User`s guide

Contents
MultiVoice Gateway for the MAX— User’s Guide Preliminary November 12, 1998 xiii
Exchange of routing information............................................................................. 9-4
Designated and backup designated routers.............................................................. 9-4
Configurable metrics ............................................................................................... 9-5
Hierarchical routing (areas)..................................................................................... 9-6
Stub areas................................................................................................................. 9-6
Not So Stubby Areas (NSSAs)................................................................................ 9-7
The link-state routing algorithm.............................................................................. 9-8
Configuring OSPF routing in the MultiVoice Gateway ...................................................... 9-10
Understanding the OSPF routing parameters ............................................................... 9-10
Example of configuration adding the MultiVoice Gateway to an OSPF network ....... 9-12
Administering OSPF............................................................................................................ 9-14
Working with the routing table..................................................................................... 9-14
Multipath routing................................................................................................... 9-15
Third-party routing ................................................................................................ 9-15
How OSPF adds RIP routes................................................................................... 9-16
Route preferences .................................................................................................. 9-16
Monitoring OSPF.......................................................................................................... 9-17
Displaying OSPF errors......................................................................................... 9-18
Displaying OSPF areas.......................................................................................... 9-18
Displaying OSPF general information .................................................................. 9-19
Displaying the OSPF link-state database............................................................... 9-20
Displaying OSPF link-state advertisements .......................................................... 9-21
Displaying OSPF neighbors .................................................................................. 9-22
Displaying the OSPF routing table........................................................................ 9-22
Displaying OSPF protocol i/o................................................................................ 9-23
Chapter 10 MultiVoice Gateway System Administration .............................. 10-1
Introduction to MultiVoice Gateway administration........................................................... 10-1
Where to find additional administrative information ................................................... 10-2
Activating administrative permissions.......................................................................... 10-2
System and Ethernet profile configurations......................................................................... 10-3
The system name .......................................................................................................... 10-4
Specifying the unit’s location and the contact for problems ........................................ 10-4
Setting the system date and time................................................................................... 10-4
Console and term rate ................................................................................................... 10-4
Logging out the console port ........................................................................................ 10-5
Setting the call attempt time out ................................................................................... 10-5
Setting a high-bit-error alarm ....................................................................................... 10-5
Setting an alarm when no trunks are available ............................................................. 10-5
Customizing the VT100 interface................................................................................. 10-5
Interacting with the syslog daemon to save ASCII log files......................................... 10-5
Examples of administrative configurations .................................................................. 10-6
Setting basic system parameters............................................................................ 10-6
Configuring the MultiVoice Gateway to interact with syslog.......... 10-6
Terminal-server commands.................................................................................................. 10-7
Displaying terminal-server commands......................................................................... 10-7
Returning to the VT100 menus..................................................................................... 10-8
Commands for monitoring networks............................................................................ 10-9
Commands for use by terminal-server users................................................................. 10-9
SLIP, CSLIP, and PPP commands ........................................................................ 10-9
Menu command..................................................................................................... 10-9
Specifying Telnet hosts ......................................................................................... 10-9