CLI Procedure for Configuring Physical Ports and DLCIs

Note: The following steps must be performed on each Passport 4400 unit that is to be connected. If unit A has been configured with a connection to unit B, then unit B must be configured with a connection to unit A.

If your network connection will be a PANL-DTE netlink to a higher-level Passport 4400, you may wish to configure the Global Circuit Manager (GCM) to monitor and control the netlink. See Managing Primary and Backup Ports for more information.

All three ports on the base module of the unit, in addition to ports on an expansion High-speed Data Module, can be configured to carry PANL and RFC 1490 traffic over a netlink.

Note: Ports on the High-speed Data Module can be configured with PANL-DCE netlinks, but they can not support PANL-DTE links. See Passport Access Network Link (PANL) for more information.

Determine the physical WAN port to be configured with a netlink.

CLI> show system ifIndex configured

A table similar to the following appears:

IfIndex	IfExtType	PPA	IfSlot
1	ethernetCsmacd	0	base
2	propVirtual	0	base
3	other	0	base
4	propVirtual	1	base
149	frameRelay	2	base
150	propMultiplexor	1	base
151	other	1	base
153	propMultiplexor	2	base
154	v35	2	base
155	frameRelay	2	base

Note: For Passport 4430, 4450, and 4455, the Logical Interface Module (LIM) name for the base module is always limA. The WAN and Expansion modules are numbered lim1 through lim4. For the Passport 4460, the LIM name for the base module is always base, Expansion modules are named exp1, exp2, and the PCMCIA module is named pcmciaExp.

The physical WAN ports are given the IfExtensionType (IfExtType) propMultiplexor.

The Passport 4400 base module resides in Slot base, and the PPA numbers correspond to the port numbers for physical ports. Therefore, IfIndex 150 would represent Port 1 on the base module. Take note of the IfIndex, PPA, and IfSlot values for the port being configured; you will need to enter these values later.

Determine the ifIndex of the WAN port to be configured. The ifIndex is used to identify the port. Refer to the CLI command and table above to determine the ifIndex of the WAN port. In this example, the ifIndex is 150.

Select the baud rate (line speed) of the physical WAN port.

CLI> define wan port baudRate

Parameter	Range of Values	Required Actions
<IfIndex>	INTEGER (1..255)	Enter the IfIndex of the physical WAN port as determined in Step 2.
<BaudRate>	INTEGER (300...1920000)	Enter the baud rate of the WAN port. The default baud rate is 64000.

Example:

CLI> define wan port 150 64000