PVCs are static; for each destination, you must establish (attach the IP layer to) a PVC explicitly and delete (detach the IP layer from) the PVC explicitly.
For each destination that needs to establish a PVC with the filer, you must establish an outgoing and an incoming PVC in at least three places:
On the filer
On the destination ATM host
On all interconnecting ATM switches
For each physical ATM interface, the filer creates a FORE/IP interface, called fa, at boot time. The fa interface supports FORE/IP on top of SPANS signaling. FORE/IP allows communication as follows:
Using AAL4 or AAL5 ATM adaptation layer types with no encapsulation
Using a broadcast address resolution protocol (ARP) for SPANS address resolution
Using direct communication of all hosts on a physical ATM network without the use of IP routers
Network Appliance does not support FORE/IP load balancing or failover options.
!*"/* .+$/!
To establish an outgoing FORE/IP PVC on the filer, type the following filer command:
2+%+&'CCCDDD
Table 2 provides descriptions of the variables in the filer command.
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hostname | Name or IP address of the remote host. |
iface | Name of the ATM interface; this is usually fan, where n is a number. |
vpi | Virtual path identifier (VPI); this must be 0. |
vci | Virtual channel identifier (VCI); this number must have the following |
| properties: |
It must not be in use on your filer. It must be less than 1024.
It must obey the limits of the destination host and inter- connecting devices.
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