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Introduction

This introduction covers the following topics:
What is in this guide
What you should know
Related publications
Documentation conventions

What is in this guide

This guide describes how to configure the MAX TNT for network connectivity. It assumes that you have already set up the MAX TNT system (standalone or multishelf), installed the slot cards, and provisioned and tested the lines. If you have not already finished those tasks, please see the MAX TNT Hardware Installation Guide.

Each chapter in the guide focuses on a particular aspect of network configuration. To get the full network connectivity you need, you might need information from only a few chapters, or from many chapters. For example, many dial-in connections require packet routing, either onto a local network or to a next-hop router. In that case, you have to configure both the routing parameters and the encapsulation protocol settings (such as PPP or Frame Relay) that enable the MAX TNT to negotiate a WAN link. So you have to refer to multiple chapters in this guide.

Security issues are covered in the appendixes and in Chapter 9, Ascend Packet Filters.

This guide includes information about hash-code protected features, which may be visible in the command-line interface but are not supported in the system unless the appropriate software option has been purchased from Ascend. To determine whether a feature is disabled in the system software, check the Base profile. For example:

For information about the settings of the Base profile, see the MAX TNT Reference Guide.

What you should know

While this guide attempts to provide enough conceptual framework to enable an administrator who is not an expert in a particular network technology to configure the unit accurately, it does not start from the beginning with any network management topic. Following are the general areas in which it is helpful to have some existing knowledge when configuring the related network capabilities:

Related publications

Additional information is available in the other guides in the MAX TNT documentation set. If you need more background information than these guides provide, many external references are readily available on the Web or in technical bookstores. You'll find a partial list of such references below.

MAX TNT documentation set

The MAX TNT documentation set consists of the following manuals:

Related RFCs

 RFCs are available on the Web at http://ds.internic.net.

Information about PPP connections

For information about PPP connections and authentication, you might want to download one or more of the following:

Information about IP routing

 RFCs that describe the operation of IP routers include:

Information about OSPF routing

 For information about OSPF routing, see:

Information about multicast

 For information about multicast, see:

Information about virtual private networks

 For details about GRE and ATMP, see:

Information about IPX routing

 RFCs that describe the operation of IPX routing across the WAN include:

Information about packet filtering

 RFCs that describe firewalls and packet filters include:

Information about general network security

 RFCs pertinent to network security include:

Information about external authentication

 For information about RADIUS and TACACS authentication, see:

ITU-T recommendations

 ITU-T (formerly CCITT) recommendations are available commercially. You can order them at http://www.itu.ch/publications/.

Related books

The following books are available in technical bookstores.

Documentation conventions

Table 1-1 shows the conventions used in this guide.

Table 1-1. Documentation conventions

Convention

Meaning
Monospace text

 Represents text that appears on your computer's screen, or that could appear on your computer's screen.

Boldface mono-
space text
Represents characters that you enter exactly as shown (unless the characters are also in italics-see Italics, below). If you could enter the characters, but are not specifically instructed to, they do not appear in boldface.

Italics

 Represent variable information. Do not enter the words themselves in the command. Enter the information they represent. In ordinary text, italics are used for titles of publications, for some terms that would otherwise be in quotation marks, and to show emphasis.

[ ]

 Square brackets indicate an optional argument you might add to a command. To include such an argument, type only the information inside the brackets. Do not type the brackets unless they appear in bold type.

|

 Separates command choices that are mutually exclusive.

>

 Points to the next level in the path to a parameter. The parameter that follows the angle bracket is one of the options that appears when you select the parameter that precedes the angle bracket.

Key1-Key2

 Represents a combination keystroke. To enter a combination keystroke, press the first key and hold it down while you press one or more other keys. Release all the keys at the same time. (For example, Ctrl-H means hold down the Control key and press the H key.)

Press Enter

 Means press the Enter, or Return, key or its equivalent on your computer.

Note:

 Introduces important additional information.

Caution:

 Warns that a failure to follow the recommended procedure could result in loss of data or damage to equipment.

Warning:

 Warns that a failure to take appropriate safety precautions could result in physical injury.


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