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Riverstone Networks RS Switch Router User Guide Release 8.0 30-1
30 WAN CONFIGURATION
This chapter provides an overview of:
• Wide Area Network (WAN) applications in Section 30.2, "Configuring WAN Interfaces" .
• Frame Relay configuration in Section 30.3, "Frame Relay Overview" .
• PPP configuration in Section 30.7, "Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Overview" .
• Channelized T1, E1 and T3 configurations in Section 30.16, "Channelized T1, E1 and T3
Services Overview" .
• Clear Channel T3 and E3 configurations in Section 30.17, "Clear Channel T3 and E3 Services
Overview" .
• Inverse Multiplxer in Section 30.14, "Inverse Multiplexer Overview" .
• WAN rate shaping in Section 30.13, "WAN Rate Shaping" .
• Cisco HDLC protocol in Section 30.11, "Cisco HDLC WAN Port Configuration" . This protocol
is for WAN routing with Cisco routers that use the Cisco HDLC protocol; it is the default
protocol used for WAN on Cisco routers.
In addition, you can view the following:
• An example of multi-router WAN configurations in Section 30.15, "WAN Configuration
Examples" .
• Example Channelized T1, E1 and T3 configurations in Section 30.18, "Scenarios for
Deploying Channelized T1, E1 and T3" .
• Example Clear Channel T3 and E3 configurations in Section 30.19, "Scenarios for Deploying
Clear Channel T3 and E3" .
The configuration and monitoring CLI commands are described in the Riverstone RS Switch Router Command
Line Interface Reference Manual.
30.1 HIGH-SPEED SERIAL INTERFACE (HSSI) AND
STANDARD SERIAL INTERFACES
On the Riverstone RS Switch Router, WAN routing is performed over a serial interface using two basic protocols:
Frame Relay and point-to-point protocol (PPP). The protocols have their own set of configuration and monitoring
CLI commands described in the Riverstone RS Switch Router Command Line Interface Reference Manual.
In both the Frame Relay and PPP environments on the RS, you can specify ports to be High-Speed Serial Interface
(HSSI) or standard serial interface ports, depending, of course, on the type of hardware you have. Each type of
interface plays a part in the nomenclature of port identification. You must use either the “hs.” or “se.” prefix for
HSSI and serial interfaces, respectively, when specifying WAN port identities.