Table Of Contents

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index

A

AAL

in ATM reference model 1-12

service-dependent (table) 1-14

anycast signaling 2-4

ATM

addressing 1-12, 2-4

cell format 1-2, 1-4

description 1-1

device types 1-2

fundamentals 1-2

network interfaces 1-3, 3-2to 3-6

physical interfaces 1-15to 1-16

services 1-5

signaling 2-1

switch operation 1-9

virtual connection types 1-5

ATM adaptation layer. See AAL

ATM addresses

ATM switch router 2-6

autoconfigured scheme 2-7

automatic assignment for LANE components 6-11

components 2-4

formats

choosing 2-6

DCC 2-6

default 2-8

E.164 2-6, 2-11

figure 2-5

ICD 2-6

global uniqueness 7-15

ILMI 2-7, 2-9

ILMI address considerations 2-9

LANE 2-10

LANE templates 6-11

manually configured 2-10

obtaining 2-17

PNNI

autoconfigured 2-10

autoconfigured for single-level 7-13

hierarchical nature 7-15

planning 7-15

scalability 7-16

used by 2-7

registered 2-17

SVCs 1-12

See also E.164 addresses

ATM Address Resolution Protocol. See ATMARP

ATMARP

and ILMI 2-10

and RFC 1577 5-3

ATM network interfaces

autoconfiguration of 3-1

example 3-2

IISP 3-5

NNI 3-4

UNI 3-3

ATM reference model

ATM adaptation layer (AAL) 1-12

ATM layer 1-11

figure 1-11

OSI model 1-11

physical layer 1-11

service-dependent AAL 1-14

ATM switch router

default address 2-6

inband management of

overview 5-8

PVCs with InATMARP 5-10

PVCs with static address mapping 5-10

SVCs with ATMARP 5-9

SVCs with static address mapping 5-10

LANE requirements 6-12

traffic management capabilities 10-1

autoconfiguration

ATM address

format 2-7

ATM addresses

PNNI, single-level 7-13

interface types 3-1

B

best-effort connection limits 10-11

broadcast-and-unknown server. See BUS

BUS

connection setup, example 6-9

function 6-4

multicast traffic, sending 6-8

C

CAC

algorithm 10-7

configurable parameters 10-8

description 10-5to 10-6

parameter definitions 10-6

PNNI 7-7

resource management for tag switching 11-13

CAS 9-8

CDVT and MBS interface defaults 10-5

cell format

general 1-2

header 1-4

NNI format (figure) 1-5

UNI format (figure) 1-5

CES

advantages 9-10

applications 9-1

configuring

CDV 9-15

prerequisites 9-15

E1 port adapters 9-2to 9-10

features 9-2

hard PVCs 9-18to 9-19, 9-21to 9-22

interworking function (CES-IWF) 9-3

limitations 9-10

on-hook detection 9-8

overview 9-1

soft PVCs 9-16to 9-20, 9-22to 9-27

structured services

bandwidth usage 9-20

channel-associated signaling 9-8

digital access and crossconnect system functionality 9-5

support 9-5

time slots 9-6

T1 port adapters 9-2to 9-10

unstructured services

bandwidth usage 9-17

support 9-4

CES-IWF 9-3

channel-associated signaling. See CAS

channelized DS3 port adapter

configuration

channel groups 12-5

guidelines 12-4

overview 12-4

physical interface 12-4

T1 lines 12-4

description 12-3

channelized E1 port adapter

configuration

channel groups 12-7

guidelines 12-6

overview 12-6

physical interface 12-7

description 12-5

time slot mapping 12-5

circuit emulation services. See CES

classical IP over ATM

description 5-2

example (figure) 5-3

RFC 1577, defined in 5-3

clocking. See network clocking

closed user groups. See CUGs

complex node representation

aggregation modes compared 7-38

exception thresholds 7-37

implementation guidelines 7-38

routing accuracy of 7-36

simple node representation, compared 7-35

terminology 7-36

Connection Admission Control. See CAC

connection traffic table. See CTT

controlled link sharing 10-9

conventions xvii

CoS

CTT rows 11-12

resource management CAC not supported 11-13

service class to weight mapping

hierarchical VP tunnels 11-10

physical ports 11-10

threshold group for TBR classes 11-11

crankback mechanism 7-8

CTT

Frame Relay to ATM interworking 12-10

row allocations and defaults 10-3

rows for tag switching virtual connections 11-12

traffic and service contract 10-3

CUGs

configuration overview 2-21

example (figure) 2-20

interlock codes for 2-19

overview 2-18

D

data rate for physical interfaces 1-15

documentation

CD-ROM xviii

online xvii

printed xvii

document conventions xvii

DS0 channels. See DS0 time slots

DS0 time slots

Frame Relay to ATM interworking

channel groups, forming 12-5

DS3 interfaces 12-3

E1 interfaces 12-5

mapping example (figure) 12-3

structured CES

example (figure) 9-6

mapping 9-6

E

E.164 addresses

autoconversion

AESA example (figure) 2-16

comparison (table) 2-14

description 2-13

ZDSP example (figure) 2-15

conversion options 2-12

encoding for PNNI 7-13

gateway translation

description 2-12

example (figure) 2-12

NSAP encoded format 2-6

one-to-one translation 2-16

signaling of 2-11

types 2-11

E1 port adapters

CES

description 9-2

structured services 9-5

time slots, example 9-7

unstructured services 9-4

time slots

CES 9-6

Frame Relay to ATM interworking 12-5

See also DS0 time slots

ELANs

address resolution in 6-7

joining 6-7

virtual LANs, compared 6-5

See also LANE

emulated LANs. See ELANs

exception thresholds 7-37

explicit paths for soft PVCs

description 4-10

PNNI 7-29

F

FIB 11-3

Forwarding Information Base. See FIB

Frame Relay to ATM interworking

channelized DS3 port adapter 12-3to 12-5

channelized E1 port adapter 12-5to 12-7

configuring

encapsulation 12-8

overview 12-7

serial interface type 12-8

LMI 12-8to 12-9

network interworking 12-2

overview 12-1

resource management

configuration overview 12-9

CTT description 12-10

interface configuration overview 12-11

service interworking 12-2

virtual connections 12-11to 12-19

framing overhead 10-14

framing type for physical interfaces 1-15

funnel signaling

description 2-21

example (figure) 2-21

G

GCAC

and PTSP exchanges 7-5

description 7-7

in call routing, example 7-8

Generic Call Admission Control algorithm. See GCAC

H

hard PVCs

structured services 9-21

unstructured services 9-18

hardware-dependent features 10-16

Hello protocol 7-5

hierarchical VP tunnels

description 4-16

restrictions 4-17

service category support 10-11

service class to TBR class mapping 11-10

I

IISP

description 3-5

example (figure) 3-5

interface configuration 3-6

routing

advantages 7-3

description 7-1

limitations 7-3

ILMI

ATM addresses 2-9

ATM address migration 2-9

autoconfiguration with 3-1

InATMARP 5-4

individual traffic parameter maximums 10-11

Integrated Local Management Interface. See ILMI

interface category support 10-11

interface output pacing 10-21

interface overbooking 10-12

interface queue thresholds per service category 10-17

Interim Interswitch Signaling Protocol. See IISP

Inverse ATM address resolution protocol. See InATMARP

L

LANE

address assignment for components 6-11

addressing requirements 6-10

address resolution 6-7

advantages 6-12

applications 6-2

assigning components 6-12

ATM addresses 2-10

broadcast-and-unknown server (BUS) 6-4to 6-9

client (LEC) 6-4to 6-9

components 6-4

configuration server (LECS) 6-5to 6-11

configuring

overview 6-13

worksheet 6-15

description 6-1

example 6-8

fault tolerance 6-17

function of network devices in 6-3

implementation considerations 6-10

limitations 6-12

multicast traffic 6-8

operation 6-3

protocol stack 6-3

router and switch requirements 6-12

server (LES) 6-4to 6-7

SSRP 6-17

VCC types 6-5

LANE configuration server. See LECS

LAN emulation. See LANE

LAN emulation client. See LEC

LAN emulation configuration server. See LECS

LAN emulation server. See LES

Layer 3 protocols over ATM 5-1to 5-5

LEC

address resolution 6-8

connection setup, example 6-9

function 6-4

joining an emulated LAN 6-7

VCCs for 6-6

LECS

address database 6-11

function 6-5

joining an emulated LAN 6-7

LES

function 6-4

joining an emulated LAN 6-7

VCCs for 6-6

LGNs

complex node representation 7-35

configuring 7-23

description 7-10

LMI configuration

keepalive interval 12-9

LMI type 12-8

overview 12-8

polling and timer interval 12-9

Local Management Interface. See LMI

logical group nodes. See LGNs

M

map lists. See static map lists

MaxCR

in framing overhead 10-14

in interface overbooking 10-12

maximum cell rate. See MaxCR

maximum queue size per interface 10-17

MPOA

advantages 6-21

configuration overview 6-21

description 6-19

limitations 6-21

operation 6-20

multiprotocol encapsulation over ATM

description 5-2

RFC 1483, defined in 5-4

Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). See tag switching

Multiprotocol over ATM. See MPOA

N

NCDP

consideration when using 8-8

description 8-6

operation, example 8-6

network clocking

CBR and VBR-RT traffic 8-1

CES 8-2

clock distribution modes 8-3

clocking modes for CES

adaptive 9-14

characteristics 9-11

description 9-11

SRTS 9-12

synchronous 9-12

clock sources

network clock module 8-5

quality 8-2

revertive behavior 8-4

configuring

manual 8-11

NCDP 8-10

definition 8-1

example 8-3

NCDP 8-6to 8-8

overview 8-1

Network Clocking Distribution Protocol. See NCDP

network clock module

BITS derived clocking 8-6

oscillator quality 8-6

resilience 8-5

Network-Network Interface. See NNI

NNI

cell header format 1-5

configuring 3-5

example 3-4

example (figure) 3-4

nondefault PVCs

configuring 4-11

uses 4-11

well-known values 4-11

O

outbound link distance 10-10

oversubscription factor 10-16

P

peer group leaders. See PGLs

permanent virtual connections. See PVCs

permanent virtual paths. See PVPs

PGLs 7-10

physical interfaces

common (table) 1-16

description 1-15to 1-16

media types 1-15

PNNI

aggressive aggregation mode 7-34, 7-38

ATM addresses 2-10, 7-13to 7-17

best link aggregation mode 7-34, 7-38

CAC 7-7

call routing 7-8

complex node representation 7-35to 7-39

crankback mechanism 7-8

database synchronization 7-5

E.164 addresses

encoding 7-13

justification 7-13

GCAC 7-7

Hello protocol 7-5

hierarchical

implementation considerations 7-12

hierarchical topology 7-9to 7-12

higher levels

implementation considerations 7-22

LGNs 7-23

node election leadership priority 7-24

node names 7-24

overview 7-21

parent node designation 7-24

PGLs 7-23

summary addresses 7-25

LGNs 7-10, 7-23, 7-35

lowest level

ATM address 7-18

node level 7-18

overview 7-18

scope mapping 7-20

static routes 7-19

summary addresses 7-19

metrics and attributes 7-6

operation 7-8

overview 7-4

peer groups 7-10

PGLs 7-10

protocol parameters

Hello exchanges 7-39

resource management poll interval 7-40

PTSP exchanges 7-5, 7-39

reachability information 7-6

route selection tuning

background route computation 7-26

links, parallel, and alternate 7-27

manually configured explicit paths 7-29

maximum administrative weight percentage 7-28

precedence of reachable addresses 7-28

routing features 7-4

signaling features 7-4

single-level

autoconfigured addresses 7-13

configuration 7-18

when suitable 7-9

topology attributes

administrative weight 7-30

aggregation mode 7-33

aggregation tokens 7-32

route redistribution 7-32

significant change thresholds 7-34

transit call restriction 7-32

point-to-multipoint connections

ATM solutions 1-7

description 1-6

signaling 2-4, 2-21

port adapters

CES 9-2

Frame Relay to ATM interworking 12-1

Private Network-Network Interface. See PNNI

PTSP exchanges

description 7-5

tuning 7-39

PVCs

applications 4-4

configuration overview 4-5

connecting to VP tunnels 4-18

Frame Relay to ATM interworking

network interworking 12-13

service interworking 12-14

terminating service interworking 12-14

transit 12-15

nondefault well-known 4-11

point-to-multipoint 4-6

terminating 4-5

with InATMARP 5-6, 5-10

with static address mapping 5-7, 5-10

See also hard PVCs

See also soft PVCs

PVPs

network example 4-7

point-to-multipoint 4-7

Q

QoS

default objective table 10-4

parameters 1-13

parameters per service category (table) 10-2

PNNI 7-5

quality of service. See QoS

R

resource management. See traffic management

RFC 1483 5-4

RFC 1577

ATMARP mechanism 5-3

InATMARP mechanism 5-4

provisions 5-3

route optimization for soft PVCs 4-9

routing

IISP 7-1to 7-3

PNNI 7-4to 7-9

S

scheduler and service class 10-22

service categories

characteristics 1-14

description 1-13

table 1-13

service category limit 10-17

service category parameters 10-2

SGCP

advantages 9-29

description 9-27

operation 9-29

shaped VP tunnels

description 4-15

restrictions 4-16

signaling

about 2-1

ABR connections 2-4

anycast 2-4

connection setup 2-2

E.164 addresses 2-11

features 2-18

NNI 2-3

point-to-multipoint connections 2-4

point-to-multipoint funnel 2-21

proxy 2-4

QoS parameters 2-4

UNI 2-3

virtual UNI 2-4

signaling VPCI 4-18

Simple Gateway Control Protocol. See SGCP

Simple Server Redundancy Protocol. See SSRP

soft PVCs

advantages 2-2, 4-4

CES

configuration guidelines 9-16

structured services 9-22, 9-24, 9-26

unstructured services 9-19

example 4-8

explicit paths 4-10, 7-29

Frame Relay to ATM interworking

configuration overview 12-16

network interworking 12-17

respecifying 12-19

route optimization 12-19

service interworking 12-18

route optimization 4-9

soft PVPs

advantages 2-2, 4-4

example 4-9

SSRP

configuration overview 6-18

considerations 6-18

description 6-17

operation 6-17

static map lists

description 5-5

PVCs 5-7

SVCs 5-7

sustained cell rate margin factor 10-9

SVCs

applications 4-4

ATMARP 5-6, 5-9

static address mapping 5-7, 5-10

VPI/VCI ranges 4-11

switched virtual connections. See SVCs

T

T1 port adapters

description 9-2

structured services 9-5

time slots, example 9-7

unstructured services 9-4

Tag Distribution Protocol. See TDP

Tag Forwarding Information Base. See TFIB

Tag Information Base. See TIB

tag switching (MPLS)

advantages 11-4

components 11-2

configuring

interfaces 11-6

loopback interface 11-6

overview 11-5

routing protocol 11-6

TDP control channel 11-7

VPI range 11-7

VP tunnels 11-7

CoS 11-9to 11-13

FIB 11-3

hardware and software restrictions 11-5

hierarchical VP tunnels 11-10

limitations 11-5

network example (figure) 11-2

operation 11-3

overview 11-1

tag edge routers in 11-2

tag switches in 11-2

TDP 11-2, 11-7

TFIB 11-3

TIB 11-3

VC merge 11-8

TDP

control channels 11-7

used by tag edge routers 11-2

TFIB 11-3

threshold groups 10-18

TIB 11-3

time slots. See DS0 time slots

traffic management

best-effort connection limits 10-11

CAC

description 10-5to 10-6

tag switching not supported 11-13

capabilities 10-1

cell queuing 10-16

interface queue thresholds per service category 10-17

maximum queue size per interface 10-17

oversubscription factor 10-16

service category limit 10-17

threshold groups 10-18

congestion notification 10-20

controlled link sharing 10-9

Frame Relay to ATM interworking 12-9

framing overhead 10-14

hardware resource mechanisms 10-14

individual traffic parameter maximums 10-11

interface category support 10-11

interface overbooking 10-12

outbound link distance 10-10

output scheduling

interface output pacing 10-21

scheduler and service class 10-22

sustained cell rate margin factor 10-9

threshold groups

defaults 10-18

operation 10-19

traffic and service contract

CDVT and MBS interface defaults 10-5

configurable parameters 10-3

connection setup 1-13

CTT 10-3

default QoS objective table 10-4

service category parameters 10-2

traffic policing 10-15

traffic shaping 10-21

UPC

default behavior 10-15

default CDVT and MBS 10-16

purpose 10-15

traffic parameters 1-13

traffic policing 10-15

traffic shaping 10-21

U

UNI

autoconfiguration with ILMI 2-7, 3-1

cell header format 1-4

configuration 3-3

example (figure) 3-3

signaling 2-3

specifications 2-3

virtual 4-18

UPC 10-15

Usage Parameter Control. See UPC

User-Network Interface. See UNI

V

virtual channel identifier. See VPI/VCI

virtual connections

applications 4-4

autoconfigured parameters 4-3

components 4-2

Frame Relay to ATM interworking

characteristics 12-12

configuration overview 12-11

configuration prerequisites 12-12

PVCs 12-13to 12-16

soft PVCs 12-16to 12-19

point-to-multipoint 1-6

supported types (table) 4-3

transit and terminating 4-2

types 1-5, 4-2

See also PVCs

See also PVPs

virtual path. See VP switching and VP tunnels

virtual path identifier. See VPI/VCI

virtual UNI

signaling 2-4

signaling VPCI 4-18

voice over ATM

with CES 9-1

with SGCP 9-27

VPI/VCI

purpose 1-6

ranges for SVPs and SVCs

description 4-11

maximum (table) 4-12

VP switching

description 1-9

figure 1-9

VP tunnels

between source and destination switches (figure) 11-8

CES through 9-22

example (figure) 4-14

general description 4-13

PVC connection to 4-18

signaling VPCI 4-18

single service category 4-14

tag switching on 11-7

types 4-14

See also hierarchical VP tunnels

See also shaped VP tunnels

W

well-known PVCs

nondefault 4-11

well-known virtual channels (table) 4-11