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BSS C ONFIGURATION AND U SER G UIDE

4. Select a trunk and click Modify.

The lock or unlock option is automatically selected when you

select a trunk. For example, for a locked trunk, the Unlock

option is selected automatically.

On successful lock or unlock, appropriate message appears.

LNote: You cannot unlock a trunk with usage type free.

3.3.3 Activating Trunkport

You should activate a trunkport before configuring other

MEs of the BSS node. When you add a ME, for example,

BTS or A-Interface link, the trunkport field for these MEs

automatically populates if a trunkport is available and in

active state. If no trunkport is available then the trunkport

field of these MEs has no trunkport entry and you cannot

add them.

Perform the below steps to activate a trunkport:

1. Open the BSS node in the modify mode.

2. Expand Inventory, expand Hardware, and click Chassis.

3. Select a trunkport that you want to activate.

4. Click Activate TrunkPort in the Options panel.

5. Select the desired values of framing option, encode type,

and usage type from the corresponding drop-down lists.

LNotes:

You can change the value of Usage Type field only if trunk

is in locked state and remains independent of physical state.

The key noticeable points are:

• If you want to change usage type of a trunkport, which is

of usage type Abis, to usage type free or AIF then there