Required Configuration - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual

Required Configuration

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Avoid configuring parallel Bridge/LLC2 frame relay links
between two FRX nodes if one path is in native LLC2 format and
the other in some other format. Since the same interfaces are
used for both protocols and the spanning tree will eliminate dual
paths for bridged traffic only, a loop can be created, causing a
node failure.
Bridging is not supported by the IBM Token Ring card. (The currently
available Token Ring card is by SMC, which does support Bridging.)
To configure a Bridge in a Netlink FRX4000 or FRX6000, you must first configure
the following in the node's database:
Node parameters. See Chapter 3. This is general configuration that must be done
no matter which protocols will be run in the node.
Line Processor(s) that will contain the interface(s) to the user device(s), network
and/or frame relay PVC, plus Line Interface Card(s) supporting the ports that
will be the interfaces. See Chapter 4.
Protocols: Bridging, frame relay, and any others that will be transmitted over the
frame relay link. See Chapter 4.
LAN interface(s) that will connect to any attached LAN(s). See Chapter 4.
Frame relay port(s) that will connect to the network and/or frame relay PVC.
See Chapter 5 and Chapter 6.
Bridge parameters, described later in this chapter.
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