Cabletron Systems 1800 Switch User Manual


 
Chapter 10
Configuring BSC Interactive
Introduction
The SmartSwitch 1800 supports ports configured for BSC (binary synchronous com-
munication) Interactive, which connects IBM 3270 hosts to remote CUs (control
units) (via HPAD-TPAD communication) over frame relay or X.25.
BSC Interactive support includes:
Full-duplex line control
Point-to-point and multipoint operation on BSC Interactive ports
Autocall from BSC Interactive TPAD port
Each BSC Interactive HPAD supports up to 16 remote TPADs simultaneously
Each TPAD supports up to 32 CUs per multidrop line
Required Configuration
To run BSC Interactive in a SmartSwitch 1800, make sure the following are properly
configured:
Node parameters (Chapter 4). This is general configuration that must be done
no matter which protocols will be run in the node.
Loaded protocols (Chapter 5): BSC Interactive, as well as frame relay or X.25
if BSC will be transported over one of those.
Frame relay (Chapter 7) or X.25 (Chapter 8) port(s) that will connect to a
network or frame relay PVC.
Logical X.25 (Chapter 8), if BSC will be encapsulated for transmission over
frame relay.
BSC Interactive port(s) (page 10-2) that will connect to the user devices.
Subscriber IDs (page 10-8), which identifiy user devices to each other and the
SmartSwitch.