Specifications

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Release Notes for Cisco 7000 Family for Cisco IOS Release 12.1 T
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New and Changed Information
Determines the routes for traffic flows across a network based on the resources the traffic flow
requires and the resources available in the network
Employs “constraint-based routing,” in which the path for a traffic flow is the shortest path that
meets the resource requirements (constraints) of the traffic flow
Recovers from link or node failures by adapting to the new constraints presented by the changed
topology
Transports packets using MPLS forwarding crossing a multihop label-switched path (LSP)
PPP over ATM SVC
Platforms: Cisco 7200 series and Cisco 7500 series routers
As DSL deployment continues to grow, ATM PVC provisioning becomes extremely cumbersome.
Network Access Providers (NAPs) must nail up each PVC between subscriber and NAP. Terminating point
and quality of service of PVCs are predetermined and provisioned. With the PPP over ATM Switched
Virtual Circuit (SVC) support feature you can choose services and the quality of those services based upon
ATM address. When an end user initiates a connection to a service, an ATM SVC is set up with a desired
destination using a configured ATM address. After the ATM SVC is set up, a PPP session is established on
the ATM SVC. NAPs or Network Service Providers (NSPs) can use PPP over ATM to authenticate and
authorize users to use its services.
End users can run PPP over ATM SVC on Win98/2000 on a PC with an asymmetric digital subscriber line
(ADSL) Network Interface card (NIC) attached to a DSL or an ATM25 card attached to an ATM25 LAN
connected to an ADSL remote office (ATU-R). PPP sessions may terminate at the NAP or tunneled to an
NSP.
PPP over ATM SVC supports the following functions:
SVCs using ATM Forum UNI 3.1 protocol
Termination of ATM calls
Note This release does not support ATM dialout calls.
International Code Designator (ICD) ATM End System Address (AESA) address format for SVCs
Acceptance of offered ATM calls where the Called Party Address exactly matches the full ATM
address assigned to a port
Best-effort SVCs
SVCs with asymmetric peak cell rate (PCR) values. Outgoing and incoming PCR values of SVCs
can be different
SVCs with a PCR granularity of no more than 83 CPS(32kbps)
SVCs with an egress PCR range that includes 83 to 21,000 CPS(32kbps to 8Mbps)
SVCs with an ingress PCR range that includes 83 to 2,000 CPS(32kbps to 768kbps)
Compliance with requirements of RFC-2364 including Broadband Low Layer Information (B-LLI)
negotiation of VC-multiplexed and Logical Link Control/Subnetwork Access Protocol
(LLC/SNAP) encapsulation of PPP over ATM.
ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5).