This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.

Figure 41. Multi-Switch CIP Network - Logical View

The necessary parameters for our second switch are listed below in Table 33. Please note that the ACN is the same, indicating that both switches are in the same cluster and will therefore communicate using SSI protocols.

Table 33. Necessary Parameters for 8285 #2

Parameter

Value

Comments

 

 

 

IP address

9.100.86.151

 

 

 

 

Subnet mask

FF.FF.FF.C0

Must be entered in dotted

 

 

hexadecimal.

 

 

 

Default

9.100.86.130

 

gateway

 

 

 

 

 

ATM prefix

3999999999999900009999

First 11-bytes of address. Must

 

 

match 8285 #1.

 

 

 

ACN

01

12th byte. Must match 8285

 

 

#1.

 

 

 

ATM hub

02

13th byte. Must be unique

number

 

within cluster.

 

 

 

ATM ESI

999999999902

6-byte MAC address.

 

 

 

ATM selector

00

Has significance only to local

 

 

workstation.

 

 

 

ARP server

08005A99029F

6-byte MAC address.

ESI

 

 

 

 

 

ARP server

00

Must explicitly match the ARP

selector

 

server s value.

 

 

 

We configure the second switch just as we did the first one, however for the sake

of brevity, we show only the commands that are new for thi s scenario.

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