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                    65CNPbk0.book Page 1 Monday, September 13, 1999 1:43 PM[...]

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            Th rougho ut this guide, bloc ks of te x t ma y b e accom panied b y an icon an d prin ted in bold type or in italic type. T hes e blo c ks are notes , notic es, cau tions, and w arni ngs, and the y are us ed as f ollo ws: NO TE[...]

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    iii  Asynch ronous Tra nsfer M ode (ATM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ATM LANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Differen ces Betwe en LANs an d ATM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    iv Saving the Configu ration in the / etc/rc File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Configuri ng the / etc/hosts fil e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Configuri ng Addi tional ATM Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecti ng to an AT M Network . . . . . . [...]

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    Dell P o werV a ult 7x0N Systems — Conne cting to A TM and FDD I Ne tworks 1        ! Th is do cument discus ses th e f ollo win g topic s:  A sync hrono[...]

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    2 Dell P ow e rV ault 7x 0N S y stems — Connect ing to A TM and FDDI Networ ks Y ou can u se A T M in two w ay s on a D ell P ow erV aul t 720N, 7 40N, or 7 60N filer (he reaf- ter ref erred to as a fil er):  A TM local a rea ne twork e mula tion (LANE) , whic h pro vi des the ser vices of a n Ethernet L AN (ELA N) to high er -le ve l netw ork[...]

  • Page 7

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 3   An ELAN consists of the follo wi ng componen ts:  A single LANE service, whi c h itself cons ists of a LAN E mulation Configu ration Ser ver (L ECS), a LAN Em ulatio n Ser v er (L ES), and a Broadcas t and Unkno wn Ser[...]

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    4 Dell P ow e rV ault 7x 0N S y stems — Connect ing to A TM and FDDI Networ ks Within the LANE Ser vice, the LE S is resp onsible f or coordinating th e control fu nc- tions, w hile t he LECS ser ve s network clien ts b y supplyin g ELAN c onfigur ation inf ormati on. Fin ally , the BUS f or ward s broadc ast and multic ast fra mes, and handles u[...]

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    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 5 UNI loa d balanc ing a nd adapt er f ailo v er does not requi re an y config uration. Ho w e v er , y ou ca n statically con figu re or di sable U NI loa d balanc ing, if desi red.  ")) ?[...]

  • Page 10

    6 Dell P ow e rV ault 7x 0N S y stems — Connect ing to A TM and FDDI Networ ks & '  $ (    T o start the configu ration, perf o rm th e f ollo win g step s: 1 . T ype the f ollo win g comma nds to mak e sure the A T M adapt er is func[...]

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    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 7 Y ou might want to no te the unit num ber f or any A TM adapte rs y ou plan to con figure in the near fut ure. Y ou can also perf orm th e adinf o comman d ag ain at any ti me to de ter- mine the cor rect un it numb er . ' ?[...]

  • Page 12

    8 Dell P ow e rV ault 7x 0N S y stems — Connect ing to A TM and FDDI Networ ks Th e abb re viated s ample ou tput (sh o wing uni t 3 onl y) from this com mand i s as fo ll ow s : /01+2%  31431[...]

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    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 9 '  ( '   T o co nfigu re the LE CS addr ess for your A TM ad apt er , use th e elconfig se t comm and. Command s yntax : T h e elcon fi g se t comman d ha s th e following sy nt ax: '?[...]

  • Page 14

    1 0 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works Int er p r eting th e output : V erify that eac h of the ELANs on the network appears in the output , and tha t the LAN T ype and LES A TM addresse s app ear as ex pected . T here should be a s eparate l ine f or eac h co nfigured E LAN on the netwo rk, grou ped a nd ar[...]

  • Page 15

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 1 1   ) T o add the ELA N to the a dapter , use the elcon fig add command . Command s yntax : T h e elcon fi g add comma nd has th e f ollo w ing s yntax: 2  ?[...]

  • Page 16

    1 2 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works F o r more in f ormation a bout the n etmask p arameter and the ifconfig com mand, ref er to the S yste m A dmini strat or an d Comma nd R ef erence Guide . Example : T he f oll o wing co mmand config ures the el0 logical network interf ace, assig ning a cor respon ding[...]

  • Page 17

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 1 3 $(  $#)!    $  "  1 . V erify the co mmunica tion link . 2. Chec k the co nfigurat ion set tings. 3. Chec k the other el ements of the ELAN. 4. Modify[...]

  • Page 18

    1 4 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works Example : T he ab bre viated sampl e output (s ho wing EL ANs o n A dapter 2 only) from this co mmand is as f ol lo ws:           ?[...]

  • Page 19

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 1 5 5%% 88"  ,?[...]

  • Page 20

    1 6 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works B y def ault, all A TM adapt ers are d ynam ically a ssig ned to lo ad balan cing g roups. I n this case, no con figur ation is ne cessary to activ ate the lo ad bala ncing and f ailov er fe a tu r e s .    $&q[...]

  • Page 21

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 1 7 $" .. ! Sa v e the host and IP add ress inf or mation of the ELAN configur ation in the /etc/h osts files. Example : T he following is a samp le po rti on of the /etc/hosts fi le co nt a[...]

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    1 8 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works                !"#$!%&$ & Th is se ction descri[...]

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    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — Connecting to A TM and FDD I Net works 1 9 PV Cs are static; for eac h destina tion, y ou mu st establish (at t ac h the IP lay er to) a PV C ex plic itly and delete (detac h the IP l ay e r from) th e PV C ex plicit ly . F o r eac h destination tha t needs to es tablish a PV C with the filer , y ou must establ[...]

  • Page 24

    20 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works !    # /* . + $  / ! T o establish an inco ming F ORE/IP P V C on the filer , use the f ollo wi ng com mand at th e filer: 2+ ?[...]

  • Page 25

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — C onnec ti ng t o A TM and F DDI Netw or ks 21 T o displa y inf ormation about all th e cur rent FO RE/IP PV Cs, type th e f ollo win g comma nd: 2+ A dis pla y simil ar to t he f ol lo wing appe ars: 2+ ifac e=a5 switc h.po rt=f2 1a24 20.56 vpi .vci= 0.114 aal =5 encap[...]

  • Page 26

    22 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works  & '  ((#  T o connect th e filer to a sing le-at tac h ment FDDI networ k, use a singl e-at tac he d FDDI- TP or fib [...]

  • Page 27

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — C onnec ti ng t o A TM and F DDI Netw or ks 23  (' ((#  1 . T o connect por t A, push a duple x FDD I fiber optic cabl e conne ctor into the ca rd ’ s bot tom co[...]

  • Page 28

    24 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works   ,& +   $ #  $ !        ,&+ &qu[...]

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    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — C onnec ti ng t o A TM and F DDI Netw or ks 25    NAME adconfi g - Conf igurati on tool f or A TM dev ices SY N O P S I S adcon fi g device adcon fi g - p vpi - bits de vice adcon fi g - l on | off device adcon fi g - f sonet | sd h de vice ad[...]

  • Page 30

    26 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works CLUS TER CO NSI DER A TIONS Y ou cannot r un th is co mmand in pa rtner mod e. Interf ace names a re thos e on the li v e filer . ER RORS No such device T h is ind icate s that the speci fied de vice is in v a lid. 65CNPbk0.book Page 26 Monday, September 13, 1999 1:43 PM[...]

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    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — C onnec ti ng t o A TM and F DDI Netw or ks 27 NAME adinfo - Sh ow A TM device in format ion SY N O P S I S adin fo [ -c | d e vice ] DESCRIPTION adin fo is a tool to di splay in formatio n abo ut A TM d evices, or the copyrigh t no tice if the -c option is sp ecified. I f device is giv en, then inf ormat ion a[...]

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    28 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works NAME adstat - Sh o w A T M de vice dri ver statistic s SY N O P S I S adst at [ - poa045d ] device [ inter v al ] DESCRIPTION The ads tat program disp lay s Phy sic al la y er , A TM la yer , A TM A d aptation La y er (AAL) , an d device- spec ifi c cou nt ers ga the red[...]

  • Page 33

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — C onnec ti ng t o A TM and F DDI Netw or ks 29 CS-PDUs Number of P DUs to (in put) or f rom (output) CS-s ubla y er . C S Pro to Number of CS-PDUs receiv ed with p rotocol er rors. Pa y- C R C Number of c ells (AAL 4) or CS-P DUs (AAL 5) receiv ed with b ad pa yload CR C. SARPr oto Number of cells rec eiv ed wi[...]

  • Page 34

    30 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works OPTIONS - p Disp lay phy sical layer sta tist ics. - o Display physical me dia devic e (PMD) e rror st a tist ics. - a Display A TM layer st atisti cs. - 0 Displ a y stati stics abou t “ null ” AAL traf fic. - 4 Displ a y statist ics abou t AAL 4 traf fic. - 5 Displ [...]

  • Page 35

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — C onnec ti ng t o A TM and F DDI Netw or ks 31 NAME atmarp - Manip ulate FO RE/IP Inte rnet-to-A TM address ma pping s SY N O P S I S atma r p [ - N ] hostname atma r p [ - N ] - a atma r p - s hostn ame de vice vpi vci aal [ encapsul ation ] [ peak ] atma r p - l device vpi vc i aal [ de caps ulati on ] atma r[...]

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    32 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works - x Detac h IP from an inc oming S V C or PV C. IP traf fic will no long er be accept ed on the s pecified VPI and V CI. - f Delete all dyn amic address mappi ngs fro m the A TM ARP table and clos e all S witc hed V irt ual Circuits (S V Cs) to all hos ts in the table. N[...]

  • Page 37

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — C onnec ti ng t o A TM and F DDI Netw or ks 33 NAME atmconf ig - FO RE/IP co nfigurat ion tool SY N O P S I S atmc onf ig devi ce atmc onf ig - q peak | of f device atmc onf ig - c vp i vci aal [ pe ak ] d evice atmc onf ig - s vp i vci aal [ pe ak ] d evice DESCRIPTION atmc onf ig is a tool to displ ay and mo [...]

  • Page 38

    34 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works NAME ela rp - D ispl ay s or m anip ula tes MA C-to-A TM addres s ma ppi ngs SY N O P S I S elarp show [ -elan el an | -mac mac ] [ -unit unit ] elarp delet e -all | -elan elan | -mac mac [ -unit uni t ] DESCRIPTION elarp is a tool to dis pla y an d dele te MA C-to-A T M[...]

  • Page 39

    Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N S y stems — C onnec ti ng t o A TM and F DDI Netw or ks 35 % el arp sh o w -al l 8:0: 9:e3:44:d0 8:0: 20:7a: c2:8d 8:0: 20:78:e f:9a at 0x 47 . 00 05.80. f fe 1 00.00 00.f21a.264c.00a0360081da. 00 ELAN =m y_e lan state=v alid addrTT L=1 7 6 vcTT L=922 unit=1 vpi/v ci =0/291 SEE ALSO na_a rp(1 ) 65CNPbk0.book Page 35 Monday[...]

  • Page 40

    36 Dell P owe rV ault 7x0N Sy stems — Connecting t o A TM and FDDI Net works NAME elconfi g - A TM F or um LAN Emul ation config uration tool SY N O P S I S elcon fi g show [ ela n | -aut o | -all | -c onfigur ed | -lecs ] [ -unit unit ] elcon fi g add elan | -auto [ -unit unit ] [ -if interf ace ] [ -les AT M a d d r e s s ] [ -type ether net ] [...]

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