Re: (ASCEND) TNT HDLC/modem resource allocation

["William R. Charnock" <charnock@fastlane.net>]

Yikes!! That is a problem I though might happen.  Please let me know if
there is a resolution (I have new TNT's ordered with the Series II modem
cards, and I remember explicitly asking our salesman about this situation
-- I don't remember getting an answer).

--
William Charnock
CTO, FastLane Internet Services
(817)-429-5263
netadmin@fastlane.net

On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Peter Lalor wrote:

> We have a TNT with an HDLC card and a Series II modem card, which also has
> HDLC processors in it. The Series II modem card can handle 48 modem or ISDN
> calls, in any mix, but no more than 48.
> 
> When I set call-routing-sort-method and digital-call-routing-sort-method to
> item-first, the TNT uses up the HDLC processors on the modem card first,
> which causes us to run out of modems while having excessive free HDLC
> processors.
> 
> Setting call-routing-sort-method and digital-call-routing-sort-method to
> slot-first improves things somewhat, as the TNT uses HDLC processors on the
> modem card and the HDLC card equally, but this still causes us to run out
> of modems.
> 
> I'm trying to get the TNT to use the HDLC card for ISDN calls first, then
> rollover to the HDLC processors on the modem card only when the processors
> on the HDLC card are exhausted.
> 
> Ascend implied that this couldn't be done, but somehow I doubt it. My guess
> is that you can do it with a slot-first and call routing, but I don't know
> how.
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks.
> 
> Peter Lalor           Infoasis
> plalor@infoasis.com   http://www.infoasis.com/
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