Initial Node Configuration Summary; Table - Cisco BPX-BXM-155-8DX Installation And Configuration Manual

Initial Node Configuration Summary

Initial Node Configuration Summary
This section is an overview of adding nodes and trunks by using the command line interface.
As a minimum, you should configure the nodes, as applicable, by using:
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You may add connections now or later, after configuring the nodes for operation with the Cisco WAN
Manager NMS manager.
If you are naming the node after a city or place that contains more than eight characters, you will have
to abbreviate the name to create a valid network node name. The name must be unique across the
network.
Here are the basic tasks to configure a BPX switch:
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name (cnfname)
date (cnfdate)
time (cnftime)
timezone (cnftmzn)
trunks upped (uptrk)
trunks added (addtrk or addshelf)
Set up the node.
a. Configure the node name (cnfname)
Before you can add a node to the network, you must assign it a unique node name.
All nodes initially have the default name NODENAME. The node name consists of one to eight
printable characters (beginning with a letter), and cannot contain spaces. This new name will
be distributed automatically to other nodes in the network. For example, to assign the node the
name of alpha, enter:
cnfname alpha
b. Configure the time zone (cnftmzn)
Each node must have a time zone. To set the time zone for the node to Greenwich Mean Time,
for example, enter:
cnftmzn GMT
c. Configure date (cnfdate)
d. Configure time (cnftime)
Configure the LAN interface (cnflan)
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f. onfigure the auxiliary or terminal ports to support any necessary external devices such as a
local printer, an autodial modem, or an external multiplexer attached to the unit (cnfprt,
cnfterm, cnftermfunc)
Set up the trunks to other routing nodes.
Verify that the correct cards are in both the local and remote nodes (dspcds).
a. Up the trunks at each node (uptrk).
b. Configure any parameters required for the trunk at each node (cnftrk).
c. Add the trunks at each node (addtrk).
d. Set up Y redundancy if desired (addyred).
If you are using an IGX Interface Shelf, configure it as a shelf.
Chapter 17 Initial BPX 8600 Node Configuration
Release 9.3.0, Part Number 78-10674-01 Rev. D0, July 2001