ... pattern filtering options of the P850 router Several examples of typical pattern filters are also provided Menu Trees provides a graphical tree type overview of the structure of the built in menu system of the P850 router All of the configuration is performed using the options provided in the menu system The Menu Tree is like an index to the menu options Configuration Pages provides a place to no...

Page 5: ...on the CD ROM It is also available for most computer operating platforms from Adobe on the Internet at www adobe com The Reference Manual provides the following information Introduction to bridging routing and P850 features Pin out references for the link modules List of event and alarm logs Expanded description of programmable filtering The P850 PPP Menus Reference Manual provides the following i...

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Page 7: ...ation 19 Auto Learning the Frame Relay Configuration 21 Manual Configuration LMI Type 22 Quick Start Frame Relay 23 Basic Leased Line Configuration 25 Quick Start PPP Leased Line Connections 25 Should You Bridge or Route 28 Configure as an Ethernet Bridge 29 Configure as an Ethernet IP Router 32 Define an IP Default Gateway 34 Define an IP Static Route 35 Define an IP Subnet Mask 36 Configure as a...

Page 8: ...ETHERNET FRAMES 73 Octet Locations on a Bridged TCP IP Frame 74 Octet Locations on a Bridged Novell Netware Frame 74 ETHERNET Type Codes 75 Octet Locations on an IP Routed TCP IP Frame 76 Octet Locations on an IPX Routed Novell Netware Frame 76 Octet Locations on a Bridged XNS Frame 77 APPENDIX C SERVICING INFORMATION 78 Opening the case 78 Identifying the Internal Components 79 Sanity Timer 81 Fo...

Page 9: ...k Pinouts 89 V 11 X 21 Link Pinouts 90 V 11 X 21 DB25 to DB15 Connector Cable 91 V 35 Null Modem Cable Configuration 92 The link speed must be defined for each of the two units 92 RS232 V 24 Null Modem Cable 93 RS530 RS422 Null Modem Cable 94 APPENDIX D SOFTWARE UPGRADES 96 ...

Page 10: ...r signs of damage If damage is suspected contact the shipper Save the box and all packing material to protect the router should it ever need to be moved or returned for service Check the packing slip that identifies the components and the LAN connector The connectors on the rear of the router provide all external connections to the P850 router Select a Site Place the router in a well ventilated ar...

Page 11: ...outer is produced with four different WAN interface modules V 35 CSU DSU Universal WAN or T1 E1 The type of module in a unit may be determined by looking at the label over the WAN connector on the back panel Figure 1 1 Rear View of the CSU DSU P850 router Figure 1 2 Rear View of the Universal WAN P850 Figure 1 3 Rear View of the V 35 P850 router Figure 1 4 Rear View of the T1 E1 P850 router V 35 U...

Page 12: ...et switch by using the MDI LAN port and a standard 10BaseT cable The P850 may be connected directly to a computer network card by using the MDI X LAN port and a standard 10BaseT cable Make the WAN Link Connection The Universal WAN module may be selected to operate as a V 11 V 35 RS232 or EIA530 interface The Universal WAN interface module uses a DB25 connector Be sure to secure the cable connector...

Page 13: ...4 pin V 35 connector used for the V 35 service interface Be sure to secure the cable connector to the router and the communications equipment with connector screws to prevent accidental disconnection The T1 E1 and LX411 CSU DSU interfaces connect with a standard RJ 45 RJ 48C specification for T1 E1 RJ 48S specification for CSU DSU connector After the P850 is powered up and the router has establish...

Page 14: ...rmine the baud rate of the terminal used for the console i e autobaud The following information will now be seen on the console connected to the router Terminals supported ansi avt ibm3101 qvt109 qvt102 qvt119 tvi925 tvi950 vt52 vt100 wyse 50 wyse vp teletype Enter terminal type Select the terminal type being used if listed and enter its name in lower case at the prompt or choose the terminal type...

Page 15: ...arding Frame Relay PPP Leased Line None Frame Relay Disabled Remote Site Profile The configuration options required for proper initial operation are described in Section 2 Typical Applications and How to Configure Them Refer to Section 2 for details on configuring the P850 router Also refer to the Menu Reference Manual file on the accompanying CD ROM for a complete description of all the Menu Opti...

Page 16: ... the incorrect cable connector for the operational mode selected may cause permanent damage to the interface module Please see Appendix D for pinout assignments Set Link Interface Type Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set Up ª Link Set Up ª Link Interface Type Select the Service type to which this P850 router will be connected Note If the module is being changed from one type of service to anot...

Page 17: ...et Up ª T1 E1 Set Up ª Speed Channel rate 56 64 kbps ª T1 E1framing framed unframed SF ESF ª Line encoding AMI INV_AMI B8ZS HDB3 Select the service channel speed framing format and encoding as designated by the service provider T1 service requires the specification of a Line Build Out factor This parameter modifies the transmitted signal to compensate for degradation due to line losses between the...

Page 18: ...g haul LBOs L0db L7 5db L15db L22 5db Short haul LBOs S0to110ft S110to220ft S220to330ft S330to440ft S440to550ft S550to660ft AT T standard TR64211long haul connection TL0db AT T standard TR64211 short haul connection TS0to110ft TS110to220ft TS220to330ft TS330to440ft TS440to550ft TS550to660ft If fractional T1 E1 service is being provided you will need to specify the channels timeslots to be used Set...

Page 19: ... for network management use If your service specifies that timeslot 16 is for their use toggle this option to reserved Set Link Interface Type Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set Up ª Link Set Up ª T1 E1 Set Up ª Slot Channel Set Up ª E1 Timeslot 16 reserved ...

Page 20: ...g the software into the RAM Yellow flashing Router is in BOOT mode Power Green LAN is connected and forwarding Red Router is NOT connected to the LAN Yellow LAN is connected and NOT forwarding i e Listening Learning or Blocking LAN Green LINK is up idle Green flashing LINK is up transmitting data traffic Yellow LINK negotiating control signals asserted on link Red LINK is down no control signals p...

Page 21: ...Installation 15 Figure 1 4 Front View of the P850 router Tx Rx Power ...

Page 22: ... configures each of the components separately The configuration options described within this section are only for initial set up and configuration purposes For more information on all of the configuration parameters available please refer to the P850 PPP Menus Reference Manual file on the accompanying CD ROM Important The P850 uses FLASH memory to store the configuration information Configuration...

Page 23: ...evels each containing new configuration options Navigation back out of a nested menu is easily accomplished by pressing the tab key The tab key takes you to the previous menu level If you wish to move from your current menu location directly to the main menu simply press the equals key When choosing menu options that will toggle between values simply pressing the number associated with that option...

Page 24: ... option name is finally shown in italics The keyboard graphic in the left margin indicates that this is information that the user will have to enter for configuration The note icon is used to provide miscellaneous information on the configuration and set up of the P850 Configuration The Configuration Note is used to indicate that there may be another configuration item that is effected by changing...

Page 25: ... The P850 is pre configured to query the frame relay service to auto learn the required parameters they may also be set manually The DLCI Data Link Connection Identifier number for the PVC is assigned by the frame relay service provider The PVC must be defined on the physical link on the P850 Refer to the following diagram that shows three P850 units connected together with a PVC being configured ...

Page 26: ... Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set up ª Link Set up ª Frame Relay enabled The router will request confirmation of the change enter yes For an P850 with a CSU DSU interface the default clock speed that the P850 will expect to receive from the DCE link is 64Kbps If the DCE link is 56 Kbps then the Link Speed value must be reset to 56 here Link Speed Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set up ª Link Set...

Page 27: ...the frame relay service to try to determine the LMI type Once the LMI type is determined the PVC configurations will be known from the full status enquiry messages If the DLCI numbers of the PVC s on your service are determined during this learning process the P850 will automatically create a remote site profile for each PVC The automatically created remote site profiles will be named LinkxDLCIyyy...

Page 28: ... The link is only monitored for control signals To manually configure the LMI type the Auto Learning option must be disabled Auto Learning Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set up ª Link Set up ª Frame Relay Set up ª Auto learning enabled LMI Type Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set up ª Link Set up ª Frame Relay Set up ª LMI Type The configuration options described here are only for initial...

Page 29: ...ing are all set to enabled Because each of these options are enabled by default and the automatically created remote site profiles will establish a PVC connection to the remote site routers the P850 will bridge and IPX route data without any user configuration Because an IP router requires an IP address the P850 must be configured with an IP address before IP routing is fully operational To config...

Page 30: ...ulation is enabled multilink is also enabled PPP Encapsulation Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set Up ª Remote Site Set Up ª Edit Remote Site ªConnection Set up ª PPP enable The configuration options described here are only for initial set up and configuration purposes For more complete information on all of the configuration parameters available please refer to the P850 PPP Menus Reference Ma...

Page 31: ... relay must be disabled Frame Relay disable Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set up ª Link Set up ª Frame Relay ª disabled The router will request confirmation of the change enter yes Quick Start PPP Leased Line Connections The PPP Leased Line P850 requires only a few configuration parameters to establish a direct connection to another PPP IP router Once the connection is established and is wor...

Page 32: ...nfiguration ª WAN Set up ª Link Set up ª Link Speed The clock speed that the P850 will expect to receive from the DCE link device must be defined Local IP Address Location Main ª Configuration ª LAN Set up ª LAN IP Set up ª IP Address Subnet mask size This is the IP address and subnet mask for the link of this P850 in the unnumbered IP connection ...

Page 33: ...the IP address of the P850 IPX Router Connection Once the link speeds have been configured the P850 router will attempt to establish the link connection to the remote site PPP router The IPX connection is an unnumbered connection that does not require any configuration If security is required for the connection refer to the Configure PPP Security section for information on setting the security pas...

Page 34: ... IPX or IP network address is the same at both locations bridging is simpler and requires less configuration If the locations are to be routed together the network numbers will have to be different in both cases this could require extensive reconfiguration IPX routing should be used if the two locations are already set up with different IPX network numbers Routing IPX will minimize the number of S...

Page 35: ...r a device located on the local LAN the bridge will ignore the packet Ethernet bridges also communicate to each other using what is called the Spanning Tree Protocol STP STP is used to prevent loops in a network which cause LAN traffic to be re broadcast again and again causing network congestion The P850 is pre configured to operate as an Ethernet bridge compatible with the IEEE 802 1d Spanning T...

Page 36: ...he P850 will proceed to bridge the LAN traffic between the two locations If SNMP or Telnet management is required for the P850 an IP address must be defined for each P850 The IP address allows network management stations to use SNMP to configure and monitor the P850 remotely The IP address also allows Telnet stations to connect to the P850 and view the built in menu system without having to physic...

Page 37: ...e of 26 will mask the 24 network address bits plus 2 host bits for the subnet address resulting in 4 subnet addresses being created Note that depending on whether or not nonstandard subnets are allowed not all of these addresses may be valid see the sections on defining masks The configuration options described here are only for initial set up and configuration purposes For more information on all...

Page 38: ...rks When an IP frame is received from the local LAN the destination IP address is examined and looked up in the routing tables Once the destination IP network is found in the routing tables the IP router sends the IP frame to the remote partner P850 that is connected to the appropriate remote IP network If no explicit route entry is found in the routing tables the IP frame is sent to the Default G...

Page 39: ...it locations are then used as the network portion of the IP address for the subnet For example with a class C IP address a subnet mask size of 26 will mask the 24 network address bits plus 2 host bits for the subnet address resulting in 4 subnet addresses being created Note that depending on whether or not nonstandard subnets are allowed not all of these addresses may be valid see the sections on ...

Page 40: ...large number of routes that will pass through another router to a larger network An example of this would be a router that is used to connect to the Internet All of the P850s on the local LAN would have the Internet access router as the default gateway The P850s would route information within the internal network and any IP frames that are destined for the Internet would be routed to the default g...

Page 41: ...ied when you first enter the menu and then the IP address of the next hop route and the cost may be defined Once all of the static IP routes are defined they may be viewed with the Show Static Routes command from the IP Routes menu Configuration When the IP routing protocol is set to none the subnet mask size must also be defined when creating a static route entry The subnet mask is required to al...

Page 42: ...o or more smaller IP networks consisting of a smaller number of host addresses in LAN This allows each of the sites to be a smaller IP network and to be routed together to allow inter network communication The P850 allows masks from 8 to 32 bits The mask size determines how many bits of the host field of the original IP network address will be used for the creation of subnets In this example a sub...

Page 43: ...tion Main ª Configuration ª LAN Set up ª LAN IP Set up ª IP Address mask size The IP address consists of 4 octets and is represented by 4 fields separated by periods where each field is specified by a decimal number e g 199 169 1 10 Each decimal number must be Original IP Network Address 199 169 100 0 Subnet IP Network Address 199 169 100 64 Router IP Address 199 169 100 65 Subnet Mask Size 26 Hos...

Page 44: ...the subnet address resulting in 4 possible subnets The addresses for two of these are all ones or all zeros and are not valid under standard subnets leaving two subnets available Configuration The subnet mask size entered defines the size of the subnet mask from the start of the entire IP address The configuration of the sub netted class C IP network is now completed Remember that each of the 2 su...

Page 45: ...50 IPX router will need to be configured differently in the second configuration with Novell servers located on only one of the LAN segments Novell Servers in Both Locations An Ethernet IPX router is used to intelligently route Novell IPX LAN traffic to remotely connected LANs across the WAN Figure 2 7 IPX Routed Local Area Networks Servers on both sides IPX routers forward IPX frames based upon t...

Page 46: ...IPX LAN segments with Novell servers on each segment are to be connected together with IPX routers you must ensure that the IPX network numbers on each of the Novell servers is unique If the IPX network numbers are the same the IPX routers will not operate Once the WAN connections have been established to the remote partner P850 routers the IPX router portion of the P850 routers will begin to buil...

Page 47: ...be configured with IPX network number 1500 using the appropriate frame type The clients connected to LAN 2 must also be running with the same frame type as defined on the P850 After the P850s have established the WAN connection the IPX routing procedures will cause the names of the services located on LAN 1 to be stored in the services table on the P850 on LAN 2 When one of the clients on LAN 2 st...

Page 48: ...have a unique IPX network number There must be no duplicate IPX network numbers within your entire IPX routed network they must all be unique The IPX network numbers may be any value from 0 to FFFFFFFF HEX Configuration Since there is not a server on LAN 2 in this example the IPX network number may be manually configured and the P850 router will proceed to route between the two networks When manua...

Page 49: ...network each of the stations on that network must be assigned a network address If a numbered IP link is to be established then each WAN interface must be assigned an IP address on a unique IP network The WAN IP network address must be different than the two existing networks that are being connected together with the PPP routers If a numbered IPX link is to be established then each WAN interface ...

Page 50: ...of a complete router that is connected between the two endpoint LANs When an IPCP link is set to unnumbered the only configuration option applicable is Peer IP Address The peer IP address in this case is the IP address of the remote PPP router that is the IP address of its LAN connection If the peer IP address is not specified the P850 router will attempt to determine it when negotiating the IPCP ...

Page 51: ...he network information i e IP address DNS subnet mask etc being configured automatically It is designed to allocate network addresses to a number of hosts on the P850 s LAN and supply minimal configuration needed to allow hosts to operate in an IP network The following steps must be performed on the P850 to configure it as a DHCP server DHCP Services Location Main ª Configuration ª Applications Se...

Page 52: ... configured When setting up a router as a DHCP server that will have both a DNS server on the internal network and a remote connection to another DNS server for example through an ISP then the local DNS server should be set as the primary DNS and the external DNS server as the secondary DNS DNS Set Up Location Main ª Configuration ª Application Set up ªDHCP set up ªDNS set up ªPrimary DNS IP addre...

Page 53: ...ernet via the router using a single global IP address A global IP address must be assigned to the WAN link upon which NAPT is enabled for NAPT to work The global IP address will be assigned by the ISP To use NAPT the private network addresses of the services that will be available globally must be assigned NAT Exports Location Main ª Configuration ª Applications Set up ª NAT Exports ª Edit Service...

Page 54: ... Site Set up ª Edit Remote Site ª Protocol Set up ª IP Parameters ª NAT Advanced ª Translation type ª Port The configuration options described here are only for initial set up and configuration purposes For more complete information on all of the configuration parameters available please refer to the P850 PPP Menus Reference Manual file on the accompanying CD ROM ...

Page 55: ...hen upgrading a group of P850s that have security levels set Default user name is the same as the default device name Default PAP password and CHAP secret are both set to none The complete security configuration for both incoming and outgoing calls is defined within the Security menu of the WAN Set up section Security Level Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set up ª Security Set up ª Security Le...

Page 56: ...the PPP routers that will be connecting together you should remember that the remote site PPP router user name that is authenticated by the P850 is used to match to the configured remote site profiles If a match to a configured remote site profile exists the incoming call will use the configuration defined within that remote site profile This also allows easier viewing of the remote site statistic...

Page 57: ...gh Normally the LAN firewall is used for restricting intranet traffic connections within the corporate network and remote site firewalls are used to limit access from less trusted sources such as the Internet or dial up links Figure 2 10 Sample Firewall Application The above diagram shows a corporate head office network which is connected to the Internet with an P850 There is also a branch office ...

Page 58: ...ll WAN Remote Site Filter direction Location Main ª Configuration ª Applications Set up ª Firewall Set up ª WAN Firewall Set up ª enter ID 1 for ISP remote site ª Firewall ª inbound The firewall on the Internet connection is set up to protect the entire corporate network including the branch office from unauthorized traffic Then the entries are made in the Designated Servers menu to allow Internet...

Page 59: ...irewall Set up ª Firewall ª Outbound An entry is made in the firewall table to allow the devices in the branch office to have unlimited TCP access to devices in the head office Firewall Table Entry Location Main ª Configuration ª Applications Set up ª Firewall Set up ª LAN Firewall Set up ª Edit Firewall Entry ªfilter ID 1 ª Dest IP Address 195 100 1 0 ª Destination Mask 255 255 255 0 ª Source IP ...

Page 60: ...signated Servers ª FTP Server 195 100 1 12 ª WWW HTTP Server 195 100 1 20 The configuration options described here are only for initial set up and configuration purposes For more information on all of the configuration parameters available please refer to the P850 PPP Menus Reference Manual file on the accompanying CD ROM ...

Page 61: ...s The following steps must be performed in order for the router to be configured for PPPoE connection The remote site set up for the PPPoE should refer to the section for Configure Remote Site Profiles for Leased Line PPP as the initial guideline for setting up a remote site configuration for PPP Afterwards the following steps transform the PPP remote site connection to a unique PPPoE remote site ...

Page 62: ...ly one global IP addresses for all PC workstation on your internal LAN Location Main ª Configuration ª WAN Set up ª Remote Site Set Up ª Edit Remote Site ª Protocol Set Up ª IP Set up ª NAT enabled ª enabled Access to some web pages is a common problem experienced when running a PPPoE client on a router By design PPPoE packets can support a maximum MTU of up 1492 bytes Normally when a connection i...

Page 63: ... ªNAT Advanced Set up ªTCP mss ªenabled ªTCP mss value ª1452 Normally your ISP provider will provide you with an outgoing username and password and to authenticate with their services The PPPoE remote site configuration needs to have the security section configured with this ISP parameters to authenticate the PPPoE connection Location Main ªConfiguration ªWAN Set Up ªRemote Site Set Up ªSecurity S...

Page 64: ...traffic is routed to the PPPoE connection the router must be configured to have the default IP gateway setup to your newly created PPPoE remote site connection Location Main ªConfiguration ªIP Routing Set up ªGateway ªPPPoE remote site alias ...

Page 65: ...t configure a Priority list which contains the criteria items for the outbound packets Each packet will be compared to item 1 in the Priority List and then progress down the list of items in order until a match is found When a match is found the comparison search will stop and the packet will be given the priority configured for that item Thus more specific priority criteria should be defined at t...

Page 66: ...n ªLan Set up ªQOS Set up ªQueuing Strategy ªPriority ªPriority List Number To assign a Priority List to a Remote Site Configuration Location Main ªConfiguration ªWan Set up ªRemote Site Set up ªEdit Remote Site ªProtocol Set up ªQOS Setup ªQueuing Strategy ªPriority ªPriority List Number ...

Page 67: ...h the current time The Perle router supports a primary and a secondary IP Address for NTP servers In multicast mode the router does not initiate the request packets but waits to receive the periodic broadcasts from the NTP server with the current time Once the router receives an NTP packet from the server it will then synchronize its internal clock with the current time In anycast mode the router ...

Page 68: ...Location ªConfiguration ªApplication Set up ªSNTP Set up ªSNTP Client ªenable ªMode ªunicast ªPrimary IP Address ªIP Address XXX XXX XXX XXX ªSecondary IP Address ªIP Address XXX XXX XXX XXX ªVersion ª3 The time zone and daylight savings time configuration is setup within the device setup menu To configure for Eastern Standard Time EST and have daylight saving time implemented for this year only i...

Page 69: ...Applications 63 ªName ªEST ªSummer Time Setup ªSummer Time ªenabled ªSummer Time Mode ªdate ªSummer Time Start ªYear ªMonth ªDate ªTime ªSummer Time End ªYear ªMonth ªDate ªTime ªOffset ª 60 ...

Page 70: ...ttern The filter pattern may be defined to perform a check of any portion of the Ethernet frame Separate filter patterns may be defined for bridged frames IP routed frames and IPX routed frames For more information on filtering please refer to the Programmable Filtering section of the P850 reference manual file The PDF file is located on the accompanying CD ROM MAC Address Filtering MAC address fi...

Page 71: ...efined in each of these sections to provide very extensive pattern filtering on LAN traffic being sent to remote LANs Pattern filters are created by defining an offset value and a pattern match value The offset value determines the starting position for the pattern checking An offset of 0 indicates that the pattern checking starts at the beginning of the data frame An offset of 12 indicates that t...

Page 72: ...th octet equals the 20 of the filter pattern or if the packet information starting at the 12th octet equals the 80 of the filter pattern AND Used in combination filters when one and the other conditions must be met Example 10 20 12 80 This filter pattern will match if the packet information starting at the 10th octet equals the 20 of the filter pattern and the packet information starting at the 12...

Page 73: ...ilter pattern will be checked in two operations First the section in brackets will be checked and then the results of the first check will be used in the second check using the first portion of the filter pattern If the packet information starting at the 14th octet equals 24 or 32 and the information at the 12th octet equals 80 the filter pattern will match ...

Page 74: ...850 is operating as a router all routed frames will be unaffected by the bridge pattern filters IP Related Traffic IP Related Traffic Forward only 12 0800 12 0806 Filter 12 0800 12 0806 Novell IPX Frames Novell IPX Frames EthernetII 12 8137 802 3 RAW 14 FFFF 802 2 14 E0E0 802 2 LLC 14 AAAA 20 8137 NetBIOS NetBEUI Microsoft Windows NetBIOS NetBEUI Microsoft Windows Filter 14 F0F0 Forward only 14 F0...

Page 75: ...the defined IP router pattern filters IP routed frames are unaffected by the bridge pattern filters and the IPX router pattern filters NetBIOS over TCP NetBIOS over TCP NETBIOS Name Service 22 0089 NETBIOS Datagram Service 22 008A NETBIOS Session Service 22 008B Note Uses the TCP Destination Port location Other interesting TCP Ports Other interesting TCP Ports Decimal Hex Usage 21 15 FTP 23 17 Tel...

Page 76: ...the specific menu name Each of the menu options shown in the menu tree is explained in the accompanying P850 menu reference files The PDF files are located on the accompanying CD ROM Menu names are displayed in boxes The numbers on the left side of the boxes indicate the menu option from the parent menu that this menu corresponds to All menu options are listed with numbers indicating their actual ...

Page 77: ...N Set Up 2 Continued on next page MAIN 1 State 2 Path cost 3 Priority Bridge STP Set Up 1 1 Usage limit 2 Call limit 3 Restart time 1 Activation intervals 2 Display schedule 3 Display time 2 1 1 IP set up 2 LAN NAT set up 3 IP address 4 Routing protcol 5 RIP mode 6 Route cost Secondary LAN IP Set Up 2 1 Connection set up menu 2 Activation menu 3 Protocol set up menu 4 Security parameters menu 5 Re...

Page 78: ...wledge alarm 2 Show events 3 Clear events 4 Show security log 5 Clear security log 6 Show resumption log 7 Clear resumption log Network Events 5 Logout Help 2 1 Extended Statistics 2 Interval 3 Clear All Statistics 1 Statistics set up menu 2 Remote site information menu 3 LAN statistics menu 4 Link stats 5 Link performance menu 6 Link summary 7 Interface stats 8 Interface status 9 Clear link inter...

Page 79: ...he frame representations Note the differences in the TCP IP and Novell frames when bridging and when routing When routing the TCP IP and Novell frames are examined after the Level 2 Ethernet portion of the frame has been stripped from the whole data frame This means that the offset numbers now start from 0 at the beginning of the routed frame and not the bridged frame Some of the common Ethernet t...

Page 80: ...Octet Locations on Ethernet Frames 74 Octet Locations on a Bridged TCP IP Frame Octet Locations on a Bridged Novell Netware Frame ...

Page 81: ...Compatibility 6001 DEC MOP Dump Load 6002 DEC MOP Remote Console 6003 DEC DECNET Phase IV Route 6004 DEC LAT 6005 DEC Diagnostic Protocol 6006 DEC Customer Protocol 6007 DEC LAVC SCA 8035 Reverse ARP 803D DEC Ethernet Encryption 803F DEC LAN Traffic Monitor 809B Appletalk 80D5 IBM SNA Service on Ether 80F3 AppleTalk AARP Kinetics 8137 8138 Novell Inc 814C SNMP ...

Page 82: ...Octet Locations on Ethernet Frames 76 Octet Locations on an IP Routed TCP IP Frame Octet Locations on an IPX Routed Novell Netware Frame ...

Page 83: ...Octet Locations on Ethernet Frames 77 Octet Locations on a Bridged XNS Frame ...

Page 84: ...e rear panel of the bridge router Geraetesteckvorrichtung trennen vor den Wartung Opening the case 1 Remove power from the bridge router and remove the other cabling 2 Turn the bridge router over and place it on a flat cushioned surface 3 Remove the two Phillips head screws that fasten the case together 4 Hold the two halves of the case together and turn the bridge router right side up 5 Lift off ...

Page 85: ...components and the jumper strap positions are shown Figure C 1 Top Internal View of the P850 router V 35 or Universal WAN interface Power V 35 Universal Sanity Timer Always ON Return Password to Default Force ZMODEM SW Upgrade J2 10BaseT C onsole M D I M D I X CPU 2 4 6 1 ...

Page 86: ...g Information 80 Figure C 2 Top Internal View of the P850 CSU DSU or T1 E1 Power CSU DSU T1 E1 Sanity Timer Always ON Return Password to Default Force ZMODEM SW Upgrade J1 10BaseT C onsole M D I M D I X CPU 2 1 ...

Page 87: ...set of pins 3 4 4 power up the bridge router The bridge router should now restart and be in ZMODEM receive mode 5 Re install the strap and replace the cover Please refer to Appendix E or the Menus Reference Manual for information on how to do software upgrades To Clear a Lost Password 1 Remove power from the bridge router 2 Remove the case cover 3 Remove the jumper strap on pins 5 6 4 Re attach th...

Page 88: ...his connection will then provide access to the built in menu system If the console interface is to be connected to a modem or other DCE device a standard RS 232 crossover converter should be used The following table illustrates the console pinouts RJ45 connector on unit DCE DB9 connector on converter DCE RS 232 signal name 2 6 CTS 3 4 DTR 4 5 GND 5 2 RxD 6 3 TxD 7 8 DSR 8 1 CD Figure C 3 Rear View...

Page 89: ... is needed to convert to the standard V 35 connectors When connecting two bridge routers back to back without modems a null modem cable is required to crossover the pins on the links Crossing over the pins allows two bridge routers both configured as DTE interfaces to be connected together With this configuration both bridge routers will provide clocking for the links and each bridge router must h...

Page 90: ...sed for the connection A DSU CSU crossover cable would be constructed as follows 1 7 2 8 7 1 8 2 T1 E1 Module P850 routers with a T1 E1 interface module use a standard RJ45 service connector pinout specification RJ48C Figure C 5 Rear View of the T1 E1 Connector When two T1 E1 routers are to be connected in a back to back set up a null modem crossover cable used for the connection A T1 E1 crossover...

Page 91: ...andard DB25 pin female connector 13 1 25 14 WARNING ensure that the connector cable used with the Universal WAN interface module has the correct pinouts for the operational mode selected for the interface V 11X 21 V 35 RS232 V 24 or RS530 RS422 Using the incorrect cable connector for the operational mode selected may cause permanent damage to the interface module Pinouts for each mode of operation...

Page 92: ...l Received Line Signal Detector X 9 X Receiver Signal Element Timing B X 10 11 W Terminal Signal Element Timing B X 12 AA Send Signal Element Timing B X 13 14 S Send Data B X 15 Y Send Signal Element Timing A X 16 T Received Data B X 17 V Received Signal Element Timing A X 18 L Local Loopback X 19 20 H Data Terminal Ready X 21 N Remote Loopback 22 23 24 U Terminal Signal Element Timing A X 25 NN T...

Page 93: ...wisted pairs within the connecting cable NOTE For U K Approval The connecting cable may be any length between 0 and 5M One end must be terminated in a male 34 pin X 21 bis connector as defined in ISO 2593 1984 The other end must be terminated in a male 25 pin X 21 bis connector as defined in ISO 2110 1989 ...

Page 94: ...11 12 13 14 15 DB Transmit Signal Element Timing DCE Source X 16 17 DD Receive Signal Element Timing DCE Source X 18 Local Loopback X 19 20 CD Data Terminal Ready X 21 22 CE Ring Indicator X 23 24 DA Transmit Signal Element Timing DTE Source X 25 Figure C 7 RS232 V 24 Link Pinouts The connecting cable must be a shielded cable NOTE For U K Approval The connecting cable may be any length between 0 a...

Page 95: ...TE Source X 12 DB B Transmit Signal Element Timing DCE Source X 13 CB B Clear to Send X 14 BA B Transmitted Data X 15 DB A Transmit Signal Element Timing DCE Source X 16 BB B Received Data X 17 DD A Receive Signal Element Timing DCE Source X 18 LL Local Loopback X 19 CA B Request to Send X 20 CD A Data Terminal Ready X 21 RL Remote Loopback X 22 CC B Data Set Ready X 23 CD B Data Terminal Ready X ...

Page 96: ...t Timing A X 7 8 Ground Signal Ground NA 9 T B Transmitted Data B X 10 C B Control B X 11 R B Received Data B X 12 I B Indication B X 13 S B Signal Element Timing B X 14 15 Figure C 9 V 11 X 21 Link Pinouts The connecting cable must be a shielded cable Circuits which are paired contain an A and B reference should be connected to twisted pairs within the connecting cable NOTE For U K Approval The c...

Page 97: ...8 20 16 12 23 1 4 8 5 12 13 9 6 11 3 10 Protective Ground Transmit Data A Receive Data A Indication A Signal Element Timing A Signal Ground 14 15 7 Indication B Transmit Data B Control B Receive Data B Control A Signal Element Timing B Protective Ground Transmit Data A Control A Signal Element Timing A Receive Data A Indication A Signal Ground Transmit Data B Control B Receive Data B Indication B ...

Page 98: ...and B reference should be connected to twisted pairs within the connecting cable This cable is needed when it is necessary to connect two units back to back and a set of modems is not available Note that this cable specifies DB25 connectors on each end to allow direct connection to the link interface connector on each unit The link speed must be defined for each of the two units ...

Page 99: ...nnector on each unit The link speed must be defined for each of the two units Shield Signal Ground DB25 MALE 1 20 7 8 15 17 24 DB25 MALE 1 8 7 20 24 17 15 Signal Ground Shield Transmitted Data Received Data Received Data Transmitted Data Request To Send Request To Send Received Line Signal Detector CD Data Set Ready Data Set Ready Received Line Signal Detector CD DTE Ready DTE Ready Transmit Timin...

Page 100: ... Transmitted Data B Received Data B DCE Ready A DCE Ready B Clear To Send B Request To Send A Request To Send B Received Line Signal Detector A Received Line Signal Detector B DTE Ready A DTE Ready B Signal Ground Transmit Timing A DTE Source Transmit Timing B DTE Source Local Loopback Remote Loopback Receiver Timing A DCE Source Transmit Timing A DCE Source Transmit Timing B DCE Source Test Mode ...

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Page 102: ...e file all from the Operational BOOT Code directory on the CD ROM 6 Once the ZMODEM transfer is complete the router will verify the file all in memory program and verify the FLASH clear the configuration to default values except the password and then reset A byte status message will be displayed on the console port during the programming of the FLASH After the reset the remote sites information wi...

Page 103: ...menu This will cause the router to reset and return to normal operations operating from the existing software If the ZMODEM transfer operation needs to be restarted after it has been canceled or after loading the first file simply choose the Console ZMODEM option from the Load FLASH Set Up menu once again Considerations When the router is placed in Console load BOOT mode the LAN interface and the ...

Page 104: ...alues except IP Address IP Routing state IP Forwarding state WAN Environment Link 1 2 State Password and connection data for the remote site if applicable and then reset After the reset the remote sites information will have to be re entered either from a saved configuration file recommended or by manually reentering the information for each site The router may take up to two 2 minutes to program ...

Page 105: ...and save Telnet to Router C Enter the ID or alias of Router B in the Network TFTP option to put Router C in Network Load mode When Router C restarts in Network Load mode the connection to Router B will be re established only if autocall is enabled on router B The TFTP transfer of the upgrade code may now be performed from the PC to Router C Once Router C has completed programming the flash and has...

Page 106: ...100 Router A PC used for TFTP transfers Link 1 Link 2 Router B Router C ...