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Chapter3 Initially Configuring the ATMSw itch Router
Configuring the ATM Address
Example
The following example BOOTP configuration file shows the added entry:
# /etc/bootptab: database for bootp server (/etc/bootpd)
#
# Blank lines and lines beginning with '#' are ignored.
#
# Legend:
#
# first field -- hostname
# (may be full domain name and probably should be)
#
# hd -- home directory
# bf -- bootfile
# cs -- cookie servers
# ds -- domain name servers
# gw -- gateways
# ha -- hardware address
# ht -- hardware type
# im -- impress servers
# ip -- host IP address
# lg -- log servers
# lp -- LPR servers
# ns -- IEN-116 name servers
# rl -- resource location protocol servers
# sm -- subnet mask
# tc -- template host (points to similar host entry)
# to -- time offset (seconds)
# ts -- time servers
#
<information deleted>
#
#########################################################################
# Start of individual host entries
#########################################################################
Switch: tc=netcisco0: ha=0000.0ca7.ce00: ip=172.31.7.97:
dross: tc=netcisco0: ha=00000c000139: ip=172.31.7.26:
<information deleted>
Configuring the ATM Address
The ATM switch router ships with a preconfigured ATM address. The Integrated Local Management
Interface (ILMI) protocol uses the first 13 bytes of this address as the switch prefix that it registers with
end systems. Autoconfiguration also allows the ATM switch router to establish itself as a node in a
single-level Private Network-Network Interface (PNNI) routing domain.
Note If you chose to manually change any ATM address, it is important to maintain the uniqueness of the
address across large networks. Refer to the Guide to ATM Technology for PNNI address considerations
and for information on obtaining registered ATM addresses.
For a description of the autoconfigured ATM address and considerations when assigning a new address,
refer to the Guide to ATM Technology.