Configuring the hre-x router port, Configuring the hre-x router port -27 – Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router User Manual

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Configuring the HRE-X Router Port

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Configuring the HRE-X Router Port

Various services in the switch use the

HRE-X

router port

MAC

registers. The registers are allo-

cated as the services are loaded at startup. The

hrex

submenu contains five commands for use

with the Hardware Routing Engines (

HRE

s). The

hrexassign

command allows you to config-

ure the switch so that registers are reserved for particular services. The

hrexdisplay

command

allows you to view your current configuration. To display the

hrex

submenu, enter

hrex

at the system prompt. A screen similar to the following is displayed.

Command

HRE-X Management Menu

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hrexassign

Assign an HRE-X router port MAC register to a service

hrexdisplay

Display HRE-X router port MAC register assignments

hrexutil

Display HRE-X Pseudo CAM and cache utilization

hrexhashopt

Optimize HRE-X Pseudo CAM hash function for current data

hrexhashdflt

Restore default HRE-X Pseudo CAM hash function

To view the current

HRE-X

configuration enter

hrexdisplay

at the system prompt. A screen similar to the following is displayed.

Reg

Configured

Actual

------

----------------

-----------------

1

Any

Routing

2

Any

Unused

3

Any

Unused

The fields displayed by the

hrexdisplay

command are described below:

Reg

. The number of the

MAC

registers.

Configured

. The service type assigned to the register.

Actual

. The service that is actively using the register.

To reserve a register for a particular service, you can assign the registers to the service. To
assign the registers on the

HRE-X

router port, enter

hrexassign

at the system prompt. A screen similar to the following is displayed.

hrexassign <register number> <service type>

The

<register number>

is either 1, 2 or 3 referring to the

MAC

register. The

<service type>

parameter specifies the service configured to the registers. The service types are shown on the
screen display are defined here.

any.

This register is not reserved to a particular service.

routing.

This register is assigned to standard routing.

cip.

This register is assigned to Classical

IP

m013.

This register is assigned to Channelized DS-3 module (WSX-M013).

mpoa.

This register is assigned to Multiprotocol Over

ATM

vrrp.

This register is assigned to Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol.

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