PacketChannel Backplane Description 1-8

Slot Restrictions Per Backplane

1-8

Sample ATM Backbone SwitchModule Configurations 1-10

Basic Configuration 1-10

 

Dual-Homing Configuration

1-11

Dual-Homing/Module Redundancy

Configuration 1-12

2LAN EMULATION OVERVIEW

General Definition of LAN Emulation

2-1

 

LAN Emulation Components

2-3

 

 

General LANE Components

2-3

 

LAN Emulation Client (LEC)

2-3

 

LAN Emulation Configuration Server (LECS)

2-3

LAN Emulation Server (LES)

2-3

 

Broadcast and Unknown Server (BUS) 2-4

 

ATM Backbone SwitchModule LANE Components

2-4

Bridgeport-LEC2-4

 

 

 

Virtual Bridge (vbridge)

2-5

 

 

Emulated LAN (ELAN)

2-5

 

 

LAN Emulation Data Exchange

2-5

 

 

Protocol Stacks

2-5

 

 

 

 

Packets Versus Cells

2-6

 

 

 

LAN Emulation Connections

2-7

 

 

Control VCCs

 

2-7

 

 

 

 

Data VCCs

2-8

 

 

 

 

LAN Emulation Operation

2-9

 

 

Initialization

2-9

 

 

 

 

LECS Connection 2-10

 

 

 

Configuration

 

2-10

 

 

 

 

Joining 2-10

 

 

 

 

 

BUS Connection

2-11

 

 

 

Data Movement

2-11

 

 

 

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3Com 5000 ATM manual LAN Emulation Overview