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Appendix B
Field
LEC Status
LEC to LES assignment
LEC-LES assignment
LECS ATM Address
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Description
The management LEC can have the following
status messages:
• Initial state - Indicates that the management
LEC in not currently connected to a LECS.
• LECS connect phase - Indicates that the
management LEC is trying to set up an SVC to
a LECS.
• Configuration phase - Indicates that the
management LEC has sent a configuration
request to the LECS and is waiting for a
response.
• Join phase - Indicates that the management
LEC is joining the ELAN.
• Initial registration - Indicates that the
management LEC is registering its MAC
address and ATM address with the LES.
• Connecting to the BUS - Indicates that the
management LEC is connecting to a bus.
• Operational - Indicates that the
management LEC is fully active.
The algorithm according to which the LECS decides
which LES's address to give a LEC. This is only used
if the registration type is set to distributed.
• By Longest - The LECS supplies the LES
address that best matches the ATM address of
the LEC.
• By Equal (Round Robin) - The LEC is
assigned to the next distributed LES address in
sequence (each distributed LES is used in
turn). This is also known as Round Robin.
• By Group - Each distributed LES on the
ELAN is assigned a group address. It is this
address that is returned to every LEC by the
LECS. When this option is selected, you must
supply the Group LES Address, a 20 byte
unique address.
The method by which a LEC is assigned to a LES.
Possible methods are:
• By longest address match
• By group LES address
• By round robin
The ATM address advertised by the LECS.
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