Installation Manual

Quidway SessionEngine2200 Session Border Controller Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Chapter 4 Booting the SE2200 ............................................................................................. 4-1

4.1 Booting the SE2200 ................................................................................................... 4-1
4.1.1 Establishing Configuration Environment ............................................................ 4-1
4.1.2 Powering on the SE2200 .................................................................................. 4-5
4.1.3 Booting Process............................................................................................... 4-6
4.2 Configuration Fundamentals ....................................................................................... 4-8
4.2.1 Basic Configuration Proc edures ........................................................................ 4-8
4.2.2 Command Line Interface .................................................................................. 4-9
4.2.3 Slot Arrangement and Interface Numbering Rules ............................................ 4-10
4.3 Soft ware Maintenance ............................................................................................. 4-10

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Chapter 4 Booting the SE2200

4.1 Booting the SE2200

4.1.1 Establishing Configuration Environment

I. Connecting the SE2200 to a Console Terminal

To set up the local configuration environment, the RJ-45 connector of the console
cable needs to be connected to the console port on the SE2200, and the DB-25
connector or DB -9 connector to the serial port of a PC, as shown in Figure 4-1.

SE2200

RS-232 Serial
PC

Console port
Console cable

Figure 4-1 Local configuration through the console port

II. Setting the Parameters of the Console Terminal

Step 1: Start the console terminal and set up a connection.

If the configuration is performed through a PC, the terminal emulation program (such
as Terminal of Windows3.1 and HyperTerminal of Windows98/2000/ XP/NT) should be
run in the P C to set up a connection. As shown in Figure 4-2, enter a name for the new
connection and press the <OK> button.

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Figure 4-2 New connection

Step 2: Set terminal parameters.

Parameters of the HyperTerminal of Windows98 are set as follows:

 Select a connection port. While implementing the local configuration, select the
serial port to be connected in the Connect using box, as shown in Figure 4-3.
Please not e that the selected COM serial port should be consistent with the
actual serial port connected by the console cable.

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Figure 4-3 Setting the connection port in the local configuration

 Set serial port parameters. As shown in Figure 4-4, in the properties dialog box of
the serial port, the parameters are set as follows: Baud rate 9600, Data bits 8,
Parity check None, Stop bits 1, and Flow control None. Click the <OK> button to
return to the HyperTerminal interface.

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Figure 4-4 Serial port parameter settings

 Set HyperTerminal properties. Select [Property/Settings] on the HyperTerminal

interface to display the property setting window, shown as Figure 4-5. Select
“VT100” or “A uto det ect” as the emulation type, press <OK> and return to the
HyperTerminal interface.

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Figure 4-5 Terminal type settings

4.1.2 Powering on the SE2200

I. Checking before Power-on

Perform the following check items before powering on the SE2200:

 Whether the power cable and PGND wire are correctly connec ted.
 Whether the voltage of the power supply complies with the requirement of the
SE2200.
 Whether the console cable is correctly connected.
 Whether the PC or terminal for configuration is started.
 Whether the settings are done.

Warning:

Before s witching on the power, locate the power switch in the equipment room, so that,
in case of an electrical accident, power can be quickly turned off.

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II. Powering on the SE2200

Turn on the power switch of the SE2200.

III. Checking/Operating after Power-on

After powering on the SE2200, you must check:

 Whether the LEDs on the front panel are normal.

For the meaning of indicators under the normal operation, please refer t o “1. 4 General
Modules”.
 Whether the console terminal display is normal.

For the local configuration, the booting interface is displayed on the console terminal
after the SE2200 has been powered on (refer to “4.1.3 Booting Process”).

When booting (P OS T) is done, press <Enter>. After the command line prompts
“<Quidway>”, you can start the configuration.

4.1.3 Booting Process

I. Self-test on SDRAM

During the process of powering on the SE2200 or resetting the SE2200, the console
terminal yields the following output first:

Do you want to go on checking sdram? Yes or not (Y/N)

This information asks if you want to check the SDRAM. If you press <N>, the system
will skip the SDRAM checking.

 Note:
The SDRAM checking is the responsibility of testing personnel. It consumes a lot of
time. Generally, it is skipped. Normally, it takes about 8 seconds to check the 32 M
memory, so on and so forth. Press <y> within two seconds after the prompt appears,
and you can start the SDRAM checking. If the SDRAM is normal, the system yields
the following output:
test SDRAM...OK
If you do not press any key, the system responds the default setting (N/n) five
seconds later and exits from the SDRAM self-test.

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II. Displaying System Information

And then, the following information is displayed on the screen:

*******************************************************
* *
* Quidway SessionEngine2200 Bootrom, Ver 2.13 *
* *
*******************************************************
Copyright(C) 2001-2005 by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
Creation date: Nov 10 2003, 13:15:42
CPU type : IBM750FX
CPU L2 Cache : 512KB
CPU Clock Speed : 733MHz
Memory Size : 256MB
Press Ctrl+B to enter boot menu... 4

If you press <Ctrl+B> within 4 seconds, the system will ent er the B oot ROM menu. The
BootROM menu provides application program downloading and executing. If you do
not press <Ctrl+B>, the system will take the next step.

 Note:

The system provides the BootROM master system aut omatic updating function.
Before executing an application program, if it finds the BootROM master system
version is different from the one recorded in the BootROM chip, it will automat ically
update the B oot ROM master system and reset it. The following information is
displayed:
Update Boot rom...done!
system will reboot...

III. Selecting Booting Device and Downloading Application Programs

If you do not press <Ctrl+B>, the BootROM program will automatically select a
booting device according to the user’s configuration and read application files from
the device into the SDRAM. If the user configures to boot from the Flash, the terminal
screen will yield the following information:

Booting from Flash...

Loading from Flash...done

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IV. Decompressing the Application Program

If the application files read into the SDRAM pass the checking, they will be
decompressed. And the terminal screen displays the following information:
Decompress Image..................................OK!

V. Initializing the System

After the decompression, the BootROM program ends and the decompressed
application will be executed. The terminal screen displays the following information:
Decompress Image... OK!
Starting at 0x100000...
line Con 0 is available.
Press ENTER to get started.

The above information indicates that the system initialization has been done and the
SE2200 operates normally. You can press <Enter> to ent er the command line and
start configuring the SE2200. After you press <Enter>, the terminal screen displays
the following information:
<Quidway>
%1/9/2002 16:23:18-EXEC-5-LOGIN: Console login from Console0/0/0

4.2 Configuration Fundamentals

4.2.1 Basic Configuration Procedures

In general, the configuration steps are as follows:

Step 1: Before configuring the SE2200, the networking requirements have to be

made specific and detail. They include net working purpose, the role of the SE2200 in
the net work, the division of subnets, the type of t he WAN and transmission medium,
the network security policy and reliability.

Step 2: Based on the above requirements, draw a clear and detailed net working
diagram.

Step 3: Configure the hardware interface of the SE2200. First, configure the physical
operating parameters (such as synchronous/asynchronous serial interface, baud rate
and synchronous clock) of the port according to the transmission medium of the WAN.
Second, configure the link lay er prot ocol encapsulat ed on the port and the related
operating parameters according to the type of the WAN.

Step 4: Configure the IP addresses of all the interfaces of the SE2200 according to
the division of the subnets.

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Step 5: Configure the routes.

Step 6: If there is any special security requirement, perform the security configuration
for the SE2200.

Step 7: If there is any special reliability requirement, perform the reliability

configuration for the SE2200.

Refer to Quidway SessionEngine2100/2200 Session Border Controllers Operation

Manual for detailed introduction of the protocols or function configuration of the
SE2200.

4.2.2 Command Line Interface

I. Characteristics of the Command Line Interface

The command line interfac es provided by the SE2200 include a series of

configuration commands, through which you can configure and manage the SE2200.
The command line interfac e has the following features:
 Performs the loc al configuration through the console port.
 Performs the local or remote configuration through the Telnet command, which
can be used to directly log on to and manage other SE2200s.
 Users can enter <?> at any time to get online help.
 Provides prompt and help information in Chinese for national users’
convenience.
 Provides network diagnostic tools, such as Trac ert and Ping, to quickly diagnose
the availability of the net work.
 Provides all kinds of detailed debugging information to diagnose network faults.
 The command line interpreter adopts fuzzy search for the keywords of the
command. Any conflict-free keyword will be interpret ed. For example, for the
display command, you can just enter di s.

II. Command Line Interface

The SE2200 command line interface provides a rich set of configuration commands,
which are grouped in system view. E ach group corresponds to a view. (Please refer to
Quidway SessionEngine2100/2200 Session Border Controllers Operation Manual for
details.) You can switch between different views through commands. Normally, only
some specific commands can be executed in a certain view, although some common
commands (such as ping, and display current-configuration) can be used in every
view.

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4.2.3 Slot Arrangement and Interface Numbering Rules

The SE2200 s upports various interfaces, such as console, AUX and Ethernet
interfaces. These interfaces are configured in the order of sequence numbers.
1) Slot arrangement

Figure 4-6 SE2200 slot arrangement

2) Interface numbering rules

SE2200 interfaces are numbered based on the following rules:

 The interfaces are numbered in the int erface-type X/0/Z format, in which,
interface specifies the interface type (such as Ethernet), X specifies the slot
number, and Z specifies the interface sequence number.
 As shown in the above figure, different interfaces of an interface module share
the same slot number X.
 For every interface, Z starts from 0 and Z indicates the interface sequence (from
left to right) on the interface module.

For example, 1FE and 2FE modules are installed in slot1 and slot 2 of the SE2200
respectively. The Ethernet ports are arranged as follows:
 Fixed Ethernet ports are Ethernet 0/0/0 and Ethernet 0/0/1.
 Ethernet port of 1FE module is Ethernet 1/0/0.
 Ethernet ports of 2FE module are Ethernet 2/0/0 and Ethernet 2/0/1.

E very interface is configured in special view. For details, refer to Quidway

SessionEngine2100/2200 Session Border Controllers Operation Manual.

4.3 Software Maintenance

Huawei independently develops the SE2200 software according to users’

requirements. Its maintenance is implemented through small BootROM menu and
main Boot ROM menu. The small Boot ROM menu is to upgrade and boot the

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BootROM master system and the main Boot ROM menu is to download and start
application programs. There are t wo ways to upgrade the Boot ROM master system,
XModem or Ethernet port, in which XModem can be also used to upgrade VRP
application programs. For the details about the software upgrade and backup, refer to
Quidway SessionEngine2200 Session Border Controller Release Notes.

Caution:

Do not upgrade the SE2200 soft ware at will. If the upgrade is necessary, it is
recommended to perform it under the guidance of the technical support personnel.

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