Technical data

Modifying and Saving Router Configurations

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Adding a Circuit to an Interface

The Conﬁguration Manager simpliﬁes router conﬁguration by providing default

values for most of the parameters required to conﬁgure an interface. To customize

the conﬁguration for your network, you can modify these parameter defaults.

To add a network interface, you must conﬁgure a circuit then enable bridging or

routing protocols for that circuit. The next section details these procedures.

Circuit Naming Conventions

When you conﬁgure a circuit on an interface, you assign the circuit a name.

Initially, Site Manager provides a circuit name, which, for most routers, consists

of a letter that indicates the circuit type followed by two numbers that identify the

circuit location. The ﬁrst number is from 1 to 14 and identiﬁes the router slot. The

second number is from 1 to 8 and identiﬁes the speciﬁc connector in that slot. For

example, the circuit name S51 identiﬁes a synchronous circuit in slot 5 on

communications port 1.

Circuit names for the ASN router differ. The name consists of a letter indicating

the circuit type, followed by three numbers which identify the ASN in the stack

and the circuit location. The ﬁrst number is the slot ID of the ASN router in the

stack, which Site Manager refers to as the slot. The second number is the net

module, and the third number is the connector. For example, the circuit name

E321 identiﬁes an Ethernet circuit on port 1 of the second net module for the third

ASN in the stack.

able 3-2 on page 3-12 lists the circuit-type letter and its meaning.