Duralink64 Port Aggregation for NetWare

Verifying Configuration

You should verify the current port configurations before saving them to the server.

1From the Main Menu, select View Configuration, and then press Enter. The View Configuration screen appears.

 

 

Duralink Port Aggregation Setup

 

Netware Loadable Module

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interfaces

Protocol

Frame

Network

IP Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adptsf4 P

No Protocols Configured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adptsf5 P

No Protocols Configured

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adptsf6 P

No Protocols Configured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adptsf7 P

No Protocols Configured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adptsf8 P

No Protocols Configured

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marcom G

IPX

E_802.2

121212121

 

 

 

 

Adptsf1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adptsf2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adptsf3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<ESC> to go back to the previous menu.

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< F1> Help

< F10> Abort Setup

Figure 11-28. View Configuration Screen

Figure 11-28summarizes that currently five stand-alone ports without configurations and one group named Marcom are enabled.1 Marcom is made up of three ports: Adptsf1, Adaptsf2, and Adapts3. The IPX protocol is assigned to Marcom using ETHERNET_802.2 as the frame type and 121212121 as the IPX Network Number.

2Press Esc to return to the Main Menu.

3Continue to Copying and Saving the Configuration.

1If the ports or group were disabled, [Disabled] would appear next to the port/group name.

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ANA-62000, ANA-69000 specifications

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