McDATA ULTRANETTM EDGE STORAGE ROUTER 3000 User Manual

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7

Configuring an E_Port Extension over an ATM WAN

7-15

Configuring a 1x1 ATM Wide Area Network

enabled VCI values are in the range of 0 to 2047. The values of
3 and 4 are reserved for Operations and Management (OAM)
traffic. A value must specified, there is no default value.

c. Check the box to Enable POS (Packet over SONET) for the

ATM interface.

This enables the direct encapsulation of packets via SONET
framing. POS uses PPP to encapsulate the data. POS is
disabled by default.

If enable Packet Over SONET (POS) for this ATM interface,
the Virtual Path ID (VPI) and Virtual Channel ID (VCI) fields
on this dialog box will be disabled, because the ATM protocol
does not use the VPI and VCI for POS.

d. Select the Quality of Service from the drop-down menu.

CBR - (Constant Bit Rate)

VBR - (Variable Bit Rate)

• UBR - (Unspecified Bit Rate)

NOTE:

McDATA recommends using CBR for ATM implementations. The

best performance obtained during testing was with Constant Bit Rate (CBR).

e. Select either the 10

3

cells/sec

or the 10

6

bits/sec

cell rate.

• Select 10

3

cells/sec

to enter the Peak Cell Rate and

Sustained Cell Rate values in Kcells per second.

• Select 10

6

bits/sec

to enter the Peak Cell Rate and Sustained

Cell Rate values in Mbps.

Switching between the 10

3

cells/sec

and 10

6

bits/sec

buttons

will toggle the entered values between the Kcells per second
and Mbps per second formats. The 10

3

cells/sec

option is the

default selection, so when you reopen the dialog box, the 10

3

cells/sec

option will be selected.

Active VCI Bits Value

Valid Enabled VCI Values

12

Zero through 4095

11

Zero through 2047

10

Zero through 1023

4

Zero through 15

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