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Serial Tunnel and Block Serial Tunnel Commands

Serial Tunnel and Block Serial Tunnel Commands

The chapter describes the function and displays the syntax of each serial tunnel (STUN) and block serial tunnel (BSTUN) command. For more information about defaults and usage guidelines, see the corresponding chapter of the Bridging and IBM Networking Command Reference.

bsc char-set

Use the bsc char-set interface configuration command to specify the character set used by the Bisync support feature in this serial interface as either EBCDIC or ASCII. Use the no form of this command to cancel the character set specification.

bsc char-set {ascii | ebcdic}
no bsc char-set {ascii | ebcdic}
ascii ASCII character set.
ebcdic EBCDIC character set.

bsc contention

Use the bsc contention interface configuration command to specify that the Bisync link connected to the serial interface is a point-to-point Bisync station. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc contention
no bsc contention

bsc pause

Use the bsc pause interface configuration command to specify the interval to the tenth of a second, between the start of a polling cycle. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc pause time
no bsc pause time
time Interval in tenths of a second. The default value is 10 (1 second). The maximum time is 25.5 seconds.

bsc poll-timeout

Use the bsc poll-timeout interface configuration command to specify the polling timeout to the tenth of a second. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc poll-timeout time
no bsc poll-timeout time
time Time in tenths of a second. The default value is 10 (1 second).

bsc primary

Use the bsc primary interface configuration command to specify that the router is acting as the primary end of the Bisync link connected to the serial interface, and that the attached remote devices are Bisync tributary stations. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc primary
no bsc primary

bsc retries

Use the bsc retries interface configuration command to specify the number of retries performed before a device is considered to have failed. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc retries retries
no bsc retries retries
retries Number of retries before a device fails. The default is 5.

bsc secondary

Use the bsc secondary interface configuration command to specify that the router is acting as the secondary end of the Bisync link connected to the serial interface, and the attached remote device is a Bisync control station. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc secondary
no bsc secondary

bsc servlim

Use the bsc servlim interface configuration command to specify the number of cycles of the active poll list that are performed between polls to control units in the inactive poll list. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc servlim servlim-count
no bsc servlim servlim-count
servlim-count Number of cycles. The range is 1 to 50. The default is 3.

bsc spec-poll

Use the bsc spec-poll interface configuration command to set specific specific polls, rather than general polls, used on the host-to-router connection. Use the no form of this command to cancel the specification.

bsc spec-poll
no spec-poll

bstun group

Use the bstun group interface configuration command to specify the BSTUN group to which the interface belongs. Use the no form of this command to remove the interface from the BSTUN group.

bstun group group-number
no bstun group group-number
group-number BSTUN group to which the interface belongs.

bstun keepalive-count

Use the bstun keepalive-count global configuration command to define the number of times to attempt a peer connection before declaring the peer connection to be down. Use the no form of this command to cancel the definition.

bstun keepalive-count count
no bstun keepalive-count  
count Number of connection attempts. The range is between 2 and 10 retries.

bstun peer-name

Use the bstun peer-name global configuration command to enable the block serial tunneling function. Use the no form of this command to disable the function.

bstun peer-name ip-address
no bstun peer-name ip-address
ip-address Address by which this BSTUN peer is known to other BSTUN peers that are using the TCP transport.

bstun protocol-group

Use the bstun protocol-group global configuration command to define a BSTUN group and the protocol it uses. Use the no form of this command to delete the BSTUN group.

bstun protocol-group group-number {bsc | bsc-local-ack}
no bstun protocol-group group-number {bsc | bsc-local-ack}  
group-number BSTUN group number. Valid numbers are decimal integers in the range 1 to 255.
bsc Enables Bisync passthrough.
bsc-local-ack Enables local acknowledgment of Bisync frames.

bstun remote-peer-keepalive

Use the bstun remote-peer-keepalive global configuration command to enable detection of the loss of a peer. Use the no form of this command to disable detection.

bstun remote-peer-keepalive seconds
no bstun remote-peer-keepalive
seconds Keepalive interval, in seconds. The range is 1 to 300 seconds.

bstun route

Use the bstun route interface configuration command to define how frames will be forwarded from a BSTUN interface to a remote BSTUN peer. Use the no form of this command to cancel the definition.

bstun route {all | address address-number} {tcp ip-address | interface serial number} [direct]
no bstun route {all | address address-number} {tcp ip-address | interface serial number}
[
direct]
all All BSTUN traffic received on the input interface is propagated, regardless of the address contained in the serial frame.
address Serial frame that contains a specific address is propagated.
address-number For Bisync protocols, address number is the poll address.
tcp TCP encapsulation is used to propagate frames that match the entry.
ip-address IP address of the remote BSTUN peer.
interface serial HDLC encapsulation is used to propagate the serial frames.
number Serial line to an appropriately configured router on the other end.
direct (Optional) Specified interface is also a direct BSTUN link, rather than a serial connection to another peer.

encapsulation bstun

Use the encapsulation bstun interface configuration command to configure BSTUN on a particular serial interface. Use the no form of this command to disable the BSTUN function on the interface.

encapsulation bstun
no encapsulation bstun

encapsulation stun

Use the encapsulation stun interface configuration command to enable STUN encapsulation on a specified serial interface.

encapsulation stun

locaddr-priority-list

Use the locaddr-priority-list interface configuration command to establish queuing priorities based upon the address of the logical unit (LU). Use the no form of this command to cancel all previous assignments.

locaddr-priority-list list-number address-number queue-keyword
no locaddr-priority-list  
list-number Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the LU address priority list.
address-number Value of the LOCADDR= parameter on the LU macro, which is a 1-byte address of the LU in hexadecimal.
queue-keyword Priority queue type: high, medium, normal, or low.

priority-group

Use the priority-group interface configuration command to assign a priority group to an interface. Use the no form of this command to remove assignments.

priority-group list-number
no priority-group list-number
list-number Priority list number assigned to the interface.

priority-list protocol bstun

Use the priority-list protocol bstun global configuration command to establish BSTUN queuing priorities based on the BSTUN header. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

priority-list list-number protocol bstun queue [gt | lt packetsize]
[
address bstun-group bsc-addr]
no priority-list list-number protocol bstun queue [gt | lt packetsize]
[
address bstun-group bsc-addr]
list-number Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.
queue Priority queue type: high, medium, normal, or low.
gt | lt packetsize (Optional) Output interface examines header information and packet size and places packets with the BSTUN header that match criteria (gt or lt specified packet size) on specified output.
address bstun-group bsc-addr (Optional) Output interface examines header information and Bisync address and places packets with the BSTUN header that match Bisync address on the specified output queue.

priority-list protocol ip tcp

Use the priority-list protocol ip tcp global configuration command to establish BSTUN or STUN queuing priorities based on the TCP port. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

priority-list list-number protocol ip queue tcp tcp-port-number
no priority-list list-number protocol ip queue tcp tcp-port-number  
list-number Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.
queue Priority queue type: high, medium, normal, or low.
tcp-port-number BSTUN port and priority settings are as follows:
High - BSTUN port 1976
Medium - BSTUN port 1977
Normal - BSTUN port 1978
Low - BSTUN port 1979
STUN port and priority settings are as follows:
High - STUN port 1994
Medium - STUN port 1990
Normal - STUN port 1991
Low - STUN port 1992

priority-list stun address

Use the priority-list stun address global configuration command to establish STUN queuing priorities based on the address of the serial link. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

priority-list list-number stun queue address group-number address-number
no priority-list list-number stun queue-keyword address group-number address-number  
list-number Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.
queue Priority queue type: high, medium, normal, or low.
group-number Group number that is used in the stun group command.
address-number Address of the serial link. For an SDLC link, the format is a 1-byte hex value (for example, C1). For a non-SDLC link, the address format can be specified by the stun schema command.

queue-list protocol bstun

Use the queue-list protocol bstun global configuration command to customize BSTUN queuing priorities based on the BSTUN header. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

queue-list list-number protocol bstun queue [gt | lt packetsize]
[
address bstun-group bsc-addr]
no queue-list list-number protocol bstun queue [gt | lt packetsize]
[
address bstun-group bsc-addr]
list-number Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.
queue Priority queue type: high, medium, normal, or low.
gt | lt packetsize (Optional) Output interface examines header information and packet size and places packets with the BSTUN header that match criteria (gt or lt specified packet size) on specified output.
address bstun-group bsc-addr (Optional) Output interface examines header information and Bisync address and places packets with the BSTUN header that match Bisync address on the specified output queue.

queue-list protocol ip tcp

Use the queue-list protocol ip tcp global configuration command to customize BSTUN queuing priorities based on the TCP port. Use the no form of this command to revert to normal priorities.

queue-list list-number protocol ip queue tcp tcp-port-number
no queue-list list-number protocol ip queue tcp tcp-port-number  
list-number Arbitrary integer between 1 and 10 that identifies the priority list selected by the user.
queue Priority queue type: high, medium, normal, or low.
tcp-port-number BSTUN port and priority settings are as follows:
High - BSTUN port 1976
Medium - BSTUN port 1977
Normal - BSTUN port 1978
Low - BSTUN port 1979
STUN port and priority settings are as follows:
High - STUN port 1994
Medium - STUN port 1990
Normal - STUN port 1991
Low - STUN port 1992

sdlc virtual-multidrop

Use the sdlc virtual-multidrop interface configuration command to allow SDLC broadcast address FF to be replicated for each of the STUN peers, so each of the end stations receive the broadcast frame. Use the no form of this command to disable the SDLC broadcast feature.

sdlc virtual-multidrop
no sdlc virtual-multidrop

show bsc

Use the show bsc privileged EXEC command to display statistics about the interfaces on which Bisync is configured.

show bsc [group bstun-group-number] [address address-list]  
bstun-group-number BSTUN group number. Valid numbers are decimal integers in the range 1 to 255.
address-list List of poll addresses.

show bstun

Use the show bstun privileged EXEC command to display the current status of STUN connections.

show bstun [group bstun-group-number] [address address-list]  
bstun-group-number BSTUN group number. Valid numbers are decimal integers in the range 1 to 255.
address-list List of poll addresses.

show stun

Use the show stun privileged EXEC command to display the current status of STUN connections.

show stun

stun group

Use the stun group interface configuration command to place each STUN-enabled interface on a router in a previously defined STUN group. Use the no form of this command to remove an interface from a group.

stun group group-number
no stun group group-number
group-number Integer in the range 1 to 255.

stun keepalive-count

Use the stun keepalive-count global configuration command to define the number of times to attempt a peer connection before declaring the peer connection to be down. Use the no form of this command to cancel the definition.

stun keepalive-count count
no stun keepalive-count  
count Number of connection attempts. The range is between 2 and 10 retries.

stun peer-name

Use the stun peer-name global configuration command to enable STUN for an IP address. Use the no form of this command to disable STUN for an IP address.

stun peer-name ip-address
no stun peer-name ip-address
ip-address IP address by which this STUN peer is known to other STUN peers.

stun protocol-group

Use the stun protocol-group global configuration command to create a protocol group. Use the no form of this command to remove an interface from the group.

stun protocol-group group-number {basic | sdlc [sdlc-tg] | schema}
no stun protocol-group  
group-number Integer in the range 1 to 255.
basic Indicates a non-SDLC protocol.
sdlc Indicates an SDLC protocol.
sdlc-tg (Optional) Identifies the group as part of an SNA transmission group.
schema Indicates a custom protocol.

stun remote-peer-keepalive

Use the stun remote-peer-keepalive global configuration command to enable detection of the loss of a peer. Use the no form of this command to disable detection.

stun remote-peer-keepalive seconds
no stun remote-peer-keepalive
seconds Keepalive interval, in seconds. The range is 1 to 300 seconds. The default is 30 seconds.

stun route address interface dlci

Use the stun route address interface dlci interface configuration command to configure direct Frame Relay encapsulation between STUN peers with SDLC local acknowledgment. Use the no form of this command to disable the configuration.

stun route address sdlc-addr interface frame-relay-port dlci number localsap local-ack
no stun route address
sdlc-addr interface frame-relay-port dlci number localsap local-ack
sdlc-addr Address of the serial interface.
frame-relay-port Port number.
number Data-link connection identifier (DLCI) number.
localsap Local connecting SAP.
local-ack Enable local acknowledgment.

stun route address interface serial

Use the stun route address interface serial interface configuration command to forward all HDLC traffic on a serial interface. Use the no form of this command to disable this method of HDLC encapsulation.

stun route address address-number interface serial number [direct]
no stun route address address-number interface serial number
address-number Address of the serial interface.
number Number assigned to the serial interface.
direct (Optional) Forwards all HDLC traffic on a direct STUN link.

stun route address tcp

Use the stun route address tcp global configuration command to specify TCP encapsulation and optionally establish SDLC local acknowledgment (SDLC Transport) for STUN. Use the no form of this command to disable this method of TCP encapsulation.

stun route address address-number tcp ip-address [local-ack] [priority] [tcp-queue-max]
no stun route address address-number tcp ip-address [local-ack] [priority][tcp-queue-max]
address-number Number that conforms to TCP addressing conventions.
ip-address IP address by which this STUN peer is known to other STUN peers that are using the TCP as the STUN encapsulation.
local-ack (Optional) Enables local acknowledgment for STUN.
priority (Optional) Establishes the four levels used in priority queuing: low, medium, normal, and high.
tcp-queue-max (Optional) Sets the maximum size of the outbound TCP queue for the SDLC link.

stun route all interface serial

Use the stun route all interface serial interface configuration command to encapsulate and forward all STUN traffic using HDLC encapsulation on a serial interface.

stun route all interface serial number [direct]
number Number assigned to the serial interface.
direct (Optional) Indicates that the specified interface is also a direct STUN link, rather than a serial connection to another peer.

stun route all tcp

Use the stun route all tcp interface configuration command with TCP encapsulation to forward all STUN traffic on an interface regardless of what address is contained in the serial frame.

stun route all tcp ip-address
ip-address IP address by which this remote STUN peer is known to other STUN peers. Use the address that identifies the remote STUN peer that is connected to the far serial link.

stun schema offset length format

Use the stun schema offset length format global configuration command to define a protocol other than SDLC for use with STUN. Use the no form of this command to disable the new protocol.

stun schema name offset constant-offset length address-length format format-keyword
no stun schema name offset constant-offset length address-length format format-keyword
name Name that defines your protocol. It can be up to 20 characters in length.
constant-offset Constant offset, in bytes, for the address to be found in the frame.
address-length Length in one of the following formats: decimal (4 bytes), hexadecimal (8 bytes), or octal (4 bytes).
format-keyword Format to be used to specify and display addresses for routes on interfaces that use this STUN protocol. The allowable format keywords are decimal (0 to 9), hexadecimal (0 to F), and octal (0 to 7).

stun sdlc-role primary

Use the stun sdlc-role primary interface configuration command to assign the router the role of SDLC primary node. Primary nodes poll secondary nodes in a predetermined order.

stun sdlc-role primary

stun sdlc-role secondary

Use the stun sdlc-role secondary interface configuration command to assign the router the role of SDLC secondary node. Secondary nodes respond to polls sent by the SDLC primary by transmitting any outgoing data they may have.

stun sdlc-role secondary

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