Frx6000; Rlps And Protocols; Lan Card Parameters On Frx4000 - Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX4000 User Manual

LAN Card Parameters
Locally Admin. MAC Addr
Ring Speed

FRX6000

RLPs and Protocols

Configuring Cards and Protocols
This screen is called
is shared with the FRX6000 and 9W004, both of which contain one or
(FRX6000 only) two LAN cards.
Table 5-2 LAN Card Parameters on FRX4000
Parameter
Locally Admin. MAC Addr
1
Ring Speed
Token Ring FRX4000 only.
1
is a MAC address that will override the universally administered MAC address. If all
zeros are specified, the universal address will be used. Under most circumstances, this
parameter should be left at the default setting.
specifies the speed of the ring to which the port will connect.
The RLP file contains this information for each RLP in an FRX6000:
RLP number and status (Installed, Configured).
Amount of memory installed (4MB or 8MB).
Type(s) of Line Interface Card(s).
Configured and loaded protocols. A newly added protocol is displayed as
until the node is rebooted, at which time the protocol will be displayed
figured
as .
Loaded
To access the RLP screens, press
To display a list of installed RLPs, interface cards, and protocols, press
Configuration Menu. (If an RLP is displayed as
for the RLP, but the card does not physically exist in the node.) When an FRX6000 is
booted, the software reads the configuration of all installed RLPs, Line Interface
Cards, and on-board memory. This information will then be read into the display.
To display a table of memory usage by all RLPs in the node, press
figuration Menu. This information, in conjuction with information in the release notes,
can help in planning the number of protocols to run.
LAN "Card" Configuration
Valid Values
000000000000–7ffffffffffff
or
4 MBits/sec
, then from the Main Menu.
[A] [B]
Configured
because the software code
Default Value
000000000000
16 MBits/sec 16 MBits/sec
at the RLP
[A]
, a database record exists
at the RLP Con-
[C]
Con-
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