Page 3 - iii; C O N T E N T S; About This Guide; Introduction to PNNI
iii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 C O N T E N T S About This Guide xi Objectives xi Audience xi Organization xi Conventions xii Documentation xiii Documentation Notes for the April 2004 Product Releases xiii Related ...
Page 4 - iv; Interoperability and Performance Planning; Address and Closed User Group Planning
Contents iv Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 C H A P T E R 2 Interoperability and Performance Planning 2-1 Compatible Standards 2-1 Specifications 2-1 Connection Limit Adjustments 2-4 Physical Network Planning 2-5 Insta...
Page 5 - Planning Intermediate Route Selection
Contents v Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Planning CUG Configuration Settings 3-15 Selecting an Interlock Code 3-15 Selecting an Index 3-15 Selecting CPE Addresses 3-16 Selecting Internal CUG Access Options 3-16 Selec...
Page 7 - F I G U R E S; vii
F I G U R E S vii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Figure 1-1 Example Single Peer Group Topology 1-3 Figure 1-2 Example Hierarchical PNNI Network Topology Showing Multiple Peer Groups 1-4 Figure 1-3 Example Hierarchical...
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Figures viii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004
Page 9 - T A B L E S; ix; Table 1; Table 2; Table 3; Table 4
T A B L E S ix Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Table 1 Technical Manuals and Release Notes for Cisco MGX and BPX Switches and Media Gateways (April 2004 Product Releases) xvi Table 2 Documents that Ship with Multiservi...
Page 11 - xi; Objectives
xi Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide This preface describes the objectives, audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES P roducts, Release 5 . Objecti...
Page 12 - xii; Conventions; boldface
xii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Conventions • Chapter 3, “Address and Closed Us er Group Planning,” describes how to implement network plans using ATM addresses that help define the network structu...
Page 13 - xiii; Documentation; Documentation Notes for the April 2004 Product Releases; H elp; Related Documentation
xiii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Documentation A Guide to Cisco Multiservice Switch and Media Gateway Documentation ships with your product. That guide contains general information ab...
Page 14 - xiv; Technical Manual Order of Use
xiv Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Technical Manual Order of Use Use the technical manuals listed here in the following order: Step 1 Refer to the documents that ship with your product. ...
Page 15 - xv; Technical Manual Titles and Descriptions; Terms
xv Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Note Manual titles may be different for earlier software releas es. The titles shown in Table 1 are for the April 2004 release. Technical Manual Titles ...
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xvii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Release Notes for Cisco MGX Route Processor Module (RPM-X F) IOS Release 12.3(2)T5 for PX M45-bas ed Switches, Release 5.0.00 OL-4536-01 — — — — — — x...
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xviii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Planning and Configuration Guides Cisco P NNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SE S Products OL-3847-01 x — — — x x x x x Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM1E/PX ...
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xix Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Service Module Configuration and Reference Guides Cisco MGX R oute Processor Module (RPM-PR) Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 2.1 78-12510...
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xx Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Cisco ATM and Frame Relay Services (MPSM-T3E3-155) Configuration Guide and Command Reference for MGX Switches, Release 5 OL-4554-01 — — — — x x x — — Ci...
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xxi Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Note For the April 2004 product release, there are no new features for the Service E xpansion Shelf (SE S) of the BPX switch and BPX WAN switching soft...
Page 22 - This book ships with product.; Document Title
xxii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Table 1 also lists the latest documentation available for the Cisco MGX 8230, Cisco MGX 8250, and Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM1) switches. T hese switches use ...
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xxiii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Cisco ATM Services (A XSM) Configuration Guide and Command R eference for MGX Switches, Release 5 OL-4548-01 Explains how to configure the AXSM cards...
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xxiv Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Cisco MGX 8800 Series Switch Command Reference, R eleas e 1.1.3 DOC-7811210= Provides detailed information on the general com mand line for the Cisco ...
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xxv Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Cisco MGX R oute Processor Module (RPM-XF) Installation and Configuration Guide, Release 4 OL-5087-01 Describes how to install and configure the Cisco ...
Page 26 - xxvi; Help
xxvi Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Cisco WA N Manager Installation Guide, Release 15 OL-4550-01 Provides procedures for installing Release 5 of the CWM network managem ent system. Cisco...
Page 27 - xxvii; Obtaining Documentation; Ordering Documentation
xxvii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Obtaining Documentation Cisco provides several ways to obtain documentation, technical assistance, and other technical resources . These sections exp...
Page 28 - Finding Documentation for Cisco MGX, BPX, SES, and CWM Products; Changes to This Document; Chapter
xxviii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Documentation Finding Documentation for Cisco MGX, BPX, SES, and CWM Products The previous “Ordering Docum entation” section applies to other Cisco documentation....
Page 29 - xxix; Documentation Feedback; Obtaining Technical Assistance; Cisco TAC Website
xxix Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Obtaining Technical Assistance Documentation Feedback You can submit e-mail com ments about technical documentation to [email protected]. You can submit comments by...
Page 30 - xxx; TAC Case Priority Definitions; Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
xxx Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Obtaining Additional Publications and Information For a com plete listing of Cisco TAC contacts, go to this URL : http://www.cisco.com /warp/public/687/Directory/Dir...
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xxxi Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Obtaining Additional Publications and Information • Internet Protocol Journal is a quarterly journal published by Cisco Systems for engineering professionals involv...
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xxxii Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 About This Guide Obtaining Additional Publications and Information
Page 33 - The PNNI Network Database
C H A P T E R 1-1 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 1 Introduction to PNNI Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI) is a suite of network protocols that can be used to discover an AT M network topology, create a datab...
Page 34 - The Single Peer Group Topology
1-2 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 1 Introduction to PNNI The Single Peer Group Topology Tip A node is a network device that communicates with other network devices. Cisco PNNI-compatible devices serve as node...
Page 35 - The Hierarchical PNNI Network Topology
1-3 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 1 Introduction to PNNI The Hierarchical PNNI Network Topology Figure 1-1 Example Single Peer Group Topology A single peer group topology is the easiest to set up. Since all c...
Page 38 - Peer Group Leaders; Simple Node Representation
1-6 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 1 Introduction to PNNI The Hierarchical PNNI Network Topology Hierarchical networks can support thousands of nodes because each higher level summarizes information for all lo...
Page 40 - Border Nodes; Hierarchical PNNI Network Benefits; PNNI Internetworking with AINI
1-8 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 1 Introduction to PNNI PNNI Internetworking with AINI The advantage to complex node representation is that it provides m ore information to other peer groups, and this can le...
Page 41 - PNNI Internetworking with IISP
1-9 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 1 Introduction to PNNI PNNI Internetworking with IISP Figure 1-6 Example PNNI Internetworking with AINI Topology PNNI Internetworking with IISP Interim Inter-Switch Protocol ...
Page 43 - Compatible Standards
C H A P T E R 2-1 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 2 Interoperability and Performance Planning This chapter describes the standards supported by the Cisco switches covered in this guide and provides performance specific...
Page 44 - Capabilities
2-2 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 2 Interoperability and Performance Planning Specifications Table 2-1 PNNI Networking Specifications for MGX Switches and the MGX 8880 Media Gateway MGX 8850, MGX 8880 & M...
Page 46 - Connection Type
2-4 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 2 Interoperability and Performance Planning Connection Limit Adjustments Connection Limit Adjustments For MGX software Release 3.0 and above, and CWM Release 12.0, Patch 1 an...
Page 47 - Physical Network Planning; Install Redundant Hardware in Switches
2-5 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 2 Interoperability and Performance Planning Physical Network Planning Table 2-3 identifies some important differences between the way connections are counted on the switch an...
Page 48 - Multiple Links Between Adjacent Peer Groups; Planning Guidelines for Individual Peer Groups
2-6 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 2 Interoperability and Performance Planning Planning Guidelines for Individual Peer Groups Multiple Links Between Adjacent Peer Groups Comm unications between two peer groups...
Page 49 - Planning Guidelines for Hierarchical Networks; Planning Guidelines for Peer Group Leaders; Planning Guidelines for Border Nodes
2-7 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 2 Interoperability and Performance Planning Planning Guidelines for Hierarchical Networks • Although the number of network nodes in your network might not dictate a hierarchi...
Page 51 - Address Planning Overview
C H A P T E R 3-1 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Proper address planning can greatly increase the performance of a PNNI WAN. Although a PNNI WAN can support almost any addressi...
Page 53 - Planning Address Configuration Settings; Selecting an ATM Address Format
3-3 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings connections as it attempts to locate the correct node. A better design would use the longest ...
Page 54 - Supported Address Formats
3-4 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings Supported Address Formats The Cisco MGX and SE S switch products support the following standa...
Page 55 - Guidelines for Selecting an Address Format; ATM Field
3-5 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings Guidelines for Selecting an Address Format It is important to select a address form at plan w...
Page 56 - Selecting a PNNI Level; Category Type
3-6 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings Address Registration Authorities Table 3-2 lists the address registration authorities. Select...
Page 59 - Level Peer Group ID Portion of ATM Address
3-9 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings The default PNNI level for Cisco MGX and SE S switch products is 56, which is the midpoint of...
Page 60 - Selecting the PNNI Peer Group ID
3-10 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings Selecting the PNNI Peer Group ID As described in the previous section, the PNNI level select...
Page 61 - Selecting the ATM Address
3-11 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings • If you change the address form at, you need to change the peer group ID. • If you change a...
Page 62 - Selecting the ILMI Address Prefix
3-12 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings Selecting the ILMI Address Prefix Although IL MI is not part of the PNNI specification, ILMI...
Page 63 - Selecting Static Addresses for UNI Ports
3-13 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning Address Configuration Settings To enable com munications over AINI and IISP links , s tatic addresses must be configured on...
Page 64 - Closed User Group Overview
3-14 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Closed User Group Overview • Confirm that each reconfigured node ID and node address are unique. T he switch software does not detec...
Page 65 - Planning CUG Configuration Settings; Selecting an Interlock Code; Selecting an Index
3-15 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning CUG Configuration Settings CUG m embership is supported as follows: • An ATM address or ATM address prefix can be a member ...
Page 66 - Selecting CPE Addresses; Selecting Internal CUG Access Options
3-16 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning CUG Configuration Settings The CPE m ust be configured to specify a particular CUG index during call setup when any of the ...
Page 67 - Selecting External CUG Access Options; Specifying a Preferential CUG
3-17 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Planning CUG Configuration Settings Note The network administrator can s et the internal access during the initial CUG member config...
Page 68 - Selecting a Default CUG Address; Worksheets; Node Name
3-18 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 3 Address and Closed User Group Planning Worksheets Selecting a Default CUG Address A default CUG address is a default address that is ass igned to a switch to be us ed for ...
Page 71 - How MGX and SES Nodes Select Routes; Link and Route Metrics; Administrative Weight
C H A P T E R 4-1 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection When a PNNI network node receives a call request, there can be multiple routes available that meet the quality of service (QoS) ...
Page 72 - Cell Transfer Delay; Cell Delay Variation
4-2 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection How MGX and SES Nodes Select Routes You can change the AW on links to control network traffic. For example, you can reduce traffic on ...
Page 73 - addcon; Maximum Cell Rate; Shortest Path Table Routing; The Shortest Path Tables
4-3 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection How MGX and SES Nodes Select Routes route more calls for the link. Of course, if link users suddenly start using all link resources, s...
Page 74 - Traffic Metric; Acronym Definition
4-4 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection How MGX and SES Nodes Select Routes an external network, the use of the 0-length prefix allows the administrator to specify that all c...
Page 75 - How SVCs and SVPs use the SPTs; cnfcon
4-5 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection How MGX and SES Nodes Select Routes Each class of service SPT is sim ply a list of the shortest paths for a particular routing metric ...
Page 76 - Load Balancing for SPT and On-Demand Routing; How MGX and SES Nodes Select Links
4-6 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection How MGX and SES Nodes Select Links Any route selected from the SPTs m ust conform to all specified metrics. If a conforming route is n...
Page 77 - Additional Routing Features in MGX and SES Nodes; Preferred Routing
4-7 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection Additional Routing Features in MGX and SES Nodes When two parallel links are available along the route, the controller chooses a link ...
Page 78 - Priority Routing; Grooming
4-8 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection Additional Routing Features in MGX and SES Nodes Note In all Release 3 software, the preferred routing feature specifies a route withi...
Page 79 - Soft Rerouting; Blocking Pass-Through Connections
4-9 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection Additional Routing Features in MGX and SES Nodes The groom ing feature can be implemented at any time. Grooming is not configured at t...
Page 80 - Service Module
4-10 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 Chapter 4 Planning Intermediate Route Selection Additional Routing Features in MGX and SES Nodes Figure 4-1 P2MP Root, Leaf, and Party Components The simplest P2MP connection takes ...
Page 83 - I N D E X; Numerics
IN-1 Cisco PNNI Network Planning Guide for MGX and SES Products, Release 5 Part Number OL-3847-01 Rev. D0, April, 2004 I N D E X Numerics 0-length prefix 4-3 A ABR description 4-4 route selection parameter 4-7 addcon comm and 4-3, 4-5, 4-8 addpnni-node command 1-6 address AINI prefix 3-12 default 3-...