Alcatel Omni Switch/Router User Manual page 567

o. After selecting the
RIP
router framing type options:
Select the default framing type for the frames that will be generated by this router port
and propagated over the default
encapsulation type that is most prevalent in the default
devices using encapsulation types other than those defined here, the switching modules
must translate those frames, which slows throughput. See the figure, Default Framing
Type and the Virtual Router Port on page 19-23 for an illustration of the Default Framing
Type and its relation to Virtual Router Port communications.
The
that by default is set to 1. If physical ports in an end
station are using a different encapsulation than the
virtual router ports (for example, the
shows router ports set to Ethernet II
command shows that physical ports are using
then the
Chapter 9, "Switch Wide Parameters," for more informa-
tion about the
p. If you chose a Source Routing frame format in the last step (options 5, 7, 9, or b), an addi-
tional prompt displays:
Select how broadcasts will be handled for Source Routing. The choices are:
. All Routes Explorer, the default setting. Broadcasts are transmitted over
every possible path on inter-connected source-routed rings. This setting maximizes the
generality of the broadcast. Simply press
. Spanning Tree Explorer. Broadcasts are transmitted only over Spanning
Tree paths on inter-connected source-routed rings. This setting maximizes the efficiency
of the broadcast. Enter an
and configuration, the following prompt displays the default
SAP
to the outbound ports. Set the framing type to the
VLAN
o Note o
file contains a command called
command must be set to 0. See
file.
and press to select Spanning Tree Explorer.
. If the default
VLAN
command
, but the
IPX
)
SNAP
to select All Routes Explorer.
Creating a New Group
contains
VLAN
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