Using Interswitch Protocols; In This Chapter - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Manual

Alcatel Interswitch Protocols (AIP) are used to discover adjacent switches and retain mobile port informa-
tion across switches. The following protocol is supported:
Alcatel Mapping Adjacency Protocol (AMAP), which is used to discover the topology of
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OmniSwitches and OmniSwitch/Routers (Omni S/R). See

In This Chapter

This chapter describes the AMAP protocol and how to configure it through the Command Line Interface
(CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax of
commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
Activating AMAP on
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Configuring the AMAP discovery timeout interval on
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Configuring the AMAP common timeout interval on
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For information about statically and dynamically assigning switch ports to VLANs, see
"Assigning Ports to VLANs."
For information about defining VLAN rules that allow dynamic assignment of mobile ports to a VLAN,
see Chapter 8, "Defining VLAN Rules."
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