Configure the Acme Packet 3900 Physical Interface

Decide the number and type of physical interfaces that you need.

Determine the slot and port numbering that you need to enter for the each physical interface. See the port numbering table.

If you are configuring High Availability (HA), refer to the HA documentation and follow the instructions for setting special parameters in the physical interface configuration.

1. Access the phy-interface configuration element.

   ORACLE# configure terminal
   ORACLE(configure)# system
   ORACLE(system)#phy-interface
   ORACLE(phy-interface)# 
   

2. name—Set a name for the interface using any combination of characters entered without spaces. For example: Internet (for a Fast Ethernet media and signaling interface) or maint0 (for a maintenance interface).
3. admin-state—Leave the administrative state parameter set to enabled to receive and send media and signaling on an interface. Select disabled to prevent media and signaling from being received and sent. The default for this parameter is enabled. Valid values: enabled | disabled
4. operation-type—Select the type of physical interface connection to use. Default: control. Valid values:
   • media—Use to configure media interfaces that carry production traffic.

   • management—Use to configure the management physical interfaces for management protocols and High Availability (HA).

   • control—Also used to configure management physical interfaces.

5. slot—Set the slot number for this physical interface. Refer to the appropriate port numbering reference for the platform.
6. port—Set the port number for this physical interface. Refer to the appropriate port numbering reference for the platform.
7. auto-negotiation—Leave this parameter set to enabled, so that the E-SBC and the device to which it is linked can automatically negotiate the duplex mode and speed for the link.
   When you enable auto-negotiation, the E-SBC begins to negotiate the link to the connected device at the duplex mode you configure. When you disable auto-negotiation, the E-SBC does not engage in a negotiation of the link and operates only at the duplex mode and speed you set.
8. duplex-mode—Set the duplex mode, only when auto-negotiation is disabled. Default:full.
9. speed—Set the speed in Mbps of the physical interfaces; this field is only used if the auto-negotiation field is set to disabled. Default: 100. Valid values: 10 | 100 | 1000.
10. virtual-mac—Refer to E-SBC High Availability (HA) documentation to learn how to set this parameter on an HA interface.
11. Type done to save your configuration.