End System Part

The fields that make up the End System part of an ATM address are:

ESI End System Identifier (6 bytes)

Identifies an end system unique within an area or within any larger addressing structure such as the IEEE MAC address space. Not used for routing within the ATM network.

SEL SELector (1 byte)

Has local significance only within the end system.

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