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Cisco MGX 8800 Series Switches

1.2 Release Notes MGX 8230, MGX 8250, and MGX 8850 (PXM1)

Table Of Contents

Release Notes for Cisco WAN MGX 8850
Release 1, MGX 8230, and MGX 8250 Software Version 1.2.00

Contents

Features Introduced in Release 1.2.00

FRSM-HS2/B

SRM-E

ITU APS Annex-A, All Configurations Supported on PXM1

CESM 8T1 Model B

PXM-UI-S3

VISM Release 2.2 on MGX 8250, MGX 8850 Release 1, and MGX8230 Switches

Features Not Supported in This Release

MGX 8220 Hardware That Has Been Superseded by MGX 8850-Specific Hardware

Service Module Redundancy Support

Network Management Features

Port/Connection Limits

SNMP MIB

Notes and Cautions

Loopback Plug on a HSSI:DTE Interface

UPC Connection Parameters

ForeSight and Standard ABR Coexistence Guidelines

CLI Modifications in 1.2.00 Baseline

Node Related

Connection Management Related

RPM Related

RPM Front Card Resets on the Back Card Removal

RPM-PR Back Ethernet Card Support

MGX-RPM-128M/B Ethernet Back Card Support

Limitations

CWM Recognition of RPM-PR and MGX-RPM-128M/B Back Cards

clrsmcnf

Problems Fixed in Release 1.2.00

Known Anomalies for Platform Software Release 1.2.00 and Service Module Firmware

Compatibility Notes

MGX 8230/8250/8850 Software Interoperability with Other Products

Boot File Names and Sizes

VISM and RPM Firmware Compatibility

MGX 8250/8850 Firmware Compatibility

MGX 8230 Firmware Compatibility

Comparison Matrix

RPM Compatibility Matrix

Special Installation and Upgrade Requirements

Special Instructions for Networks Containing FRSM 2 CT3

Executing the Script

Script Functionality

Single PXM Installation Procedure

Installation Procedure for Redundant PXMs

Instructions to Abort PXM Upgrade

Upgrade from Release 1.1.3x

Upgrade from Release 1.1.2x

Service Module Boot/Firmware Download Procedure

Manual Configuration of Chassis Identification

MGX as a Standalone Node

Chassis Identification During a Firmware Upgrade

Interoperability of Service Module on MGX 8220 and MGX 8250 Switches

Service Module Upgrades

Route Processor Module (RPM) Addendum

About the CISCO IOS 12.2(4)T1 Release

About the Cisco IOS 12.2(4)T Release

About the Cisco IOS 12.2(2)T2 and 12.2(2)T3 Release

About the Cisco IOS 12.1(5.3)T_XT Release

Problems Fixed with IOS 12.1(5.3)T_XT

Bypass Feature for RPM in 12.2(4)T IOS Release

Upgrading from an MGX-RPM-128M/B Card to an RPM-PR Card

Booting the RPM

RPM Bootflash Precautions

Upgrading with 1:N Redundancy

Upgrading Non-redundant RPM-PR Cards

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation

World Wide Web

Documentation CD-ROM

Ordering Documentation

Documentation Feedback

Obtaining Technical Assistance

Cisco.com

Technical Assistance Center

Cisco TAC Web Site

Cisco TAC Escalation Center


Release Notes for Cisco WAN MGX 8850
Release 1, MGX 8230, and MGX 8250 Software Version 1.2.00


Contents

Features Introduced in Release 1.2.00

Release 1.2.00 is a feature release. The following table contains a short description of the features which are available with Release 1.2.00.

Features

FRSM-HS2/B. In addition to the current HSSI interface support, the new service module supports V.35 and X.21 Frame Relay interfaces.

SRM-E Service Redundancy Module is an enhanced version of the current SRM-3T3 card, supporting a new one-port OC3/STM1 back card. The new card supports BERT, 1:N redundancy for the 8 port service modules and both T1 and E1 bulk distribution for the 8 port service modules. APS support will be available in a future release.

ITU APS Annex-A, All Configurations Supported on PXM1. This feature was introduced in Release 1.1.40 with some configurations supported; now all are supported. Compatible with CWM 10.5 and higher.

CESM 8T1 Model B eliminates problem in DS0 throughput reduction when CESM channels are configured in CAS mode (not applicable for E1 lines).

PXM-UI-S3, provides support for Stratum-3 clocking. This card was first supported in Release 1.1.31. Release 1.1.31 was compatible with CWM 10.3. The upgrade to Release 1.2.00 provides important fixes to this feature.


FRSM-HS2/B

The FRSM-HS2/B service module supports v.35 and x.21 frame relay interfaces in addition to the current HSSI interface. A new 8 port back card 12IN1-8S is introduced. The new front card supports the current HSSI back card and the new 12IN1-8S back card. All the current FRSM-HS2 features are supported in addition to the FRSM-HS1/B features. Each interface in the 12IN1-8S can be individually configured as x.21 or v.35 interface. The new service module supports a maximum of 4000 connections with the 12IN1-8S back card and 2000 connections with the HSSI back card when no LMI is configured. When LMI is configured, the maximum number of connections per port for strataLMI port is 560 and Annex A/D UNI/NNI port is 898.

The FRSM-HS2/B supports both DCE and DTE modes with line rates between 48Kbps to 51.84 Mbps for HSSI interface and 48Kbps to 8.192 Mbps for v.35/x.21 interface. In FRSM-HS2B, for DTE interfaces the clock frequency threshold %ge is introduced and is configurable (1 - 5) % with a default value of 3%. The new front card and back card is supported in CWM 10.5.10.


Warning Do not configure an interface to a DTE mode when a physical loopback plug is plugged in. This will cause the line to go in and out of alarm, and cause software errors in the PXM. Use the command cnfln to configure the line as DCE to recover from this situtation. For further information refer to bug CSCdv79470.


A comparison of the FRSM-HS1/B, FRSM-HS2, and FRSM-HS2/B is shown in Table 1.

Table 1 Comparison of FRSM Modules 

Quality
FRSM-HS1/B
FRSM-HS2
FRSM-HS2/B

back card supported

12IN1-4S

HSSI

HSSI, 12IN1-8S

port count

4

2

2 with HSSI

8 with 12IN1-8S

maximum line rate

8 Mbps

52 Mbps

52 Mbps with HSSI

8 Mbps with 12IN1-8S

individually configurable interface type

No

No

No with HSSI

Yes with 12IN1-8S

DTE clock monitoring threshold

Available

maximum number of connections

200

2000

2000 with HSSI

4000 with 12IN18-S

redundancy support

No

1:1

1:1 with HSSI

None with 12IN1-8S


Table 2 CLI New or Modified Commands

CLI
Changes

addln

Existing addln command is modified to support per line interface type configuration (used only with the 12IN1-8S). If the user doesn't specify <interface_type>, the default type V.35 is used.

cnfln

Existing cnfln command is modified on FRSM-HS2/B to support new MIB objects.

Note Do not configure an interface to DTE mode when a physical loopback plug is plugged in. This will cause the line to go in and out of alarm and generate software errors on the PXM. If this situation occurs, use the command cnfln to configure the line as DCE to recover from the situtation. For further information about this problem, refer to the Known Anomalies for Platform Software Release 1.2.00 and Service Module Firmware, number CSCdv79470.

cnfclktype

Existing cnfclktype command is added to FRSM-HS2B to configure line clock type for V.35/X.21 interfaces. This command is valid on the FRSM-HS2B-12IN1 card.

dspln

Existing dspln command is modified on FRSM-HS2/HS2B to display new objects.

dsplns

Existing dsplns command is modified on FRSM-HS2/HS2B to display interface type.


The following table lists the cables necessary for card performance.

Table 3 Cables Supported for HSSI

DCE
DTE
Cable

FRSM-HS2/B

Cisco router

St. Cable 72-0710-01

FRSM-HS2/B

Non-Cisco standard DTE

St. Cable 72-0710-01

Cisco router

FRSM-HS2/B

St. Cable 72-0710-01

Non-Cisco standard DCE

FRSM-HS2/B

Cross Cable 72-1265-01

FRSM-HS2/B

FRSM-HS2/B

Cross Cable 72-1265-01


SRM-E

The new Service Redundancy Module is an enhanced version of the current SRM-3T3 card. The new card supports a one-port OC3/STM1 back card or functions without a back card.

Features Supported Without a Back Card
Features Supported With a Back Card

BERT

Bulk Distribution

1:N redundancy

BERT

--

1:N redundancy


The new card supports BERT, 1:N redundancy for the 8 port service modules and both T1 and E1 bulk distribution for the 8 port service modules. Support for both GR-253 and ITU- Annex A and B APS 1+1 will be provided in a future release.

The new front card will function without the back card for BERT and 1:N redundancy features. CWM and CiscoView will support the new front and back card.

You can have either 0, 2 or 4 SRM's with redundant processors and 0, 1 or 2 with non-redundant processors. The MGX8250 or MGX 8850 shelf has two bays while the MGX8230 has only one bay. Each bay of the MGX8x50 requires its own SRM-E card along with its respective back card. For full redundancy for the shelf, you need 4 SRM-Es and their respective back cards for MGX8850 or MGX 8250 switch (2 SRM-Es for MGX8230). Since the SRM-E is part of the core card set, if redundancy is required for the PXM, then redundancy also should be provided for the SRM-E.

SRM-E cards do not require any firmware to be downloaded to them. They are controlled by platform software running on the PXM. When a switch-over occurs from active PXM to standby PXM, the corresponding SRM-E cards (as part of the core card set) will also switch.

The interfaces available (through the appropriate back cards below) are:

· OC3 optical

· STS3 electrical

· STM1 optical

· STM1 electrical


The following cards are supported on both MGX8850 or MGX 8250 switch and the MGX8230 switch.

SMFIR: Single Mode Intermediate Range Fiber

STM1-EL-1: Synchronous Transport Module level 1

Limitations
Limits

Physical Interfaces

· Data Communication Channel (DCC) bytes in the Sonet/SDH overhead bytes are not supported.

· Byte-synchronous mapping will be implemented only for T1. Support for E1 will be implemented in a subsequent

phase only if required.

Bulk-mode Distribution

· Service module lines should be mapped to bulk-distributed channels on an all-or-none basis, i.e. a service module

should get all of its lines either from its back card or from the distribution bus but not both.

BERT

· When BERT is active, regular user traffic cannot flow on the port/line being tested.

· Only one BERT session per SRME can be active at any one time.

· You must stop an ongoing BERT operation to configure a different pattern.

· Far end loopbacks and V.54 polynomial loopbacks are not verified (they are always reported to have succeeded).

· if BERT is in progress, it will be stopped (and not resumed) if core card switch-over takes place.

· If BERT is in progress, it will be stopped (and not resumed) if APS switch-over is required.

· Only redundancy with 2 backcards is supported.

Bulk-mode distribution and redundancy

· A maximum of 84 T1 lines and 63 E1 lines can be distributed. Note that 12 slots are available in MGX8x50 for distribution with a capacity to support 96 T1/E1 lines if 8 line service modules are used.

· On MGX8x50, SRME in a given bay can distribute only to service modules in that bay.

· Only one set of service modules can be covered for redundancy in non-bulk mode using redundancy bus. (Multiple sets of service modules can be covered for redundancy in bulk mode)

· A redundancy group can not span both bays of MGX8x50.

Non-bulk mode redundancy

· Multiple redundancy groups can be defined but only one redundancy group in each half of the shelf can be using

the redundancy bus at any time.

BERT

· The BERT functionality described in this document is for use with the SRME card. The following Service Modules

are supported: FRSM-8T1/E1, AUSM-8T1/E1, CESM-8T1/E1, VISM-8T1/E1, FRSM-2CT3

· PN127 patterns are not supported because SRME can only generate the PN127 patterns and the detection is left to the service modules, which can not currently detect the PN127 patterns.

· BERT support in the service module is necessary. Service module must support specific services such as verify

the existence of a port/line, switch the physical lines to the BERT bus etc.

Automatic Protection Switching

· APS will be supported in a future release.

   

Table 4 SRM-E LED Descriptions 

LED
State
Red
Yellow
Green
Off

ACT

Card State

N/A

N/A

Card is active and ready

Card is not yet ready

STDBY

Card State

N/A

Card is in standby mode or a mismatch occurred for active card

N/A

Card is not in standby mode or a mismatch did not occur for the active card

FAIL

Card State

Indicates a major failure with the card

N/A

N/A

Card is working

1:N RED

Card State

N/A

N/A

1:N on-bulk mode redundancy is in force

1:N on-bulk mode redundancy is not in force

BERT

Card State

N/A

N/A

BERT is in progress

BERT is not in progress

Line LED(s)

Line State

Service affecting alarms (LOS, LOF, LOP, AIS etc.)

Non-service affecting alarms (RDI)

Normal operation

Line is not connected


Table 5 SRM-E Commands 

CLI
Change

addln

Physical interface. Existing command addln is modified to include interface type.

cnfln

Physical interface. Existing command cnfln is modified to support new MIB objects and new enumerations for line rate.

For tributary type, option VT2 (carries E1 signals in Sonet) is not supported in Release 1.2.00.

For tributary mapping type, only option, 2 byte-synchronous mapping, is supported for T1.

dspln

Physical interface. Existing command dspln is modified to include new MIB objects.

dsplns

Physical interface. Existing command dsplns is modified to the interface type.

delln

Physical interface. Existing command delln is modified to disable a line on the new card.

Note A line cannot be deleted if distribution links are configured for that line.

addlnloop

Physical interface. Existing command addlnloop is modified to add a logical loopback on a line on the new card.

dellnloop

Physical interface. Existing command dellnloop is modified command is modified to delete a logical loopback on a line on the new card.

cnfsrmclksrc

Managing clock sources. Existing command cnfclksrc is modified to configure a clock source on the new card.

Note If configured for loop timing and the clock is lost (say, due to LOS), SRM-E switches to the backplane clock and reverts to loop timing when the signal is restored. This protection feature is available only for loop timing.

dspsrmclksrc

Managing clock sources. Existing command dspsrmclksrc is modified to display the card types of the current and previous SRM card.

clralm

Managing alarms. Existing command clralm is modified to clear alarms on a line on the new card.

dspalm

Managing alarms. Existing command dspalm is modified to display alarms on a line on the new card.

dspalms

Managing alarms.Existing command dspalms is modified to display alarms on all lines of a slot on the new card.

clralmcnt

Managing alarms. The existing command clralmcnt is modified to clear alarm counts on a line on the new card.

dspalmcnt

Managing alarms.The existing command dspalmcnt is modified to display alarm counts on a line on the new card.

xcnfalm

Managing alarms.The existing command xcnfalm is modified to configure alarms for a line on the new card. The xcnfalm command allows only DS3 and E3 alarm thresholds to be configured.

dspalmcnf

Managing alarms.Display alarm configuration for a line.

addlink

Bulk redundancy/distribution. The existing command addlink is modified to link a certain number of T1/E1 channels from a bulk interface on SRM-E to a service module's T1/E1 lines. This command checks the card type of the service module in the target slot. The service module must be a T1/E1 type, depending upon the tributary type configured for the SRM-E line using the cnfln command. A service module will switch all its lines to bulk mode even if only one line is mapped to a tributary from SRM-E.

Note You must enable the lines on the SRM-E cards (using the upln and cnfln commands) before you can configure them for distribution.

cnflink

Bulk redundancy/distribution. The existing command cnflink is modified to configure the link for T1 byte-sync mapping on the new card. For byte-sync mapping on sonet interfaces, the T1 framing format should be configured.

The framing format can be specified at line level for all links using the cnfln command. It can be then overridden on a per link basis using the cnflink command.

Note The cnflink command is not applicable to 3T3 back cards. Also, byte-sync mapping is supported only for Sonet --> T1 mapping. Therefore, this command is not applicable if an SRM-E's line are configured for SDH --> E1 mapping.

dsplink, dspslotlink

Bulk redundancy/distribution. The existing commands dsplink/dspslotlink are modified to display distribution links on the new card.

dellink, delslotlink

Bulk redundancy/distribution. The existing commands dellink/delslotlink are modified to delete distribution links on the new card. After the last distribution link to a service module is deleted, the service module switches all its lines to non-bulk mode (to its back card).

clrsrmcnf

Managing configuration. The existing command clrsrmcnf is modified to clear all card configuration including distribution links. The configuration cannot be cleared if redundancy is enabled.

dspsrmcnf

Managing configuration. The existing command dspsrmcnf is modified to display the current card configuration.

addred

Redundancy activities. The existing command addred is modified to configure redundancy on the new card.

dspred

Redundancy activities. The existing command dspred is modified to display the redundancy configuration on the new card.

delred

Redundancy activities. The existing command delred is modified to delete the redundancy configuration on the new card.

softswitch

Redundancy activities. The existing command softswitch is modified to manually switch to the redundant module for the SRM-E.

switchback

Redundancy activities. The existing command switchback is modified to switch back to the primary module from the redundant module for the SRM-E.

cnfbert

BERT activities. The existing command cnfbert is modified to configure a line or port for BERT and start the test on the new card.

dspbert

BERT activities. The existing command dspbert is modified to display the parameters and the results of an ongoing operation on the new card.

modbert

BERT activities. The existing command modbert is used to modify BERT parameters.

delbert

BERT activities. The existing command delbert is modified to delete/terminate the operation in progress on the new card.

adddiagtest

Diagnostics.The following commands are modified for test number 8-SRM M13 Access. The commands will perform SRM or SRME hardware online diagnostics, depending upon what kind of cards are in the slot. Refer to the Release Notes for Cisco WAN MGX 8850, MGX 8230, and MGX 8250 Software Version 1.1.40 at http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wanbu/mgx8850/14/rnotes/rn1140.htm

clralldiagtests

Same as above.

clrdiagresults

Same as above.

cnfdiagparams

Same as above.

cnfdiagtest

Same as above.

deldiagtest

Same as above.

dspdiagtests

Same as above.

dspdiagresults

Same as above.

dsplog

The command dsplog will include SRME online diagnostics failure if it happens.

pausediag
resumediag

Same as above.

rundiagtest

Same as above.

showdiagtests

Same as above.


ITU APS Annex-A, All Configurations Supported on PXM1

In the previous MGX1 release (1.1.40), limited ITU-APS Annex-A configuration was validated and made available in MGX 8230, 8250 and 8850 with support for a 1+1 bidirectional non-revertive configuration. In Release 1.2.00, the remaining configurations are supported.

Features
Limitations

Software

Supported configurations for OC3/STM1 (SMFIR) interface and OC12/STM4
(SMFLR and MMF) interface are:

Bi-directional revertive

Bi-directional non-revertive

Unidirectional revertive

Unidirectional non-revertive

Hardware

There is no support for intracard APS configuration.

Firmware

Interoperability between 1+1 unidirectional and 1+1 bidirectional is not supported.


Table 6 CLI Modified and New Commands

CLI
Change

addapsln

The parameter "archmode" sets the APS architect mode to be used on the working/protection line pairs. The new value "5" is added to specify 5: 1+1 Annex A.

dspapsln

 

switchapsln

The command is modified to include the following options:

3 = forced working-> protection

4 = forced protection->working

5 = manual working->protection

6 + manual protection-> working


CESM 8T1 Model B

CESM-8T1 and CESM-8E1 cards provide TDM circuit emulation capabilities over ATM networks, according to ATM forum CES-IS standards.

During field testing, it was found that in the case of CESM-8T1 cards (and not applicable for CESM-8E1 cards), when a CESM channel was configured in CAS mode, the first byte of an AAL1 structure may not be aligned to the first byte of T1 physical level multiframe (SF/ESF). This causes the effective DS0 throughput to reduce from 62.67 Kbps to 60 Kbps. This throughput reduction causes bit errors when the CESM-8T1 is used in certain kind of applications; for example, during transfers of modem calls.

Both hardware and firmware changes were required to eliminate this anomaly. The hardware changes are implemented as CESM-8T1/B revision of the hardware with a minimum Firmware Release 1.2.00. No earlier versions of firmware are supported. The model "B" does not show up via CLI on the PXM or via CWM. However, if the command dspcd is executed from the CESM Model B, it will display "CESM8T1B" next to the Fab number. This can be used to differentiate between CESM model A and B cards. The CESM8T1/B card also is identified by a new face plate on which the card name is suffixed with a "B.".

Model A and Model B card are interchangeable, except when multi-framing is enabled on Model-B. In that case, multi-framing must be disabled before changing cards. Note that the default framing mode is non-multiframe (in order to have a compatibility between Model-A & Model-B).

The CESM8T1/B card supports 1:N redundancy.

Table 7 CESM-8T1 and CESM-8T1 /B Feature Comparison

CESM-8T1
CESM-8T1/B

Exhibits multiframe-AAL1 structure misalignment.

Multiframe-AAL1 structure aligned if MF enabled.

The clocking feature of deriving service module line clock can be used.

If MF is enabled, the service module line clock cannot be used to drive the PXM.

Ingress Cell Bus Slave FIFO reset in rare cases may not be synchronized to Cell Bus clock after switchcc.

Fixed FIFO reset logic in hardware (independent of software). This fixes the switchcc related problems.


Table 8 CLI Modified and New Commands

CLI
Change

dspcd

The dspcd command on the CESM model B card is modified to display "CESM8T1B" next to the Fab number. This can be used to differentiate between CESM model A and B cards.

CLI changes

The channels on a particular line can be either all MF (SF MF or ESF SF) or all non-mf (SF or ESF). The first connection type added on a particular line (mf/non-mf) decides the sync mode. The second connection must have the same cesCas type and so on.

addcon and
xcnfcon

Two new values have been introduced for cesCas type to configure a channel with the multiframe option enabled. The values are ds1SfCasMF and ds1EsfCasMF.

The channels on a particular line can be either all MF (SF MF or ESF SF) or all non-mf (SF or ESF). The first connection type added on a particular line (mf/non-mf) decides the sync mode. The second connection must have the same cesCas type, and so on.


PXM-UI-S3

Standard clocking in the MGX is supported with a built-in Stratum-4 clock source. For network applications that require a higher clock accuracy, the PXM-UI back card used with the Stratum-4 can be replaced with an optional PXM-UI-S3 back card that carries a Stratum-3 clock. This clock reference conforms to AT&T T1.5 and ITU G.824 specifications. A provision is also made for a Service Provider to connect an external clock source, if necessary.

The default clock is the internal Stratum-4. Pertinent CLI and MIB support are provided for Stratum-3 configuration. The PXM-UI-S3 back card is also recognized by the Cisco WAN Manager.

The Stratum-3 Clocking feature on the PXM-UI-S3 was introduced in Release 1.1.31, but support was removed in subsequent releases. It is being supported again in Release 1.2.00 and higher.

Hardware Changes

The new PXM-UI-S3 supports both T1 and E1 interfaces through an RJ-45/48 connector.

CLI

A new CLI cnfclklevel permits the user to set the STRATUM level desired.

Default Settings

VISM Release 2.2 on MGX 8250, MGX 8850 Release 1, and MGX8230 Switchest supported on the PXM-UI-S3 or this release. The external clock interace cannot be used for Stratum 4 with UIS3 backcard.


Warning If an External clock was configured to drive the node in Stratum-4 clocking with the old UI back card, and this UI card is replaced with the new PXM-UI-S3 back card, the Stratum-3 clocking must be explicitly configured on the node to continue using the External clock source. The following CLI's must be executed:

* cnfclklevel 3

* cnfextclk (with T1/E1 option)


VISM Release 2.2 on MGX 8250, MGX 8850 Release 1, and MGX8230 Switches

Refer to the Release Notes for Cisco Voice Interworking Service Module Release 2.2(0) for information about VISM features, upgrade instructions, and anomalies. Product documentation for VISM Release 2.2 is available at the following URLs:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wanbu/mgx8850/vism22

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wanbu/mgx8250/vism22

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wanbu/mgx8230/vism22

Features Not Supported in This Release

MPLS inter AS, MPLS TE, and POS port-adapter are not supported features on RPM.

Layer 2 support as an AutoRoute routing node

SRM T1E1

Interworking with Cisco 3810

MGX 8220 Hardware That Has Been Superseded by MGX 8850-Specific Hardware

The MGX-SRM-3T3-C front card replaces the original AX-SRM-3T3-A front card and the MGX-BNC-3T3 back card replaces the original AX-BNC-3T3 back card. Both the AX-SRM-3T3-A/AX-BNC-3T3 card set and the MGX-SRM-3T3-C/MGX-BNC-3T3 card set are supported on the MGX 8220.

The AX-SCSI2-2HSSI is superseded by the MGX-SCSCI2-2HSSI/B, which works with the MGX-FRSM-HS2 and MGX-FRSM-HS2/B front card.

Service Module Redundancy Support

MGX 8850 provides high-speed native ATM interfaces, which can be configured as ATM UNI ports or trunks. The following table contains redundancy support information for service modules.

Table 9 Service Module Redundancy Support 

Front Card Model #
Redundancy Supported

MGX-AUSM-8E1/B

1:N redundancy

MGX-AUSM-8T1/B

1:N redundancy

AX-CESM-8E1

1:N redundancy

AX-CESM-8T1

1:N redundancy

MGX-CESM-8T1/B

1:N redundancy

MGX-CESM-2T3E3

1:1 redundancy

AX-FRSM-8E1

1:N redundancy

AX-FRSM-8E1-C

1:N redundancy

AX-FRSM-8T1

1:N redundancy

AX-FRSM-8T1-C

1:N redundancy

MGX-FRSM-HS2

1:1 redundancy

MGX-FRSM-HS2/B

with HSSI back card, 1:1 redundancy
with 12IN1-8S back card, no redundancy

MGX-FRSM-2CT3

1:1 redundancy

MGX-FRSM-2T3E3

1:1 redundancy

MGX-FRSM-HS1/B

No redundancy

MGX-RPM-128M/B

1:N redundancy

MGX-RPM-PR-256

1:N redundancy

MGX-RPM-PR-512

1:N redundancy

MGX-VISM-8T1

1:N redundancy

MGX-VISM-8E1

1:N redundancy

Note: Support for 1:N redundancy is provided in conjunction with an MGX-SRM-3T3 card or an MGX-SRM-E card.


Bulk Distribution is supported for T1 lines only on the SRM-3T3-C card.

Bulk Distribution is supported for T1 and E1 lines using the SRM-E card.

Network Management Features

Network management features are detailed in the CWM Release 10.5.10 Release Notes at: http://cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wanbu/svplus/index.htm

Port/Connection Limits

Connection limits can vary. The table below shows total connections per card, but also shows the number of connections per port with LMI enabled. For example, the new FRSM-HS2/B card using a HSSI back card can support a total of 2000 connections on the card. However, if LMI is enabled on both ports, the total number of connections goes down. If StrataLMI is enabled for one ports, that port supports 560 connections. The other port not configured for LMI can support 1000 connections, for a total of 1560 connections.

Overall, there is a limit of 16,000 connections per shelf.

Refer to Table 10 for detailed connection information.

Table 10 Port/Connection Limits 

Card Type
Back Card(s)
Conns./Card
Physical Ports
Logical Ports
Per port with StrataLMI
Per port with Annex A/D NNI/UNI

MGX-FRSM-HS2/B

HSSI

2000

2

2

560

898

 

12IN1-8S

4000

8

8

560

898

MGX-FRSM-HS2

HSSI

2000

2

2

560

898

MGX-FRSM-2CT3

BNC-2T3

4000

2

256

560

898

MGX-FRSM-2T3E3

BNC-2T3

2000

2

2

560

898

 

BNC-2E3

2000

2

2

560

898

 

BNC-2E3A

2000

2

2

560

898

MGX-FRSM-HS1/B

12IN1-4S

200

4

4

200

200

MGX-AUSM-8E1/B

RJ48-8E1

1000

8

8

N/A

N/A

 

SMB E1

1000

8

8

N/A

N/A

MGX-AUSM-8T1/B

RJ48-8T1

1000

8

8

N/A

N/A

AX-CESM-8E1

RJ48-8E1

248

8

248

N/A

N/A

 

SMB-8E1

248

8

248

N/A

N/A

AX-CESM-8T1

RJ48-T1

192

8

192

N/A

N/A

MGX-CESM-8T1/B

RJ48-T1

192

8

192

N/A

N/A

MGX-CESM-2T3E3

BNC-2T3

1

1

1

N/A

N/A

 

BNC-2E3

1

1

1

N/A

N/A

AX-FRSM-8E1

RJ48-8E1

1000

8

8

560

898

 

SMB-8E1

1000

8

8

560

898

AX-FRSM-8E1-C

RJ48-8E1

1000

8

192

560

898

 

SMB-8E1

1000

8

192

560

898

AX-FRSM-8T1

RJ48-8T1

1000

8

8

560

898

AX-FRSM-8T1-C

RJ48-8T1

1000

8

192

560

898


For the MGX8230 and MGX 8250 Edge Concentrators, 16,000 connections (PVC) on the PXM1 based PAR Controller. If the MGX is a feeder to a BPX, only 15,729 feeder connections are available—271 connections are reserved for communication between the BPX and MGX. Maximum number of PXM UNI connections supported is still 4000 (as in prior releases).

SNMP MIB

SNMP MGX Release 1 MIB are provided with the delivery of this release. The MIB is in standard ASN.1 format and is located in the same directory within the release bundle on CCO. These files may be compiled with most standards-based MIB compilers. The tar file for MIB contains the file release notes that contains the MIB release notes.

For changes in this MIB from the previous release, please refer to the MIB release notes.

Their are two formats contained in the bundle: old_mibFormat and new_mibFormat. The old_mib_Format is going to be discontinued in a future release.

Notes and Cautions

The following notes and cautions should be reviewed before using this release.

Loopback Plug on a HSSI:DTE Interface

Using a loopback plug on a HSSI:DTE interface is not supported and can bring the node down. Please refer to CSCdv79470 in the Known Anomalies for Platform Software Release 1.2.00 and Service Module Firmware, for more information about this anomaly.

UPC Connection Parameters

In Release 1.1.40 and higher, the default PCR is 50 cps, and the default for policing is "enabled." These settings are insufficient for running RPM ISIS protocol over the connection, and with such settings, the ISIS protocol will fail. The PCR value needs to be increased, depending upon the number of interfaces configured for ISIS on the RPM. CLI modification and changes in this release.

Depending upon your connection type, you can use the following CLIs to modify the PCR parameter.

cnfupccbr

cnfupcvbr

cnfupcabr

cnfupcubr

ForeSight and Standard ABR Coexistence Guidelines

ForeSight is similar to the rate-based ABR control system in TM 4.0 in that they both use Rate up and Rate down messages sent to the source of the connection to control the rate a connection runs at, based on congestion within the switches along that connections path. Both systems use Resource Management (RM) cells to pass these messages. There are differences between the two systems that need to be considered.

RM Cell Generation

ForeSight is a destination-driven congestion notification mechanism. The destination switch is responsible for generating the RM cells, which defaults to every 100 ms. This means that any rate modifications at the source end happen approximately every 100 ms, and the time delay between the actual congestion at the destination and the source getting to know about it could be 100 ms.

In standard ABR a source generates FRM cells every (nRM) cell intervals, where n is configurable. These are used to pass congestion information along to the destination switch, which then uses this information to generate BRM (Backward RM cells) back to the source A further consideration is that the actual user data flow will be lower for an equivalent rate due to the additional RM cells. Therefore, the more traffic being generated on a connection at any one time, the faster the feedback will be to the source.

There is also a TRM parameter which states that if no RM cells have been generated after this time has passed then one will automatically be sent. Depending upon the speed it is running at, an ABR connection may therefore react faster or slower to congestion than the equivalent ForeSight connection. (for example, if an ABR connection runs at 100 cells per second, and nRM is 32, then approximately three RM cells will be generated per second, or once every 300 msecs. If it runs at 1000 cps then an RM cell would be generated approximately every 30 msecs. In both cases, the equivalent ForeSight connection would generate an RM cell every 100 msec.)

Reaction to Feedback Messages - Rate Up

In ForeSight, in response to a Rate Up cell from the destination, the source increases its rate by a percentage of the MIR for that connection. If we call this percentage the rate increase percentage (RIP), then RIP is configurable at the card level (the default is 10 percent). In the case where MIR is low, the ForeSight rate increase will be slow as it has to increase as a percentage of MIR (rather than CIR).

On a standard ABR connection, in the event of available bandwidth (no congestion) the source increases its rate by a factor of (RIF*PCR). This means the rate increase step sizes are much bigger than for ForeSight for larger values of RIF (RIF has a range of 1/2, 1/4,....,1/32768). If RIF is not configured properly then standard ABR will ramp up its rate much faster and to a higher value. This is aided by the fact that the step sizes are bigger and the step frequency is higher in comparison with ForeSight.

Reaction to feedback messages - Rate Down

In ForeSight on receiving a Rate Down cell from the remote end, the source reduces its current rate (actual cell rate) by 13 percent. The rate decrease percentage (RDP). RDP is configurable at the card level.

In standard ABR, rate decrease is by an amount (RDF*ACR). Currently, the default value of RDF is 1/16 (6.25 percent). This means when this connection co-exists with ForeSight connections, in the event of congestion ForeSight connection reduces its rate by 13 percent whereas standard ABR connection reduces its rate by only 6.25 percent. Therefore, in the case of co-existence, if we need to approximate the same behavior across the two connection types, then RDF should be changed to 1/8, so that both connections ramp down by the same amount (13 percent).

Fast-Down

In ForeSight if the destination egress port drops any data due to congestion then the destination sends a Fast Rate Down cell. Also, if a frame cannot be reassembled at the egress due to a lost cell somewhere in the network, a Fast-down will be generated. On reception of Fast Rate Down the source reduces its current rate by 50 percent (this is again a card-level configurable parameter).

Standard ABR does not distinguish between drops and the ECN/EFCI threshold being exceeded. This means that, in case of drops in the egress port queue, a standard ABR connection rate reduces by only (RDF*ACR) but the ForeSight connection rate reduces by (ACR*0.5). Therefore, in the case of co-existence, if we need to approximate the same behavior across the two connection types then Fast Down could be effectively disabled by configuring the reaction to be 13 percent rate down instead of 50 percent.

Guidelines

The two systems will work together within the network, but as the above description suggests, if the differences between the two systems are not taken into consideration, then a ForeSight connection and an ABR connection with the same configuration parameters will not behave the same way within the network.

ABR and ForeSight provide a mechanism for distributing excess bandwidth between connections over and above the minimum rate, therefore if these guidelines are not taken into consideration then the allocation of this excess bandwidth may be biased toward connections running one of these algorithms over connections running the other.

If this is a requirement, the following guidelines may be useful, assuming ForeSight is set to defaults except for Fast Rate Down which is set for 13 percent.

1. Nrm: Nrm needs to be set at a value whereby the approximate RM cell generation is
100 milliseconds, to match that of ForeSight. This calculation is based on the expected average, or sustained, cell rate of the connection. However, if the (potential) fast-down messages from ForeSight are left to equate to 50 percent rate down, then an estimate of how often this may occur needs to be made and factored into the equation. If the connection receives Fast-down messages, then this would make the ForeSight connection react faster than the equivalent ABR connection to congestion. To compensate for this, Nrm needs to be set at a value of less than 100 msecs, a suggested value to aim for is between 60-70 msecs (this would be approximate as n is configurable in steps of 2**n). This would mean that, in the event of congestion, the ABR connection would start to react faster.

2. RIF: Rate increase factor is a factor of PCR in ABR and MCR in ForeSight. The default RIF for ForeSight is MCR*.10. Therefore, RIF should be configured so that (PCR*RIF) approximates MCR*0.1. If Fast-Down is still effectively enabled, then PCR*RIF should approximate MCR*0.62 to compensate.

3. RDF: (Rate Decrease Factor) RDF should be 1/8. This approximates to 13 percent that ForeSight uses.

The following worked examples may help explain this further

Assume a network is currently running ForeSight with default parameters, and supports the following four connection type, where CIR = MIR, PIR = port speed, and QIR = PIR:

T1 Port Speed 64K CIR

Example:

CIR = MIR = 64K
PIR = QIR = port speed = 1544
Fastdown = 13%

(The calculation used to convert between frame based parameters (CIR, PIR, and so on.) and their equivalent cell-based parameters is FR_param *3/800. This allows for cell overheads, and so on. based on frame sizes of 100 octets.)

CIR = MIR = (64000*3/800) = 240 cps
PIR = QIR = (1544 *3/800) = 5790 cps

ForeSight ABR
Rate-up equals (240*.1) = 24 cps RIF equals x where (1590/x) = 24 cps
X needs to be approx 200
RIF equals 256 (nearest factor of 2)

RDF equals 13% RDF = 1/8
Nrm equals 100 msecs Nrm equals 32

RM cells will be generated somewhere between 6 (5790 cps approx equal to 32 cells per 6 msecs) and 133 msecs (240 cps approx equal to 32 cells every 133 msecs) depending on ACR.

CLI Modifications in 1.2.00 Baseline

Table 11 lists the new and modified commands in Release 1.2.00 baseline.

Table 11 New/Modified CLI Commands in This Release 

CLI
Changes
For Feature

addapsln

The parameter "archmode" sets the APS architect mode to be used on the working/protection line pairs. The new value "5" is added to specify 5: 1+1 Annex A.

ITU APS Annex-A

addcon

Two new values have been introduced for cesCas type to configure a channel with the multiframe option enabled. The values are ds1SfCasMF and ds1EsfCasMF.

The channels on a particular line can be either all MF (SF MF or ESF SF) or all non-mf (SF or ESF). The first connection type added on a particular line (mf/non-mf) decides the sync mode. The second connection must have the same cesCas type, and so on.

FRSM-HS2/B

adddiagtest

Diagnostics.The diagnostic commands are modified for test number 8-SRM M13 Access. This command will perform SRM or SRM-E hardware online diagnostics, depending upon what kind of cards are in the slot. Refer to the Release Notes for Cisco WAN MGX 8850, MGX 8230, and MGX 8250 Software Version 1.1.40 at http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/wanbu/mgx8850/14/rnotes/rn1140.htm

SRM-E

addlink

Bulk redundancy/distribution. The existing command addlink is modified to link a certain number of T1/E1 channels from a bulk interface on SRM-E to a service module's T1/E1 lines. This command checks the card type of the service module in the target slot. The service module must be a T1/E1 type, depending upon the tributary type configured for the SRM-E line using the cnfln command. A service module will switch all its lines to bulk mode even if only one line is mapped to a tributary from SRM-E.

Note You must enable the lines on the SRM-E cards (using the upln and cnfln commands) before you can configure them for distribution.

SRM-E

addln

Existing addln command is modified to support per line interface type configuration (used only with the 12IN1-8S). If the user doesn't specify <interface_type>, the default type V.35 is used.

FRSM-HS2/B

SRM-E

addlnloop

Physical interface. Existing command addlnloop is modified to add a logical loopback on a line on the new card. (SRM-E)

SRM-E

addred

Redundancy activities. The existing command addred is modified to configure redundancy on the new card.

SRM-E

clralldiagtests

Command is modified for test number 8-SRM M13 Access. The command will perform SRM or SRM-E hardware online diagnostics, depending upon what kind of cards are in the slot.

SRM-E

clralm

Managing alarms. Existing command clralm is modified to clear alarms on a line on the new card.

SRM-E

clralmcnt

Managing alarms. The existing command clralmcnt is modified to clear alarm counts on a line on the new card.

SRM-E

cnfbert

BERT activities. The existing command cnfbert is modified to configure a line or port for BERT and start the test on the new card.

SRM-E

cnfclktype

Existing cnfclktype command is added to FRSM-HS2B to configure line clock type for V.35/X.21 interfaces. This command is valid on the FRSM-HS2B-12IN1 card. Command is valid on SRM-E.

FRSM-HS2/B

cnfdiagparams

Command is modified for test number 8-SRM M13 Access. The command will perform SRM or SRM-E hardware online diagnostics, depending upon what kind of cards are in the slot.

SRM-E

clrdiagresults

Command is modified for test number 8-SRM M13 Access. The command will perform SRM or SRM-E hardware online diagnostics, depending upon what kind of cards are in the slot.

SRM-E

cnfclklevel

Permits the user to set the STRATUM level desired. (S-3 Clocking)

PXM-UI-S3

cnfdiagtest

Command is modified for test number 8-SRM M13 Access. The command will perform SRM or SRM-E hardware online diagnostics, depending upon what kind of cards are in the slot.

SRM-E

cnflink

Bulk redundancy/distribution. The existing command cnflink is modified to configure the link for T1 byte-sync mapping on the new card. For byte-sync mapping on sonet interfaces, the T1 framing format should be configured.

The framing format can be specified at line level for all links using the cnfln command. It can be then overridden on a per link basis using the cnflink command.

Note The cnflink command is not applicable to 3T3 back cards. Also, byte-sync mapping is supported only for Sonet --> T1 mapping. Therefore, this command is not applicable if an SRM-E's line are configured for SDH --> E1 mapping.

SRM-E

cnfln

Existing cnfln command is modified on FRSM-HS2/B to support new MIB objects.

Note Do not configure an interface to DTE mode when a physical loopback plug is plugged in. This will cause the line to go in and out of alarm and generate software errors on the PXM. If this situation occurs, use the command cnfln to configure the line as DCE to recover from the situation. For further information about this problem, refer to the Known Anomalies for Platform Software Release 1.2.00 and Service Module Firmware, number CSCdv79470.

For SRM-E, cnfln command is modified to support new MIB objects and new enumerations for line rate.

For tributary type, option VT2 (carries E1 signals in Sonet) is not supported in Release 1.2.00.

For tributary mapping type, only option, 2 byte-synchronous mapping, is supported for T1.

FRSM-HS2/B

SRM-E

cnfsrmcklsrc

Managing clock sources. Existing command cnfsrmclksrc is modified to support the new SRM-E card.

SRM-E

clrsrmcnf

Managing configuration. The existing command clrsrmcnf is modified to clear all card configuration including distribution links. The configuration cannot be cleared if redundancy is enabled.

SRM-E

delbert

BERT activities. The existing command delbert is modified to delete/terminate the operation in progress on the new card.

SRM-E

deldiagtest

Command is modified for test number 8-SRM M13 Access. The command will perform SRM or SRM-E hardware online diagnostics, depending upon what kind of cards are in the slot.

SRM-E

dellink, delslotlink

Bulk redundancy/distribution. The existing commands dellink/delslotlink are modified to delete distribution links on the new card. After the last distribution link to a service module is deleted, the service module switches all its lines to non-bulk mode (to its back card).

SRM-E

delln

Physical interface. Existing command delln is modified to disable a line on the new card.

Note A line cannot be deleted if distribution links are configured for that line.

SRM-E

dellnloop

Physical interface. Existing command dellnloop is modified to delete a logical loopback on a line on the new card.

SRM-E

delred

Redundancy activities. The existing command delred is modified to delete the redundancy configuration on the new card.

SRM-E

dspalmcnt

Managing alarms.The existing command dspalmcnt is modified to display alarm counts on a line on the new card.

SRM-E

dspalm

Managing alarms. Existing command dspalm is modified to display alarms on a line on the new card.

SRM-E

dspalmcnf

Managing alarms.Display alarm configuration for a line.

SRM-E

dspalms

Managing alarms. Existing command dspalms is modified to display alarms on all lines of a slot on the new card.

SRM-E

dspapsln