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Chapter 7
IP Address Planning
Introduction
This chapter includes the following information on creating and managing a network
using the TransNav management system:
• IP Addresses in a TransNav Network
• IP Addressing Guidelines
• Quality of Service
• Proxy ARP
• In-Band Management with Static Routes
• In-Band Management with Router and Static Routes
• In-Band Management of CPEs Over EOP Links
• Out-of-Band Management with Static Routes
• For information on provisioning IP QoS, see the TransNav Management System
Provisioning Guide, Chapter 5—“Configuring IP Quality of Service.”
IP Addresses
in a TransNav
Network
The network management model (in-band or out-of-band) determines the IP address
requirements of the network. A TransNav-managed network requires a minimum of
two separate IP network addresses as indicated below.
Note: If you have a SONET-only system that includes TE-206 nodes, you must first
commission the TransNav management system, then commission the TE-206 nodes
using TN-Sight. You can then connect to the TE-206 nodes from the TransNav GUI
using an IP address. For more information on managing TE-206 nodes from the
TransNav GUI, see the TransNav Management System GUI Guide, Chapter 6—“Using
TransNav GUI with TN-Sight.”
• The IP address assigned to the Ethernet interface on the back of the shelf
(bp-dcn-ip) determines the physical network.
• The IP address assigned to the node (node-ip) is used by the management server
to manage the network.
If your network includes gateway applications for additional scalability, you must also
have an IP address for each machine that has a gateway application installed.