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Supported Features

Supported Features

This chapter lists the features supported by the Cisco 6400 carrier-class broadband aggregator in Cisco IOS Release 12.2.(2)B. This chapter also identifies feature documentation that you can find on Cisco.com.

The topics addressed are:

Conventions Used in This Chapter

Feature documentation publication names are in italics. When applicable, the path to the most useful section of the publication is provided in a bulleted list after the publication name. The bulleted items can be book part titles, chapter titles, section names, or subsection names.


Table 1-1: Examples of Conventions Used in the "Supported Features" Chapter
Feature Documentation

RBE with DHCP

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • ATM Routed Bridge Encapsulation

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Addressing and Services

  • Configuring DHCP

RFC 1577

Cisco IOS Wide-Area Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring ATM

  • Configuring Classical IP and ARP over ATM


Node Route Processor Features

The Cisco 6400 supports three node route processors, designated as NRP-1, NRP-2, and NRP-2SV:

  • NRP-1—Incorporates a 100-Mbps Fast Ethernet interface for connecting into an IP network and has processing capability for OC-3 rate of user traffic.

  • NRP-2 and NRP-2SV—Provides a Gigabit Ethernet interface and sufficient processing capability for handling OC-12 rate of user traffic.

The Feature column states whether the NRP feature is supported by or applicable to only one or two types of NRP.

Access Protocols


Table 1-2: NRP Features—Access Protocols
Feature Documentation

Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)

DSL Architecture: Reliablility Design Plan :

  • DSL Network Architectures

  • Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)/RFC 1483 Bridging

Cisco IOS Bridging and IBM Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Bridging

Multilink PPP (MLP)

Cisco IOS Dial Technologies Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • PPP Configuration

  • Configuring Media-Independent PPP and Multilink PPP

Per-VC Traffic Shaping

(NRP-1 and NRP-2SV only)

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Basic NRP Configuration

  • Configuring PVC Traffic Shaping

PPP IPCP Subnet Negotiation

Cisco IOS Dial Technologies Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • PPP Configuration

  • Configuring Asynchronous SLIP and PPP

  • Configuring Network-Layer Protocols over PPP and SLIP

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • IPCP Subnet Mask Support

PPP over ATM (PPPoA) terminated

Cisco IOS Wide-Area Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring Broadband Access: PPP and Routed Bridge Encapsulation

  • Configuring PPP over ATM

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Point-to-Point Protocol

  • Configuring PPPoA

PPPoA Baseline Architecture , white paper

PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) terminated

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Point-to-Point Protocol

  • Configuring PPPoE

Cisco IOS Wide-Area Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring Broadband Access: PPP and Routed Bridge Encapsulation

PPPoE Baseline Architecture for the Cisco 6400 UAC , white paper

PPP autosense (SNAP)

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Point-to-Point Protocol

  • Configuring PPP Autosense

Routed Bridge Encapsulation (RBE)

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • ATM Routed Bridge Encapsulation

DSL Architecture: Reliablility Design Plan :

  • DSL Network Architectures

  • Routed Bridge Encapsulation (RBE)

RBE Subinterface Grouping

ATM PVC Range and Routed Bridge Encapsulation Subinterface Grouping , 12.1(5)T feature module

RBE unnumbered DHCP

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • ATM Routed Bridge Encapsulation

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Addressing and Services

  • Configuring DHCP

RBE with DHCP

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • ATM Routed Bridge Encapsulation

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Addressing and Services

  • Configuring DHCP

RBE with DHCP Option 82

DHCP Option 82 Support for Routed Bridge Encapsulation , 12.2(2)T feature module

RFC 1483 bridging

DSL Architecture: Reliablility Design Plan :

  • DSL Network Architectures

  • Integrated Routing and Bridging (IRB)/RFC 1483 Bridging

Cisco IOS Bridging and IBM Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Bridging

Cisco 6400 NRP Configuration and Troubleshooting , white paper

Basic PVC Configuration Using Bridged RFC 1483 , sample configuration

RFC 1483 routing

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Routing Protocols

Cisco 6400 NRP Configuration and Troubleshooting , white paper


Aggregation and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)


Table 1-3: NRP Features—Aggregation and VPNs
Feature Documentation

IP Overlapping Address Pools (OAP)

(NRP-1 only)

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • IP Overlapping Address Pools

L2TP Multi-Hop

Multihop VPDN , 11.3(3)T feature module

Configuring L2TP Multihop to Perform Several Hops from the NAS to the LNS , Sample Configuration

L2TP tunnel service authorization
enhancement

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol

  • Configuring L2TP

  • Tunnel Service Authorization

L2TP tunnel sharing

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol

  • Configuring L2TP

  • Tunnel Sharing

L2TP tunnel switching

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol

  • Configuring L2TP

  • Tunnel Switching

MPLS Edge Label Switch Router
(Edge LSR)

(NRP-1 only)

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Multiprotocol Label Switching

MPLS Label Distribution Protocol
(LDP)

MPLS Label Distribution Protocol , 12.2(2)T feature module

MPLS Label Switch Controller (LSC)
for BPX

(NRP-1 only)

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Multiprotocol Label Switching

MPLS VPNs

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Multiprotocol Label Switching

  • Configuring MPLS Virtual Private Networks

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Multiprotocol Label Switching

PPPoA tunneled into L2TP

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Point-to-Point Protocol

  • Configuring PPPoA

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol , fact sheet

PPPoE tunneled into L2TP

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Point-to-Point Protocol

  • Configuring PPPoE

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol , fact sheet

Remote Access into MPLS VPN

(NRP-1 only)

Cisco Remote Access to MPLS VPN Solution 1.0 documentation

DSL Access to MPLS VPN Integration

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Multiprotocol Label Switching

  • Configuring MPLS Virtual Private Networks

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Multiprotocol Label Switching

RFC 1577

Cisco IOS Wide-Area Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring ATM

  • Configuring Classical IP and ARP over ATM

VLAN (ISL) on NRP

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Virtual LANs

  • Configuring Routing Between VLANs with ISL Encapsulation

VLAN (802.1q) on GE

(NRP-2 and NRP-2SV only)

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Virtual LANs

  • Configuring Routing Between VLANs with IEEE 802.1Q Encapsulation


Configuration and Monitoring


Table 1-4: NRP Features—Configuration and Monitoring
Feature Documentation

ATM PVC Range Command

ATM PVC Range and Routed Bridge Encapsulation Subinterface Grouping , 12.1(5)T feature module

Per VC error display

Cisco 6400 Command Reference :

  • Show Commands for the Cisco 6400 NRP

  • show controllers atm 0/0/0


Hardware Support


Table 1-5: NRP Features—Hardware Support
Feature Documentation

ATM (OC-3, OC-12, DS3) Interfaces

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Node Line Card Interface Configuration

FE Interface: 10/100 auto-negotiation,
auto-sensing

(NRP-1 only)

Cisco IOS Interface Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring LAN Interfaces

  • Configuring Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces

GE Interface

Gigabit Ethernet Port Adapter , 12.1(4)E feature module

Network Management Ethernet (NME)

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Basic NSP Configuration

  • Network Management Ethernet Interface

  • Enabling NME Consolidation on the NRP

NRP 1+1 Redundancy

(NRP-1 only)

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Redundancy and SONET APS Configuration

  • NRP Redundancy


IP and Routing


Table 1-6: NRP Features—IP and Routing
Feature Documentation

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Addressing and Services

  • Configuring IP Addressing

  • Configuring Address Resolution Methods

Border Gateway Protocol version 4
(BGP4)

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Routing Protocols

  • Configuring BGP

Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing
Protocol (EIGRP)

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Routing Protocols

  • Configuring IP Enhanced IGRP

Generic routing encapsulation (GRE)

Cisco IOS Interface Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring Logical Interfaces

  • Configuring a Tunnel Interface

Internet Group Management Protocol
(IGMP)

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Multicast

  • Configuring IP Multicast Routing

  • IGMP Features Configuration Task List

Internet Protocol (IP) forwarding

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Addressing and Services

  • Configuring IP Services

IP multicast

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Multicast

Internet Protocol (IP) Multicast Technology Overview , white paper

Intermediate System-to-Intermediate
System (IS-IS)

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Routing Protocols

  • Configuring Integrated IS-IS

Network Address Translation (NAT)
support for NetMeeting Directory

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Addressing and Services

  • Configuring IP Addressing

  • Configuring Network Address Translation

NetFlow for RFC1483 into MPLS VPN

(NRP- 1 only)

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • NetFlow Switching

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Multiprotocol Label Switching

  • Configuring MPLS Virtual Private Networks

Cisco IOS Technical Marketing NetFlow Deployment on Logical Interfaces , white paper

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Routing Protocols

  • Configuring OSPF

PIM Dense Mode & Sparse Mode

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Multicast

  • Configuring IP Multicast Routing

Routing Information Protocol
(RIP)/RIP v2

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Routing Protocols

  • Configuring Routing Information Protocol

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Overview

Telnet

Cisco IOS Terminal Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring Dial-In Terminal Services

  • Telnet and rlogin Configuration Task List

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • File Management

  • Configuring Basic File Transfer Services

  • Configuring a Router as a TFTP or RARP Server

Transparent Bridging

Cisco IOS Bridging and IBM Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Bridging

  • Configuring Transparent Bridging

User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

Internetworking Technology Overview :

  • Internet Protocols (IP)

  • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

  • User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

Web Cache Coordination Protocol
(WCCP) version 1

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • System Management

  • Configuring Web Cache Services Using WCCP

WCCP (v2)

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • System Management

  • Configuring Web Cache Services Using WCCP


IP QoS


Table 1-7: NRP Features—IP QoS
Feature Documentation

IP QoS—Policing and Marking

Cisco 6400 Release Notes

  • IP QoS—Policing and Marking

Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Policing and Shaping


Network Management


Table 1-8: NRP Features—Network Management
Feature Documentation

PPPoE session count MIB

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Point-to-Point Protocol

  • Configuration Tasks

  • Configuring PPPoE Session Count MIB

SNMP (v1, v2, and v3)

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • System Management

  • Configuring SNMP Support

SNMPv3 Proxy Forwarder

(NRP-2 and NRP-2SV only)

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • SNMP, RMON, and Alarm Configuration

  • Using the NSP as the SNMPv3 Proxy Forwarder for the NRP-2


RADIUS/AAA


Table 1-9: NRP Features—RADIUS/AAA
Feature Documentation

IETF Tunnel Attributes

Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Security Server Protocols

  • Configuring RADIUS

  • RADIUS Attributes

Password Authentication Protocol (PAP)/
Challenge Handshake Authentication
Protocol (CHAP)

Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)

  • Configuring Authentication

  • Non-AAA Authentication Methods

  • Enabling CHAP or PAP Authentication

Remote Authentication Dial-In User
Service (RADIUS)

Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Security Server Protocols

  • Configuring RADIUS

RADIUS Attribute 8
(Framed-IP-Address) in Access Requests
(also known as "IP Hint" or "Sticky IP")

RADIUS Attribute 8 (Framed-IP-Address) in Access Requests , 12.1(5)T feature module

Terminal Access Controller Access
Control System Plus (TACACS+)
(admin login only)

Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Security Server Protocols

  • Configuring TACACS+

VPI/VCI in RADIUS Request and
RADIUS Accounting for PPPoA

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • RADIUS VC Logging

VPI/VCI in RADIUS Request and
RADIUS Accounting for PPPoE

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • RADIUS VC Logging


Scalability and Performance


Table 1-10: NRP Features—Scalability and Performance
Feature Documentation

GRE Cisco express forwarding (CEF)

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Cisco IOS Switching Paths

Cisco IOS Interface Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring Logical Interfaces

  • Configuring a Tunnel Interface

LAC CEF switching

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Cisco IOS Switching Paths

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol

  • Configuring L2TP

  • Configuring VPDN on the LAC

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol , fact sheet

L2TP sessions per tunnel limiting

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol

  • Configuring L2TP

  • Sessions per Tunnel Limiting

NAT CEF switching

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Cisco IOS Switching Paths

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Addressing and Services

  • Configuring IP Addressing

  • Configuring Network Address Translation

Per VC buffer management

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Basic NRP Configuration

  • NRP-1 Configuration

  • Segmentation and Reassembly Buffer Management

PPPoA CEF

Cisco IOS Wide-Area Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring Broadband Access: PPP and Routed Bridge Encapsulation

  • Configuring PPP over ATM

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Cisco IOS Switching Paths

PPPoE Fast Switching for Multicast

Cisco IOS Dial Technologies Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • PPP Configuration

  • Configuring Asynchronous SLIP and PPP

  • Enabling Fast Switching

PPPoE Session Limit (per ATM VC)

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Point-to-Point Protocol

  • Configuration Tasks

  • Configuring PPPoE Session Limit

RBE CEF

Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Cisco IOS Switching Paths

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • ATM Routed Bridge Encapsulation

DSL Architecture: Reliablility Design Plan :

  • DSL Network Architectures

  • Routed Bridge Encapsulation (RBE)


Service Selection Gateway (NRP-SSG)


Table 1-11: NRP Features—SSG
Feature Documentation

PPP Termination and Aggregation
Multi-Domain (PTA-MD)

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Overview

  • Benefits

  • Multiple Traffic-Type Support

  • PPP Termination Aggregation (PTA) and PTA Multi-Domain (PTA-MD)

RADIUS Interim Accounting

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring RADIUS Interim Accounting

SSG AAA Server Group Support for Proxy Services

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring AAA Server Group Support for Proxy Services

SSG Automatic Service Logon

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring RADIUS Profiles

  • User Profiles

  • Auto Service

SSG CEF Switching

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring Cisco Express Forwarding

SSG Default Network

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring a Default Network

SSG DNS Fault Tolerance

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring RADIUS Profiles

  • Service Profiles

  • DNS Server Address

SSG enable (default is disabled)

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Enabling SSG

SSG full username RADIUS attribute

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring RADIUS Profiles

  • Service Profiles

  • Full Username Attribute

SSG Host Key

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring Host Key

SSG Cisco IOS NAT support

Cisco 6400 Command Reference :

  • SSG Commands for the Cisco 6400 NRP

  • debug ssg data-nat

SSG Local Forwarding

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring Local Forwarding

SSG Open Garden

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring an Open Garden

SSG Passthrough and Proxy Service

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring RADIUS Profiles

  • Service Profiles

  • Type of Service

SSG Sequential and Concurrent Service

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring RADIUS Profiles

  • Service Profiles

  • Service Mode

SSG Service Defined Cookie

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring RADIUS Profiles

  • Service Profiles

  • Service-Defined Cookie

SSG single host logon

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Overview

  • Benefits

  • SSG Single Host Logon

SSG TCP Redirect - Logon

(Previously called "HTTP Redirect")

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring TCP Redirect - Logon

SSG with GRE

Cisco IOS Interface Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring Logical Interfaces

  • Configuring a Tunnel Interface

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

SSG with Multicast

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring Multicast

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • IP Multicast

SSG with L2TP Service Type

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring SSG with L2TP Service Type

VPI/VCI Static binding to a Service
Profile

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

  • Configuring Features

  • Configuring VPI/VCI Indexing to Service Profile

WebSelection

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Service Selection Gateway

Cisco Subscriber Edge Services Manager documentation

Cisco Service Selection Dashboard documentation


Other Features and Feature Enhancements


Table 1-12: NRP Features—Other Features and Feature Enhancements
Feature Documentation

Segmentation and Reassembly Buffer
Management Enhancements

(NRP-1 only)

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Basic NRP Configuration

  • NRP-1 Configuration

  • Segmentation and Reassembly Buffer Management

Session Scalability Enhancements

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Session and Tunnel Scalability


Node Switch Processor Features

The Node Switch Processor (NSP) contains the ATM switch engine and processor, and most memory components.

ATM Connections


Table 1-13: NSP Features—ATM Connections
Feature Documentation

F4 and F5 Operation, administration,
and maintenance (OAM) cell segment
and end-to-end flows

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Operation, Administration, and Maintenance

Hierarchical virtual private (VP) tunnels

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Virtual Connections

  • Configuring VP Tunnels

  • Configuring a Hierarchical VP Tunnel for Multiple Service Categories

Logical multicast support
(up to 254 leaves per output port, per
point-to-multipoint virtual circuits [VCs])

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Virtual Connections

  • Configuring Point-to-Multipoint PVC Connections

Multipoint-to-point User-Network
Interface (UNI) signaling

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Node Line Card Interface Configuration

  • ATM Interface Types

  • User-Network Interfaces

Point-to-Point and Point-to-Multipoint
VCs

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Virtual Connections

Permanent virtual circuit (PVC),
Soft PVC, Soft permanent virtual path
(PVP), and switched virtual circuit (SVC)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Virtual Connections

Soft virtual channel connections (VCCs)
and virtual path connections (VPCs)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Virtual Connections

VC Merge

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Tag Switching

  • Configuring VC Merge

VP and VC switching

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Basic NSP Configuration

  • Internal Cross-Connections

VP multiplexing

Understanding VP Tunnels and VP Switching , tech note

VP tunneling

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Virtual Connections

  • Configuring VP Tunnels


ATM Internetworking


Table 1-14: NSP Features—ATM Internetworking
Feature Documentation

LAN Emulation Server (LES) and LAN
Emulation Configuration Server (LECS)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring LAN Emulation

RFC 1577 (Classical IP over ATM)
ATM Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
server/client

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring IP over ATM

  • Configuring Classical IP over ATM


ATM Per-Flow Queuing


Table 1-15: NSP Features—ATM Per-Flow Queuing
Feature Documentation

Dual leaky bucket policing (ITU-T I.371
and ATM Forum UNI specifications)

Guide to ATM Technology :

  • Traffic and Resource Management

  • UPC—Traffic Policing at a Network Boundary

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Processor Feature Card Functionality1

Intelligent early packet discard (EPD)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Physical Interfaces

  • Configuring the Interface Queue Thresholds per Service Category

ATM and Layer 3 Switch Router Command Reference :

  • ATM Commands

  • atm output-threshold

LightStream 1010 Switch Architecture and Traffic Management , white paper

Intelligent partial (tail) packet discard

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Physical Interfaces

  • Configuring the Interface Queue Thresholds per Service Category

LightStream 1010 Switch Architecture and Traffic Management , white paper

Multiple, weighted (dynamic) thresholds
for selective packet marking and discard

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Processor Feature Card Functionality1

Per-VC or per-VP output queuing

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Processor Feature Card Functionality1

Strict priority, rate, or weighted round
robin scheduling algorithms

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Physical Interfaces

  • Configuring the Scheduler and Service Class
1The NSP uses the FC-PFQ feature card.


ATM Traffic Classes


Table 1-16: NSP Features—ATM Traffic Classes
Feature Documentation

Available bit rate (ABR) (EFCI + RR)
+ minimum cell rate (MCR)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Physical Interfaces

  • Configuring the Interface Queue Thresholds per Service Category

ABR connection support for
non-zero MCR

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Physical Interfaces

  • Configuring the Interface Queue Thresholds per Service Category1

Constant bit rate (CBR)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Global Resource Management

Per-VC or per-VP CBR traffic shaping

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Global Resource Management1

Shaped CBR VP tunnels (up to 128)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Global Resource Management1

Substitution of other service categories
in shaped VP tunnels

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Physical and Logical Interface Parameters

  • Configuring Interface Service Category Support

Unspecified bit rate (UBR)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Global Resource Management1

UBR + MCR

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Global Resource Management

  • Configuring the Connection Traffic Table

  • CTT Supported Features

Variable bit rate-non-real time (VBR-nrt)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Global Resource Management1

VBR-real time (VBR-rt)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Resource Management

  • Configuring Global Resource Management1
1The NSP uses the FC-PFQ feature card.


Configuration and Monitoring


Table 1-17: NSP Features—Configuration and Monitoring
Feature Documentation

ATM access lists on Interim Local
Management Interface (ILMI) registration

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Using Access Control

  • Configuring Per-Interface Address Registration with Optional Access Filters

PCMCIA Disk Mirroring

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Redundancy and SONET APS Configuration

  • NSP Redundancy

  • PCMCIA Disk Mirroring

Per-VC or per-VP nondisruptive
port snooping

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Virtual Connections

  • Configuring Interface and Connection Snooping

  • Configuring Per-Connection Snooping


Hardware Support


Table 1-18: NSP Features—Hardware Support
Feature Documentation

1+1 Slot Redundancy (EHSA)

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Redundancy and SONET APS Configuration

Network Management Ethernet (NME)

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Basic NSP Configuration

  • Network Management Ethernet Interface

NRP-2 support

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Basic NSP Configuration

  • NRP-2 Support

NSP 1+1 Redundancy

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Redundancy and SONET APS Configuration

  • NSP Redundancy

Synchronous Optical Network (SONET)
automatic protection switching (APS)
support

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Redundancy and SONET APS Configuration

  • SONET APS for NLC Port Redundancy

Stratum 3/BITS

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Basic NSP Configuration

  • Network Clocking

  • Configuring Building Integrated Timing Supply Network Clocking

Telco alarms

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • SNMP, RMON, and Alarm Configuration

  • Alarms


IP and Routing


Table 1-19: NSP Features—IP and Routing
Feature Documentation

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) client support

Cisco IOS IP Configuration Guide, Release12.2 :

  • IP Addressing and Services

  • Configuring DHCP

Internet Protocol (IP)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring IP over ATM

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring System Management Functions

  • Configuring the Network Time Protocol

Telnet

Cisco IOS Terminal Services Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Configuring Dial-In Terminal Services

  • Telnet and rlogin Configuration Task List


Network Management


Table 1-20: NSP Features—Network Management
Feature Documentation

ATM accounting enhancements

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring ATM Accounting and ATM RMON

ATM Accounting Management
Information Base (MIB)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring ATM Accounting and ATM RMON

ATM remote monitoring (RMON) MIB

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring ATM Accounting and ATM RMON

ATM SNMP trap and OAM
enhancements

Cisco 6400 Feature Guide —Release 12.2.(2)B:

  • Miscellaneous Features

  • ATM SNMP Trap and OAM Enhancements

Signaling diagnostics and MIB

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Signalling Features

  • Configuring Signalling Diagnostics Tables

Simple Network Management Protocol
(SNMP)

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • System Management

  • Configuring SNMP Support

Web Console

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Web Console


RADIUS/AAA


Table 1-21: NSP Features—RADIUS/AAA
Feature Documentation

Terminal Access Controller Access
Control System Plus (TACACS+)
(admin login only)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring System Management Functions

  • Configuring TACACS

Cisco IOS Security Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 :

  • Security Server Protocols

  • Configuring TACACS+


Scalability and Performance


Table 1-22: NSP Features—Scalability and Performance
Feature Documentation

Capability to view used/unused
Input Translation Table (ITT) blocks

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Optimizing the Number of Virtual Connections on the Cisco 6400

  • Displaying ITT Allocation

Fragmentation minimization

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Optimizing the Number of Virtual Connections on the Cisco 6400

ITT block shrinking

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Optimizing the Number of Virtual Connections on the Cisco 6400


Signaling and Routing


Table 1-23: NSP Features—Signaling and Routing
Feature Documentation

ATM Network Service Access Point
(NSAP) and left-justified E.164
address support

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Signalling Features

  • Configuring E.164 Addresses

ATM and Layer 3 Switch Router Command Reference :

  • A Commands

  • aesa embedded-number left-justified

Closed user groups (CUGs) for
ATM VPNs

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Signalling Features

  • Configuring Closed User Group Signalling

E.164 address translation and
autoconversion

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Signalling Features

  • Configuring E.164 Addresses

Hierarchical Private Network Node
Interface (PNNI)

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring ATM Routing and PNNI

  • Basic PNNI Configuration

Guide to ATM Technology :

  • ATM Routing with IISP and PNNI

  • PNNI Overview

  • Hierarchical PNNI

Interim-Interswitch Signaling Protocol
(IISP)

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Node Line Card Interface Configuration

  • ATM Interface Types

  • Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol Interfaces

Guide to ATM Technology :

  • ATM Routing with IISP and PNNI

  • Static Routing with IISP

ILMI 4.0

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide

  • Configuring ILMI

VPI/VCI range support in ILMI 4.0

ATM Switch Router Software Configuration Guide :

  • Configuring Virtual Connections

  • Configuring a VPI/VCI Range for SVPs and SVCs

UNI 3.0, UNI 3.1, and UNI 4.0

Cisco 6400 Software Setup Guide :

  • Node Line Card Interface Configuration

  • ATM Interface Types

  • User-Network Interfaces