Amap Overview; Amap Transmission States - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6624 Network Configuration Manual

Using Interswitch Protocols

AMAP Overview

The Alcatel Mapping Adjacency Protocol (AMAP) is used to discover the topology of OmniSwitches or
Omni S/Rs in a particular installation. Using this protocol, each switch determines which OmniSwitches
or Omni S/Rs are adjacent to it by sending and responding to Hello update packets. For the purposes of
AMAP, adjacent switches are those that:
have a Spanning Tree path between them
•
do not have any switch between them on the Spanning Tree path that has AMAP enabled
•
In the illustration here, all switches are on the Spanning Tree path. OmniSwitch A and OmniSwitch C
have AMAP enabled. OmniSwitch B does not. OmniSwitch A is adjacent to OmniSwitch C and vice
versa. If OmniSwitch B enables AMAP, the adjacency changes. OmniSwitch A would be next to B, B
would be adjacent to both A and C, and C would be adjacent to B.
Switch A
OmniSwitch 6648
OmniSwitch 6648
OmniSwitch 6648

AMAP Transmission States

AMAP switch ports are either in the discovery transmission state, common transmission state, or passive
reception state. Ports transition to these states depending on whether or not they receive Hello responses
from adjacent switches.
Note. All Hello packet transmissions are sent to a well-known MAC address (0020da:007004).
OmniSwitch 6624/6648 Network Configuration Guide
Switch B
OmniSwitch 7700
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Spanning Tree Path
April 2004
AMAP Overview
Switch C
OmniSwitch 6648
OmniSwitch 6648
OmniSwitch 6648
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