Document Outline

• Beginning of Document
• Contents
• About this document
  • When to use this document
  • How to check the version and issue of this document
  • References in this document
    • Internet request for comment documents
  • What precautionary messages mean
  • How commands, parameters, and responses are represented
    • Input prompt (>)
    • Commands and fixed parameters
    • Variables
    • Responses
• Chapter 1: Introduction to the EIU
  • Overview of the EIU
  • System architecture
    • DMS-bus interface and expansion
    • Inter-message switch links required with LPP
    • Data communications interface architecture
  • Hardware description
    • Ethernet interface card (NT9X84)
    • Ethernet physical interfaces
    • Grounding requirements
  • Capabilities, limitations, and restrictions
    • EIU hardware capabilities and limitations
    • System-wide limitations
    • Limitations associated with maintenance
    • Limitations associated with protocols
  • Feature packaging
  • EIU provisioning requirements
    • DMS-bus inter-MS provisioning
    • DMS-bus external MS provisioning
    • EIU provisioning
    • EIU sparing and redundancy
  • Billing
  • Service orders
  • User interface characteristics
  • Logs, alarms, and OMs
    • Log reports
    • Alarms
• Chapter 2: EIU messaging protocols
  • Software architecture
    • Supported protocols
    • Addressing
  • Protocol engineering
    • IP throttling
    • TCP connection management
    • FTP session control
    • Protocol buffer engineering
  • IP throttling
    • IP throttling for LPP
    • IP throttling for SSLPP
• Chapter 3: EIU datafill
  • Interdependency and auto-configuration
  • Table LIUINV
    • Datafill sequence and implications
    • Table LIUINV datafill
    • EIU MAC addresses
    • IP addresses
    • Sample datafill for table LIUINV
  • Table IPNETWRK
    • Datafill sequence and implications
    • Datafill for table IPNETWRK
    • Sample datafill for table IPNETWRK
    • Supplementary information
  • Table IPROUTER
    • Datafill sequence and implications
    • Datafill
    • Sample datafill for table IPROUTER
  • Table IPHOST
    • Datafill sequence and implications
    • Datafill
    • Sample datafill for table IPHOST
  • Table IPTHRON
    • Datafill sequence and implications
    • Datafill
    • Sample datafill for table IPTHRON
  • Table IPPROTO
    • Datafill sequence and implications
    • Datafill
    • Sample datafill for table IPPROTO
  • Table ENSITES
    • Datafill sequence and implications
    • Datafill
    • Sample datafill for table ENSITES
  • Table ENTYPES
    • Datafill sequence and implications
  • Table EXNDINV
• Chapter 4: EIU maintenance
  • EIU MAP level
    • Manual busy state
    • In-service state
  • EIU diagnostics
    • Out-of-service diagnostics
    • In-service diagnostics
    • In-service leaky bucket audit
    • EIU overload control
  • EIU sparing requirements
  • Automated system maintenance
  • Manual system maintenance
  • Logs relevant to EIU OA&M
  • OMs relevant to EIU OA&M
• Appendix A: EIU installation checklist
• Appendix B: EIU troubleshooting
  • Tools
  • Troubleshooting checklist
• Appendix C: Using FTP
  • What is FTP?
    • Automatic Record Length Detection
  • FTP cookbook
    • FTP on the DMS-100 switch
    • Obtaining the IP address of the SuperNode host
  • Tutorial: basic FTP operations
  • Tutorial: moving files
  • Tutorial: advanced operations
  • FTP operations reference
• Appendix D: Using telnet
  • Telnet access to a switch
• Appendix E: Understanding IP and IP addressing
  • What is internetworking?
  • What is routing?
  • Routing and routed protocols
  • Planning overview
  • Mapping the network
  • Choosing IP addresses
  • Firewalls and network security
  • Variable-width subnetworks
  • Protocols related to Internet Protocol
• Appendix F: EIU supported configurations
• Appendix G: IP network number requests
  • Overview
  • Considerations for obtaining IP addresses
  • NIC IP network number request form
• Appendix H: ASU background information
  • Application-specific units and supported services
    • Link interface unit
    • Ethernet interface unit
    • Frame relay interface unit
    • X.25/X.
    • Network interface unit
    • Voice processor unit and ADAS
    • ASUs and Cellular digital packet data
    • External routers
  • Platforms
    • Link peripheral processor
    • Single-shelf link peripheral processor
    • SuperNode SE link interface shelf
• Appendix I: Obtaining a MAC address
  • Overview
  • MAC address format
  • How to get the MAC address for an EIU
• List of terms