Appletalk Interface Define - 3Com 4007 Command Reference Manual

appletalk interface
define
Layer 2
Switching
Modules
Multilayer
Switching
Modules
Defines an AppleTalk interface on a Multilayer Switching Module.
Valid Minimum Abbreviation
ap i def
Important Considerations
An AppleTalk interface defines the relationship between a virtual LAN
(VLAN) and an AppleTalk network:
Every AppleTalk interface has one VLAN associated with it.
For routing purposes, you define a range of network numbers that
are assigned to the AppleTalk interface. Example:
You can configure the interface to be a seed or nonseed interface:
Seed interface — Initializes ("seeds") the network with your
configuration information. This information includes the network
range and zone name list.
Nonseed interface — Listens for a seed router and then takes the
zone and network range information from the first seed interface
that it detects. After a nonseed interface obtains this information,
it can participate in AppleTalk routing.
Before you define the AppleTalk interface, you must define a VLAN
and select AppleTalk as a protocol that the VLAN supports.
Clients that have not been configured to use a particular zone use the
default zone name.
You can enter up to 16 zone names per interface.
Options
Prompt Description
Seed Whether an interface is
Interface configured as an AppleTalk
seed (y) or non-seed interface
(n).
Start of Start of the network range that
network is associated with the seed
range interface. Seed interfaces only.
End of End of the network range that
network is associated with the seed
range interface. Seed interfaces only.
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Possible Values [Default]
n (no) y (factory
default), or
y (yes)
current value
1 – 65279 –
1 – 65279 Value specified
for start of
network range,
or current value
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