Producing a Configuration Report

RFC1490 Format

An RFC1490 format used for SNA traffic is configured in the frame relay LLC2 Interface/Bridge Port record. The options, in order of lowest overhead to highest overhead, are:

●Native LLC2 (also known as BNN, or Boundary Network Node). When this format is used, no MAC addresses are transmitted across the frame relay link.

●802.5 SRB (source route bridge) (also known as BAN, or Boundary Access Node. (SmartSwitch 1800 devices support BAN type 1). This format is gen- erally used for 3174 gateways and AS/400s, because they need to see a MAC address).

●802.3 TB (transparent bridge), used when talking to routers that cannot do BAN or BNN.

Subscriber IDs

Subscriber IDs are only used locally within each SmartSwitch 1800 to link records (e.g. SDLC PU record to LLC host record), unless the device is running X.25, SDLC/ LLC2 primary (the SmartSwitch 1800 would be SDLC secondary to the FEP), or logical ports (i.e., QLLC), in which case the subscriber IDs correlate to the static routes defined in the subscriber routing tables.

Netview Service Point

NVSP is supported only via LLC2 connections. The local and remote subscriber addresses always point to the LLC2 Originated Host record, and are the opposite of the respective local and remote subscriber addresses configured there.

A configuration report contains this information:

●Software version number

●Passwords

●Boot time

●Various database parameter values

●Line status for each port

To create a configuration report, press [A] at the Reports Menu (or [F], [A] from the Main Menu). The report is created and saved to the node's hard disk under the name

REPORT.TXT.

You cannot generate a configuration report while a file transfer is in progress.

To display the configuration report, press [B] at the Reports Menu (or [F] , [B] from the Main Menu).

Introduction to Database Configuration

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1800 specifications

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Cabletron Systems 1800 manual Producing a Configuration Report, Report.Txt

Models: 1800