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Introduction 45
SmartWare Software Configuration Guide 2 • Configuration concepts
Introduction
This chapter introduces basic SmartWare configuration concepts. A good understanding of these concepts is
vital for the configuration tasks explained in the remaining chapters of this guide.
Patton strongly recommends that you read through this chapter because it introduces the fundamental ideas
behind the structure of the command line interface. Once you understand and know this structure, you will
find it much more intuitive to navigate through the CLI and configure specific features.
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Contexts and gateways (see page 46)
• Interfaces, ports, and bindings (see page 47)
• Profiles and Use commands (see page 48)
Patton SmartNodes are multi-service network devices that offer high flexibility for the inter-working of circuit-
switched and packet-routed networks and services. In order to consistently support a growing set of functions,
protocols, and applications, SmartWare configuration is based on a number of abstract concepts that represent
the various SmartWare components.
Figure 5. Configuration concept overview
Figure 5 shows the various elements of a complete SmartNode configuration. Each of these elements imple-
ments one of the configuration concepts described in this chapter. The figure also shows the relationships and
associations between the different elements. The relations are specified through bind (arrow) and use (bullet-
Ports
Interfaces
Context
Gateway
Serial
PVC
Circuit
VoIP
Profile
NAPT
Profile
ACL
Profile
Context
IP
router
H.323 GW
“h323”
SIP GW
“sip”
Context
CS
switch
Tone-
set
Profile
Telephone port
Telephone port
bind command
bind command
bind
commands
bind command
use command
use command
use
commands
Service
Policy
Profile
Ethernet
use command
bind command
VoIP
Profile
use command
Tone-
set
Profile
use
commands
bind command