Login to the VLNC6x.

Result:

The User EXEC prompt [(ALU switching)>] displays.

Enter the Global Config mode:

1. From the User EXEC prompt, enter enable to enter the Privileged EXEC mode.

2. From the Privileged EXEC prompt, enter configure to enter the Global Config mode.

Configure T1/E1 interface.

From the Global Config mode, enter interface <interface-number>, to enter the Interface Config Mode where “interface-number” is the address for the T1/E1 port you are provisioning.

On the VLNC60/61/62, a T1/E1 port is addressed by "T1-Port"/"E1-Port" respectively. On the VLNC64, T1/E1 ports are addressed by "VTDS1-Port"/"VCE1-Port" respectively. See Addressable Entities in the Alcatel-Lucent 1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS-5) Command Line Interface Guide for addresses.

Example: (ALU Switching)(Config)# interface a-1-1.

Specify a description for the T1/E1 interface.

From the Interface Config Mode, enter description <description> where “description” is in a range of a 1-32 alphanumeric character string.

Example: (ALU Switching) (Interface a-1-1)# description RemoteSiteSlot1Port1

From the Interface Config Mode, enter the following commands one at a time:

• signalformat {sf | esf | uf} — (T1 only) Used to set the signal format of the T1 interface. The supported formats are: Super Frame (SF), Extended Super Frame (ESF), and Unframed, (UF). Default is esf for T1 port.

  Example: (ALU Switching) (Interface a-1-1)# signalformat esf.

• signalformat {fas | crc4 | uf} — (E1 only) Used to set the signal format of the E1 interface. The supported formats are: Frame Alignment Signal (FAS), Cyclic Redundancy Check-4 multiframe alignment (CRC4) and Unframed, (UF). Default is crc4 for E1 port.

  Example: (ALU Switching) (Interface a-1-1)# signalformat fas.

• linecode {b8zs | ami} — (VLNC60/61/62 T1 only) Sets the linecode value on the T1 interface. These are Alternate Mark Inversion (AMI), and Bipolar 8 Zero Substitution (B8ZS). Default is b8zs for T1 port.

  Example: (ALU Switching) (Interface a-1-1)# linecode b8zs.

• linebuildout {short} {{0-110 | 110-220 | 220-330 | 330-440 | 440-550 | 550-660} — (VLNC60/61/62 T1 only) Specifies the length of the cable in feet that connects to the T1 interface on the other end of the VLNC60/61/62 T1 interface.

  Example: (ALU Switching) (Interface a-1-1)# linebuildout short 110-220.

If required at this time, specify the type of service associated with the T1/E1 interface. From the Interface Config Mode, enter encapsulation {ppp | satop}.

Example: (ALU Switching) (Interface a-1-1)# encapsulation satop.

Enter exit to exit the Interface Config Mode.

Important!

If you are going to later provision “differential” as the timing source for this interface using ( Procedure 17-2.5: Configure timing for VLNC6x Circuit Emulation Service (CES)) :

• Encapsulation may not be set to ppp.

• If you configure encapsulation now, you will have to remove the encapsulation before you can configure the timing source to differential, then reconfigure encapsulation.

• Alternatively, you can wait to configure encapsulation until after you have provisioned the timing source.

Configure Ethernet interface.

From the Global Config mode, enter interface <interface-number>, to enter the Interface Config Mode where “interface-number” is a number in the range of d{1-2}-{1-2} for the Ethernet port you are provisioning.

Example: (ALU Switching)(Config)# interface d1-1.

Specify a description for the Ethernet interface.

From the Interface Config Mode, enter interface <description> where description is in a range of 1-32 alphanumeric character string.

Example: (ALU Switching) (Interface d1-1)# RemoteSiteSlot1Port1

If required, from the Interface Config Mode, enter auto-negotiate to enable auto-negotiation. Default is disabled, except for 1000BASE-T ports which are always enabled.

Enable the Ethernet interface.

From the Interface Config mode, enter no shutdown.

Example:

(ALU Switching) (Interface d1-1)# no shutdown

Enter exit to return to the Global Config Mode.

End of steps