Cisco Systems BC-109 manual Configure Source-Route Bridging, Configure a Dual-Port Bridge

Configure Source-Route Bridging

Configure Source-Route Bridging

Our implementation of source-route bridging enables you to connect two or more Token Ring networks using either Token Ring or Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI) media.

The Cisco IOS software offers the ability to encapsulate source-route bridging traffic using RFC 1490 Bridged 802.5 encapsulation. This encapsulation provides SRB over Frame Relay functionality.

You can configure the Cisco IOS software for source-route bridging by performing the tasks in one of the first three sections and, optionally, the tasks in the last section:

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Configure a Dual-Port Bridge

Configure a Multiport Bridge Using a Virtual Ring

Configure SRB over FDDI

Configure Fast-Switching SRB over FDDI

Configure SRB over Frame Relay

Enable the Forwarding and Blocking of Spanning-Tree Explorers

Enable the Automatic Spanning-Tree Function

Limit the Maximum SRB Hops

Configure a Dual-Port Bridge

Adual-port bridge is the simplest source-route bridging configuration. When configured as a dual-port bridge, the access server or router serves to connect two Token Ring LANs. One LAN is connected through one port (Token Ring interface), and the other LAN is connected through the other port (also a Token Ring interface). Figure 45 shows a dual-port bridge.

Figure 45 Dual-Port Bridge

Token	T0		Token
Ring		T1	Ring
129			130

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To configure a dual-port bridge that connects two Token Rings, you must enable source-route bridging on each of the Token Ring interfaces that connect to the two Token Rings. To enable source-route bridging, use the following command in interface configuration mode for each of the Token Ring interfaces:

Command	Purpose
source-bridgelocal-ring bridge-number target-ring	Enable local source-route bridging on
	a Token Ring interface.

Note Ring numbers need to be unique across interfaces and networks, so that when you enable source-route bridging over an interface the local and target rings are defined. Each node on the network will know if it is the target of explorer packets sent on the network.

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