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Chapter 8
Packet Manager
OVERVIEW
The P ACKET M ANAGER menu contains submenus that define packet end-
points. A packet endpoint is a virtual port within the ATLAS 550 into which
a specified physical port (a T1 or an Nx56/64) terminates its data for further
routing by the system. All packet services, including the ATLAS 550 frame
relay, must have defined packet endpoints.
Your frame relay provider furnishes specific information on defining the
packet endpoint. This information includes signaling type (Annex A,
Annex D, or LMI) and definitions for all active PVCs. The
P ACKET C NCTS
submenu map connects protocols from packet endpoint to packet endpoint.
In addition to defining packet endpoints, you must also configure the phys-
ical port before it can run frame relay (see also Chapter 10, Dedicated Maps
and Chapter 11, Dial Plan).
PACKET MANAGER MENUS
The P ACKET M ANAGER menus (see Figure 8-1) define and configure all
layer 2 connections, including frame relay endpoints. These submenus, dis-
cussed in this chapter, include
P ACKET E NDPNTS , P ACKET C NCTS , C NCTS
S ORT , and F RAME R ELAY IQ . See also, the menu tree in Figure 8-2 on page 8-2.
Figure 8-1. Packet Manager Menu