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Configuring Data-Link Switching Plus
This chapter describes how to configure
This chapter contains the following sections:
•Technology Overview, page 281
•DLSw+ Configuration Task List, page 288
•Verifying DLSw+, page 310
•Monitoring and Maintaining the DLSw+ Network, page 311
•DLSw+ Configuration Examples, page 312
To identify the hardware platform or software image information associated with a feature, use the Feature Navigator on Cisco.com to search for information about the feature or refer to the software release notes for a specific release. For more information, see the “Identifying Platform Support for Cisco IOS Software Features” section on page lv in the “Using Cisco IOS Software” chapter.
Technology Overview
DLSw+ is a method of transporting SNA and NetBIOS. It complies with the DLSw standard documented in RFC 1795 and the DLSw Version 2 standard. DLSw+ is an alternative to RSRB that addresses several inherent problems that exist in RSRB, such as:
•SRB
•Broadcast traffic (including SRB explorer frames or NetBIOS name queries)
•Unnecessary traffic (acknowledgments and keepalives)
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