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Ascend Customer Service

How to use this guide

What you should know

Documentation conventions

Related RFCs

Information about PPP connections

Information about IPX routing

Information about IP routers

Information about OSPF routing

Information about multicast

Information about packet filtering

Information about general network security

ITU-T recommendations

Documentation set

Related publications

Introduction

Activating administrative permissions

System administration parameters

Understanding the administrative parameters

Name

Location and Contact

Date and Time

Term rate and Console

Remote Mgmt

Dial-in and dial-out parameters

Log out parameters

DS0 minimum and maximum resets

High-bit-error parameters

No Trunks Alarm

Edit and Status

Finger requests (RFC 1288)

Configuring the basic parameters

Terminal-server command-line interface

Accessing the interface

Displaying terminal-server commands

Returning to the VT100 menus

Commands for monitoring networks

Commands for use by terminal-server users

SLIP, CSLIP, and PPP

Menu

Specifying raw TCP hosts

Telnet

Rlogin command

TCP

Open, Resume, and Close

Administrative commands

Test

Remote

Set

Show

Kill

Show DNIS session command

Show DNIS statistics command

Clear DNIS statistics

Using DO commands

List of supported commands

Example of using DO commands to place and clear a call

DO command reference in alphabetic order

Answer (DO 3)

Beg/End BERT (DO 7)

Beg/End Rem LB (DO 6)

Beg/End Rem Mgm (DO 8)

Close Telnet (DO C)

Contract BW (DO 5)

Diagnostics (DO D)

Dial (DO 1)

Esc (DO 0)

Extend BW (DO 4)

Hang Up (DO 2)

Load (DO L)

Menu Save (DO M)

Password (DO P)

Resynchronize (DO R)

Save (DO S)

Termserv (DO E)

Sys Diag commands

Restore Cfg

Save Cfg

Use MIF

Sys Reset

Term Serv

Upd Rem Cfg

T1 Line Diag commands

Line LB1

Line LB2

Switch D Chan

Clr Err1

Clr Perf1

Clr Err2

Clr Perf2

E1 Line Diag commands

Line LB1

Line LB2

BRI/LT Line Diag commands

Line LoopBack

Corrupt CRC

Uncorrupt CRC

Rq Corrupt CRC

Rq Uncorrupt CRC

Clr NEBE

Clr FEBE

Host/Dual (Host/6) Port Diag command

Modem Diag parameters

ModemSlot

Modem #N (where N=1-8, 1-12, 1-16)

Using the MAX status windows

Navigating the status windows

Default status window displays

Line status windows

Session and system status windows

WAN and Ethernet status windows

Sys Option and Main Status Menu windows

Specifying which status windows appear

Status-window reference in alphabetic order

BRI/LT window

Call Status window

Call Detail Reporting (CDR) window

Dyn Stat window (dynamic status)

Ether Opt window (Ethernet options)

Ether Stat window (Ethernet status)

Ethernet window

FDL N Stats windows

Error-register statistics

Performance-register statistics

FR Stat window

Host/6 (Host/Dual) window

Line Errors window

Line Stat windows

Line Status (BRI) window

Message Log windows

AIM port message logs

System message logs

Log messages

Modem window

Net T1, Net E1 and Net BRI windows

Net Options window

Port Info window

Port Leads window

Port Opts window

PortN Stat window

Routes window

Serial WAN window

Session Err window

Sessions window

Statistics window

Syslog window

Level 4 and Level 6 syslog messages

Level 5 Syslog messages

Example

Disconnect codes and Progress codes

The backoff queue error message in the Syslog file

Syslog messages initiated by a SecureConnect Manger firewall

Sys Options window

System Status window

WAN Stat window

Administering WAN lines and calls

T1 line diagnostics

E1 line diagnostics

BRI/LT diagnostics

Monitoring transmission quality

Example of performing loopback diagnostics for IDSL

Performing port diagnostics

Disabling digital modems and modem slots

E1 ISDN call information

Incoming call routing state diagram

Managing IP routes and sessions

Working with the IP routing table

Displaying the routing table

Adding an IP route

Deleting an IP route

Displaying route statistics

Pinging other IP hosts

Configuring Finger support

Configuring the DNS Fallback Table

Displaying IP routing and related information

Displaying the ARP cache

Displaying ICMP packet statistics

Displaying interface statistics

Displaying IP statistics and addresses

Displaying UDP statistics and listen table

Displaying TCP statistics and connections

Displaying address pool status

Monitoring IPX routes and sessions

Verifying the transmission path to NetWare stations

Displaying IPX packet statistics

Displaying the IPX service table

Displaying the IPX routing table

Managing OSPF routes and sessions

Working with the routing table

Multipath routing

Third-party routing

How OSPF adds RIP routes

Route preferences

Displaying OSPF information

Displaying the size of the OSPF routing table

Displaying OSPF areas

Displaying general information about OSPF

Displaying information about OSPF interfaces

Displaying OSPF Link-State Advertisements (LSAs)

Displaying OSPF neighbor information

Displaying OSPF routers

Displaying OSPF External AS advertisements

Displaying the OSPF routing table

Displaying summarized OSPF database information

Managing multicast routing

Displaying the multicast forwarding table

Listing multicast clients

Displaying multicast activity

Monitoring Frame Relay connections

Displaying Frame Relay statistics

Displaying link management information

Displaying Data Link Connection Indicator (DLCI)status

Displaying circuit information

Turning off a circuit without disabling its endpoints

Monitoring X.25 and PAD connections

Displaying information about PAD sessions

Displaying information about X.25

Setting up ISDN D-channel X.25 support

PAD service signals

X.25 clear cause codes

X.25 diagnostic field values

Configuring SNMP

Configuring SNMP access security

Enabling SNMP Set commands

Setting community strings

Setting up and enforcing address security

Resetting the MAX and verifying reset

Example of SNMP security configuration

Setting SNMP traps

Understanding the SNMP trap parameters

Example SNMP trap configuration

Ascend enterprise traps

Alarm events

Port state change events

Security events

Supported MIBs

Configuring Syslog

Configuring the MAX to send Syslog messages

Syslog message format

Syslog messages and their meanings

Establishment of a call

Graceful disconnect of a call

Unexpected disconnect of a call

Additional messages

Disconnect codes and progress codes

Disconnect codes and their meanings

Progress codes and their meanings

Indicator lights

MAX front panel

MAX back panel

ISDN cause codes

Common problems and their solutions

General problems

Calls fail between AIM ports

DO menus do not allow most operations

POST takes more than 30 seconds to complete

Configuration problems

The MAX cannot dial out on a T1 or E1 line

Some channels do not connect

Data is corrupted on some international calls

Only the base channel connects

No Channel Avail error message

Restored configuration has incorrect RADIUS parameters

Hardware configuration problems

Cannot access the VT100 interface

Fault LED is off but no menus are displayed

Random characters appear in the VT100 interface

A Power-On Self Test fails

AIM-port interface problems

The MAX reports data errors on all calls

Calls cannot be made, answered, or cleared using control leads

The codec indicates that there is no connection

The codec does not receive data

The codec cannot establish a call when Data Transmit Ready (DTR) is active

Calls initiated by control-lead toggling are cleared too soon

The codec cannot clear a call

ISDN PRI and BRI interface problems

Calls are not dialed or answered reliably

The Net/BRI lines do not dial or answer calls

No Logical Link status

WAN calling errors occur in outbound Net/BRI calls

ISDN PRI and BRI circuit-quality problems

Excessive data errors on calls to AIM ports

Excessive handshaking on calls to AIM ports

Inbound data is scrambled during an AIM Static call

Problems indicated by the LEDs

LEDs are not lit for the secondary E1 or T1 line

The E1 or T1 line is in a Red Alarm state

A PRI line is in use and the Alarm LED blinks

Problems in accessing the WAN

Only some channels are dialed for AIM or BONDING calls

The MAX never uses some channels

An outgoing call using inband signaling fails to connect to the remote end

Incoming call routing problems

Call status drops back to IDLE

Dual-port call status drops back to IDLE

AIM or BONDING call status drops back to IDLE

Bridge/router problems

The link is of uncertain quality

The MAX hangs up after answering an IP call

Using MAX diagnostic commands

Command reference

PPP decoding primer

Breaking down the raw data

Annotated Traces

Example of a PPP connection attempt

Example of MP+ call negotiation

Relevant RFCs

Definitions and terms

Guidelines for upgrading system software

Guidelines for downgrading system software

Before you begin

Upgrading system software with a standard load

Using TFTP to upgrade to a standard load

Upgrading system software with a fat or thin load

Recovering from a failed fat load upgrade

Upgrading system software with an extended load

Upgrading system software from versions earlier than 4.6C to version 5.0A or above

Using the serial port to upgrade to a standard or a thin load

Changing to system software that does not support V.90

System messages

What is MIF?

How to access MIF

Use MIF command

MIF escape sequence

Transfer command

MIF addresses

MIF commands

MIF responses

Loading and saving entities

Getting an entity's current value

Getting the address and value of the next entity

Modifying parameter values

MIF traps and asynchronous reports

Lexical sequence of MIF types

Command line basics

Editor basics

IP-routing environment

MAX configuration

Pipeline configuration

IP-routing and AppleTalk-routing environment

MAX configuration

Pipeline configuration

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