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ATM Port Redundancy Configuration Screen
3-30 Local Management
3.9.1 Configuring an APIM
To configure an APIM to use custom settings, perform the following steps:
1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Physical Port field.
2. Press the SPACE bar to select APIM 1 ([1]) or APIM 2 ([2]).
3. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Statistics field.
4. Press the SPACE bar to toggle between OFF and ON until the desired setting displays.
5. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Alarms field.
6. Press the SPACE bar to toggle between OFF and ON until the desired setting displays.
7. If the APIM being configured supports SONET or SDH perform the following substeps:
a. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Transmission Type field.
b. Press the SPACE bar to toggle between SONET and SDH until the desired setting displays.
8. Use the arrow keys to highlight the SAVE command at the bottom of the screen.
9. Press ENTER. The changes are saved to memory.
3.10 ATM PORT REDUNDANCY CONFIGURATION SCREEN
The ATM Port Redundancy Configuration screen allows the user to perform the following tasks:
• To enable or disable the automatic redundancy check feature of the VHSIM2-A6DP.
• Set which port (APIM) is the primary port of the VHSIM2-A6DP.
• To set the VHSIM2-A6DP to either automatically activate the redundant port if a problem is
detected with the primary port, or to wait until the user performs this task manually.
• To set the VHSIM2-A6DP to either automatically reactivate the primary port after any problems
have been resolved, or to wait until the user performs this task manually.
• Set the time at which the VHSIM2-A6DP will test the redundancy status of the APIMs installed
in the VHSIM2-A6DP.
• View the results of APIM redundancy tests.
• Set the interval at which the VHSIM2-A6DP will perform APIM redundancy tests.
• Test the ports manually, without having to wait for the periodic test time to elapse.