Specifications
Chapter  4 Configuration  Installation and Operation Manual 
4-14 Configuring Optimux-34 for Operation  Optimux-34 Ver. 2.81 
Field Description  Possible Values  Visibility 
Rate Limit  Limits the rate of the USER-ETH port. 
0 Mbps 
6 Mbps 
12 Mbps 
18 Mbps 
24 Mbps 
Always 
Alarms  Masks USER-ETH alarms. 
Masked 
Unmasked 
Always 
3.  Select values for all the fields. 
4.  To choose the bandwidth of the USER-ETH port, select Rate Limit. 
The Rate Limit menu appears. 
Configuration>Physical Layer>Ethernet>Rate Limit
 1. 0 Mbps 
 2. 8 Mbps 
 3. 16 Mbps 
 4. 24 Mbps 
 5. 32 Mbps 
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4-15. Rate Limit Menu 
5.  Select Alarms to mask or unmask the Fast Ethernet alarms. 
6.   Select Fault propagation to toggle between On and Off. 
When fault propagation is On: if the active E3 port is at sync loss, frame loss, 
or AIS status, the USER-ETH port is shut down. 
When fault propagation is Off: faults will not be propagated. 
In order to establish connection between the Ethernet USER ports of two 
Optimux-34 units, it is necessary to disable an appropriate number of E1 ports 
according to the required connection bandwidth of the Ethernet link, starting from 
the first E1 port. To enable the Ethernet USER port, you must disable the first E1 
ports, 1 to X. (1-4, 1-8, 1-12 or 1-16) according to the required bandwidth. 
Configuring the E3 Port 
³  To configure the E3 port: 
1.  From the Configuration menu, select Physical Layer> E3. 
The E3 menu is displayed. 
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