Specifications

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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) and MGX 8950 Software Configuration Guide
Release 3, Part Number 78-14788-01 Rev. C0, January 2004
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Preparing AXSM Cards and Lines for
Communication
This chapter describes how to prepare AXSM cards and lines for physical connectivity to other switches.
Chapter 6, “Provisioning AXSM Communication Links,” describes how to add ports and connections
that support ATM communications across the cards and lines configured in this chapter.
This chapter provides a quickstart procedure for configuring AXSM cards and lines and describes the
following procedures:
• Managing Firmware Version Levels for AXSM Cards
• Establishing Redundancy Between Two AXSM Cards
• Selecting and Viewing Service Class Templates
• Setting Up Lines
• Establishing Redundancy Between Two Lines with APS
Note For the purposes of this document, the term “AXSM” refers to all types of AXSM cards. In this
document, the term AXSM/A distinguishes the first release of AXSM from AXSM/B cards.
Configuration Quickstart
The quickstart procedure in this section provides a summary of the tasks required to prepare AXSM
cards and lines for configuration as ATM trunks and lines. This procedure is provided as an overview
and as a quick reference for those who already have configured Cisco MGX 8850 and Cisco MGX 8950
switches.