EXP Computer S200 manual Autolearn for Local Termination

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Autolearn for Local Termination

What Is It?	Local Termination Autolearn reduces the amount of configuration you need to do by
	letting you spoof remote sessions without configuring a MAC address and a Service
	Access Point (SAP) for each station running a session to the host Front End
	Processor (FEP).
	Since Local Termination supports up to 256 sessions for the PathBuilder S24x, 26x,
	and 27x switch, Local Termination Autolearn can save you considerable time during
	the configuration process.
	Local Termination Autolearn is a default feature with PathBuilder S200 series
	switches operating software meaning it requires no special configuration, other than
	configuring the remote host MAC address in the PathBuilder S200 series switch
	Local Termination (LT) Station tables.
	It does not interfere with previously configured Local Termination spoofing
	sessions.
Example
	Figure 8 shows how a PathBuilder S200 series switch automatically learns the
	address of PCs connected to the local bridge so you can pass data traffic to the host
	without configuring entries in the Local Termination Station table for each PC
	session.

1

The PC’s destination MAC address must match the MAC address configured in the remote Host FEP for local PB S200 to automatically learn LAN MAC addresses.

2Configure the Host FEP MAC address and SAP in the

LT station tables of the local and remote bridges.
PB S200 automatically learns MAC addresses of any	Host MAC
LAN devices with matching destination MAC	address:
addresses.
	40:00:00;00:10:88

PB S200 PB S200 FEP

3

Destination MAC addresses set up 40:00:00:00:10:88

The local PB S200 running Local Termination Autolearn automatically learns MAC addresses of stations on local LAN.

Figure 8. Example of Local Termination Autolearn

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