To configure IP transport on a VPRN site

Purpose

IP transport services configurations are required to associate a serial port within either an IES or VPRN SAP allowing TCP/UDP encapsulated serial data to be routed within the corresponding Layer 3 service.

Before you begin, ensure that you configure the port level serial socket on the serial data card of the applicable 7705 SAR NE. See To configure a serial raw socket on a 7705 SAR.

The 7705 SAR-Hm uses serial ports instead of raw sockets. The serial ports are 1/3/1 and 1/3/2. The 7705 SAR-Hm supports IP transport with a serial port or GNSS. One IP transport with GNSS can be configured per 7705 SAR-Hm. Multiple IP transports with serial ports and GNSS can exist within the same service.

See To configure IP transport on an IES site for information about configuring IP transport on an IES site.

Note: When a VPRN IP transport is operationally down with an existing IP Transport Down Reason, a second IP Transport Down Reason is not automatically updated in the NFM-P. When this occurs, the IP transport requires a manual resynchronization.

Steps
 
1 

Create a VPRN site. See To configure a VPRN site.

2 

Click on the IP Transports tab and click Create. The VPRN IP Transport (Create) form opens.

3 

Configure the general parameters as required.

4 

Select a transport port in the Transport Port panel.

Note: You must configure a serial socket on the 7705 SAR serial data MDA port in order to choose a transport port. See To configure a serial raw socket on a 7705 SAR for more information.

For a 7705 SAR-Hm NE, choose one of the serial ports, 1/3/1 and 1/3/2, or choose GNSS.

5 

Configure the IP address for the local host in the Local Host panel.

6 

Configure the required parameters in the Session Details and TCP panels.

7 

Click on the Remote Host tab and click Create. The IP Transport Remote Host (Create) form opens.

8 

Configure the required parameters and click OK.

9 

Click on Add Remote Hosts. The Select Network Wide Local Host form opens. All applicable remote-host entries from the Local Host Entity Manager are listed.

10 

Select one or more entries that you want to add as remote-hosts. Click Apply and then OK.

The remote-host IDs are auto-assigned by the NFM-P.

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Click OK to save your changes.

12 

If required, use the Check TCP Connection tool to test the health of a TCP connection from the client to the server.

  1. Click on the Remote Host tab.

  2. Select a remote-host in the list and click Properties. The IP Transport Remote Host (Edit) form opens with the General tab displayed.

  3. Configure the Check TCP Connection parameter in the TCP Test panel and click OK. The Result parameter shows if the TCP test failed or succeeded.

Note: When you perform a TCP connection test on a remote-host, the result is not updated automatically. You must perform a manual resynchronization of the remote-host in order to update the result.

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Save your changes and close the forms.

End of steps