LEC Administration Screen

Join - During the Join phase, the LEC establishes a Control Direct VCC with the LES. After this connection is made, the LEC is assigned a LEC ID, the name of the ELAN it will join, and is notified of the maximum frame size allowed on the ELAN and the LAN type that is being emulated (IEEE 802.3). The initialization process then proceeds to the Initial Registration phase.

Initial Reg. - The Initial Registration phase is used by the LEC to confirm that its MAC Address(es) is unique before becoming fully operational on the network. During this phase, the LEC may also register any additional unicast LAN destinations and Route Descriptors.

BUS Connect - While in the BUS Connect phase, the LEC connects to the Broadcast and Unknown server (BUS). At the end of this phase, the LEC has a BUS Multicast Send VCC and a BUS Multicast Forward VCC with the BUS. Once these VCCs have been created, the LEC becomes operational on the network.

Operational - The LEC is now fully configured, and is switching traffic.

3.13 LEC ADMINISTRATION SCREEN

The LEC Administration screen is used to add, modify and delete LAN Emulation Clients (LECs).

To access the LEC Administration screen from the ATM screen, perform the following steps:

1.Use the arrow keys to highlight the LEC ADMINISTRATION menu item from the LAN Emulation Clients screen.

2.Press ENTER; the LEC Administration screen, Figure 3-15, displays.

Figure 3-15 LEC Administration Screen

LEC Index:

2

LEC Status:

[Active]

LANE Version

[2.0]

Configure LEC:

[Automatic]

ELAN Name:

_________

MTU Size:

[1516]

Selective Multicast:

[Disable]

LLC Multiplex Capable

[Disable]

Topology Change Frames:

[Disable]

SCREEN IS IN CREATE MODE This LEC does not exist yet. Select ADD to create it.

All values correspond with the lecConfigTable of the ATM Forum LEC MIB

LES/LECS Address: 0x00.0000.00.000000.0000.0000.0000.000000000000.00

ADD LEC

MODIFY MODE

EXIT

RETURN

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VHSIM2-A6DP specifications

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