Specifications

CHAPTER

4-1

Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) and MGX 8950 Software Configuration Guide

Release 3, Part Number 78-14788-01 Rev. C0, January 2004

Preparing FRSM12 Cards and Lines for

Communication

This chapter describes how to prepare FRSM12 cards for standalone or redundant operation in Cisco

MGX Release 3 switches. Frame Relay Services for MGX Release 3.0 Switches describes how to

provision these cards for Frame Relay communications across an ATM network.

This chapter provides a quickstart procedure for configuring FRSM12 cards and lines and describes the

following procedures:

• Managing Firmware Version Levels for FRSM12 Cards

• Establishing Redundancy Between Two FRSM12 Cards

• Selecting and Viewing Service Class Templates

Configuration Quickstart

The quickstart procedure in this section provides a summary of the tasks required to prepare FRSM12

cards and lines to enable Frame Relay communications over an ATM network. This procedure is

provided as an overview and as a quick reference for those who already have configured FRSM12 cards.

Command Purpose

Step 1

username

Start a configuration session.

Note To perform all the procedures in this quickstart

procedure, you must log in as a user with GROUP1

privileges or higher.

Step 2

setrev <slot> <version>

Related commands:

dspcds

Initialize FRSM12 cards by setting the firmware version level for

each FRSM12 card.

See “Managing Firmware Version Levels for FRSM12 Cards,”

which appears later in this chapter.