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Modify Soft Switch Settings
Refer to the table below for the default Soft Switch settings and Soft Switch modification information.
Table C-1. Soft Switch Settings
Parameter | Description |
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Station Address | The station address parameter is the Medium AccessControl(MAC) address of the |
| station being configured. The MAC address is a |
| which is organized as 6 bytes, each represented by a pair of hexadecimaldigits. |
| DefaultSetting - The default value is <<000000000000>> . This value instructs the |
| Ethernet Interface to use the |
| ModificationfromDefaultSetting - If changed, the Ethernet Interface will store the |
| new Station Address in the EEPROM and use it instead of the factorydefault. |
LoadSource | The load source field defines the load source for the GEnet LAN software. |
| DefaultSetting - The default setting for this field is ªALTº. This means that the |
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| Ethernet Interface module will try to obtain a load from the serial port and the |
| network (in that order). The software will alternate between the two load sources |
| until one is found. |
| ModificationfromDefaultSetting - You may wish to specify the load source. The load |
| source may be changed to: |
| ªLOCº (serial port) - only |
| ªNETº (network) - only |
| If the load source specified is not available for the module, it will wait indefinitely for |
| that load source to be made available. |
LANOnline | This parameter tells the GEnet LAN Interface module whether to connect to the LAN |
| afterinitialization. |
| DefaultSetting - The default setting is YES. This means that the module will |
| connect to the LAN. |
| ModificationfromDefaultSetting - The default may be changed to NO. This |
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| means that the module will not connect to the LAN. |
BackplaneOn- | This parameter tells the GEnet LAN Interface module whether or not to allow back- |
line | planecommunications. |
| DefaultSetting - The default setting is YES. This means that the module will allow |
| all formsofbackplanecommunications. |
| ModificationfromDefaultSetting - The default may be changed to NO. This |
| means that the module will only allow diagnostics mail traffic. This setting will not |
| permit application data transfer with the Series |
NetworkLoad | The multicast address to be used by the LAN Interface to load across the LAN. It is in |
Address | the same format as the Station Address. |
| DefaultSetting - The default value is <<000000000000>> . This value instructs the |
| LANInterface to use the default network load address, <<090060000000>> , as its |
| loadaddress. |
| ModificationfromDefaultSetting - If changed the Ethernet Interface will look for a |
| network load from the specified multicast address. This MUST be a multicast address. |
TCP/IP Ethernet Communications User's Manual ± January 1996 |
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