GE GFK-1004B Modify Soft Switch Settings, Table C-1. Soft Switch Settings, Parameter Description

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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
Station Address	The station address parameter is the Medium AccessControl(MAC) address of the
	station being configured. The MAC address is a 12-digit hexadecimalnumber
	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 factory-set,globally-uniqueMAC address in its EEPROM.
	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
	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
	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 90-70 CPU.
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.

C-4 TCP/IP Ethernet Communications User's Manual ± January 1996 GFK-1004B