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For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.
Modifies an existing AppleTalk interface.
Valid Minimum Abbreviation
ap i m
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]
Interface Index number of the AppleTalk
interface that you want to
modify
■AppleTalk
interface index
number
■? (for a list of
selectable
indexes)
–
Seed
Interface
Whether you wa nt to
configure the interface as an
AppleTalk seed (y) or nonseed
interface (n)
■n (no)
■y (yes)
Current value