Cabletron Systems CyberSWITCH CSX150 User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE288 CyberSWITCHAPPLE TALK ROUTING O PTION CONFIGURATION ELEMENTA PPLET ALK OPERATIONAL S TATUSYou can enable or disable the AppleTalk Routing option. When AppleTalk Routing is enabled, theCyberSWITCH acts as an AppleTalk Router, routing AppleTalk datagrams based on AppleTalkaddress information. When AppleTalk Routing is disabled, the CyberSWITCH will simply bridgeAppleTalk protocol network traffic. By default, AppleTalk Routing is disabled.APPLE TALK ROUTING BACKGROUND I NFORMATIONThe CyberSWITCH supports the following AppleTalk protocols:• Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (RTMP)• Name Binding Protocol (NBP)• Zone Information Protocol (ZIP)Using these protocols, the CyberSWITCH AppleTalk Routing option allows remote LAN to LANforwarding of AppleTalk datagrams.When a datagram is to be forwarded to a remote site, the CyberSWITCH will initiate a circuitswitched connection and forward the appropriate datagrams to that remote site. As the linkutilization increases, the CyberSWITCH will make additional connections as required to provide aconsistent level of performance to the device. As link utilization decreases, connections will bereleased.A PPLE T ALK P ORTSCONFIGURING A PPLE TALK PORTSU SING CFGEDIT1. Select AppleTalk Ports from the AppleTalk configuration menu.2. Press 1 to add a port.3. Select the type of port you are adding. Choices are LAN, WAN, WAN (UnNumbered), WAN(Mac Dial In), or WAN (Remote LAN).4. Enter the user-defined port name.5. For a LAN port only: enter the LAN port number.6. Select the AppleTalk network type. Choices are extended or nonextended network.7. Enter either the network range or the network number (depending on AppleTalk network typeconfigured).• For extended networks: enter the range of AppleTalk network numbers. For the LAN porttype, you may enter 0-0 to use the discovery mode.• For nonextended networks: Enter the AppleTalk network number. For the LAN port type,you may enter 0 to use the discovery mode.If the system is in the discovery mode, it is then a non-seed router, in which the system learnsits configuration information from the seed router. Each network must have at least one seedrouter.