Iop Public Rail Bindings; Public Rail Configuration (Ce); Virtual Adapters - HP NetServer AA 4000 Reference Manual

IOP Public Rail Bindings

Public Rail Configuration (CE)

Virtual Adapters

Network Server Division
Each pair of network cards on the IOP will have the same bindings.
Each physical network card will NOT be bound to a traditional
protocol. Instead, each network card will only have the Marathon
Datagram Service and the Marathon Ethernet Provider as its only
enabled bindings. Along with the traditional protocol, the MtcEtx
protocol will be disabled.
The bindings on the CE will be a little different than the IOPs. First,
consider that the bindings have significance in that they represent a
"connection" to the bindings on the network cards in the IOP.
Remember, there are not any physical network cads in the CE, and
the CE is represented by two NetServers, but only one copy of
Windows NT.
On the CE, there are two types of adapters present in the networking
properties. Since there are not any physical cards in the system,
these adapter types are virtual. The first virtual adapter is the
MtcVnR. This represents the virtual adapter that communicates with
a virtual adapter on IOP1. There are two IOPs, so there needs to be
two instances of the MtcVnR, and only two.
Ch 4: Networking Explaineds
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