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For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.
Defines an AppleTalk interface.
Valid Minimum Abbreviation
ap i def
Important Considerations
■An AppleTalk interface defines the relationship between a virtual LAN
(VLAN) and an AppleTalk network:
■Every AppleTalk interface has one VLAN associated with it.
■For routing purposes, you define a range of network numbers that
are assigned to the AppleTalk interface. Example: 20301 – 20310
■You can configure the interface to be a seed or nonseed interface:
■Seed interface — Initializes (“seeds”) the network with your
configuration information. This information includes the network
range and zone name list.
■Nonseed interface — Listens for a seed router and then takes the
zone and network range information from the first seed interface
that it detects. Aft er a nonseed interfa ce obtains this info rmation,
it can participate in AppleTalk routing.
■Before you define the AppleTalk interface, you must define a VLAN
and select AppleTalk as a protocol that the VLAN supports.
■Clients that have not been configured to use a particular zone use the
default zone name.
■You can enter up to 16 zone names per interface.
Options
Prompt Description Possible Values [Default]
Seed
Interface
Whether an interface is
configured as an AppleTalk
seed (y) or non-seed interface
(n).
■n (no)
■y (yes)
y (factory
default), or
current value
Start of
network
range
Start of the network range that
is associated with the seed
interface. Seed interfaces only.
1 – 65279 –
End of
network
range
End of the network range that
is associated with the seed
interface. Seed interfaces only.
1 – 65279 Value specified
for start of
network range,
or current value