Cabletron Systems 6500 User Manual

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SmartSwitch 6500 User Guide 6-9

Virtual Ports and Static Connections

Virtual Ports

Use the

set portconfig

command to turn signaling off on physical port

7a1

Smart6500 # set portconfig

PortNumber() : 7a1

PortAdminStatus(up) :

IlmiAdminStatus(up) :

SigType(autoConfig) : nnipvc

< Turn off signaling by setting SigType to

nnipvc

SigRole(network) :

InterfaceType(private) :

MaxVpiBits(0) :

< Default MaxVpiBits = 0

MaxVciBits(13) :

< Default MaxVciBits = 13

MaxSvcVpci(0) :

MinSvcVci(32) :

MaxVccs(8192) :

MaxSvpVpci(0) :

MaxVpcs(0) :

Smart6500 #

Use the

set portconfig

command to assign two bits to

MaxVpiBits

Smart6500 # set portconfig

PortNumber() : 7a1

PortAdminStatus(up) :

IlmiAdminStatus(up) :

SigType(nniPvc) :

SigRole(network) :

InterfaceType(private) :

MaxVpiBits(0) : 1

< Set to 1 — this translates to VPIs = 2

-1 = 1

MaxVciBits(12) :

< Notice that MaxVciBits has reduced itself by 1 bit

MaxSvcVpci(7) :

MinSvcVci(32) :

MaxVccs(8192) :

MaxSvpVpci(7) :

MaxVpcs(7) :

Smart6500 #

Note

The command

set portconfig

is used here twice for the purposes of clarity only.

Normally, you would turn off signaling and set the

MaxVpiBits

within the same

instance of

set portconfig