Total Access 5000 Business Services Deployment Guide
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Provision the Network Port Modes
Thissectiondetailsthefollowinginformation:
•Provisionthenetworkportmodes
•Provisionthegigabit‐ethernetspeed
Network Port Mode Descriptions
IntheTotalAccess5000SystemRelease5.1,aSwitchModuleGigabit‐Ethernetnetwork
interfacecanoperateinfourmodes.RefertoTable3‐3fortheGigESMNetworkOperation
modes.
Table3‐4displaystheTotalAccess5000networkportsystemdefaults.
Table 3-3. GigE SM Network Operation Modes
Mode Description
NetworkInterface IfaportisdesignatedastheEthernetdefaultinterfaceandthenetwork
nodeissetto1,itisautomaticallyplacedinNetworkInterfacemodeand
isnotdesignatedasdownlink.
Unused IfaportisnotdesignatedastheEthernetdefaultinterfaceorsetasa
downlink,itis
unused.
Uplink IfaportisdesignatedastheEthernetdefaultinterfaceandthenetwork
nodeisgreaterthan1,itisautomaticallyplacedinUplinkmodeandis
notdesignatedasdownlink.EquivalenttoenablingUpstreamChaining
inpriorTotalAccess5000releases.
Downlink Aportissetindownlinkasfollows:
1. FromtheEnableprompt,typeconfigure terminal,andpress
ENTERtoaccesstheGlobalConfigurationprompt.
2. FromtheGlobalConfigurationprompt,type
interface
gigabit-ethernet <shelf/slot/port>
.andpressENTER.
3. FromtheGigabitEthernetInterfaceConfigurationprompt,type
downlink,andpressENTERtosettheporttodownlink.
EquivalenttoenablingDownstreamChaininginpriorTotalAccess5000
releases.ThisistheonlymodethatisnotaresultofEthernetdefault
interfaceandnodenumberprovisioning.Itmustbeexplicitlyset.
Table 3-4. Network Port Service State
Module and Port System Default
SMA,Net1Ethernetdefaultinterface
SMA,Net2 Disabled
SMB,Net1Ethernetdefaultinterface
SMB,Net2 Disabled