A Physical Interfaces on Acme Packet Platforms

Acme Packet platforms are prepared for operation, including having the software pre-installed, prior to shipment. Refer to each product's hardware installation document for physical chassis installation. The following sections provide technicians with physical interface information that is useful for post-installation cabling.

The Network Interface Units (NIUs) installed on Acme Packet proprietary hardware define the number of interfaces, hardware protocol, and connection speed available for media and signaling traffic. Global operational information on this information is presented immediately below. Platform-specific physical information is presented in the subsequent sections. Use this information to understand these interfaces at a high level and to physically identify them for verification and troubleshooting procedures.

There are two types of physical interfaces on Acme Packet hardware NIUs:

• Media interfaces are on the network interface unit (NIU); they are also referred to as network media ports.
• Management interfaces are also on the NIU; they are also referred to as network management ports.

The first management interface, referred to as wancom0 or eth0, handles device management traffic including:

• SNMP
• SSH
• SFTP
• ACP/XML
• Logs sent from the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller
• The boot file used to boot the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller from a remote file server

The wancom0 interface does not require that the user perform physical or network interface branch configuration procedures within the ACLI. Instead, users configure its address and mask in the platform's boot parameters. Note that wancom0 uses the boot parameter's default gateway setting unless the system-config's default gateway is configured.

Users configure the wancom1 and wancom2 management interfaces for high availability (HA) state replication. For HA, these interfaces are often directly connected by a crossover cable.

Media interfaces handle session signaling and/or session media traffic. Users must perform all media, wancom1 and wancom2 interface configuration at the ACLI.

The table below summarizes the physical interface configuration parameters, which interface they are applicable to, and whether they are required.

Parameter	Network Media Interface	Wancom1 and wancom2 Network Management Interfaces
name	Required	Required
operation-type	Required	Required
port	Required	Required
slot	Required	Required
virtual-mac	Optional	Invalid
admin-state	Required	Invalid
auto-negotiation	Required	Invalid
duplex-mode	Required	Invalid
speed	Required	Invalid
wancom-health-score	Invalid	Optional