User`s guide

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 USING THIS MANUAL .........................................................................1-1

1.2 DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS.............................................................1-3

1.3 RELATED DOCUMENTATION ...........................................................1-4

1.4 GETTING HELP.......................................................................................1-5

1.5 ATX ARCHITECTURE ............................................................................1-6

1.6 ATX FEATURES .......................................................................................1-6

1.6.1 Netbios Name Caching.................................................................1-8

1.6.2 ATX Local and Remote Port Mirroring.......................................1-9

1.6.3 IPX with Token Ring Source Routing .......................................1-10

1.6.4 Event Logging on the ATX .........................................................1-10

1.6.5 ATX LAN Switch Workgroups...................................................1-11

1.6.6 ATX Packet Processing Engine...................................................1-11

1.6.7 Input/output Modules ...............................................................1-12

1.6.8 Power Supply ...............................................................................1-13

1.7 BRIDGING FUNCTIONS .....................................................................1-13

1.7.1 Transparent Bridging...................................................................1-16

1.7.2 Source Route Translational Bridging ........................................1-16

1.7.3 Source Routing Bridging.............................................................1-17

1.7.4 Source Routing Transparent Bridging ......................................1-19

1.7.5 Translation ....................................................................................1-20

1.8 ROUTING FUNCTIONS.......................................................................1-21

1.8.1 IP Routing .....................................................................................1-22

Routing Information Protocol (RIP).........................................1-22

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) .........................................1-22

Reverse Address Resolution Protocol (RARP)........................1-23

Proxy ARP....................................................................................1-23

BOOTP..........................................................................................1-23

IPM................................................................................................1-23

1.8.2 Multiple IP Networks Per Port ..................................................1-24

1.8.3 IP Multicast Routing....................................................................1-26

1.8.4 IP Routing Over Source Routing ...............................................1-29

1.8.5 Conﬁguring IP Routing Over Source Routing.........................1-32

1.8.6 IPX Routing...................................................................................1-32

Routing Information Protocol (RIP).........................................1-33

Service Advertising Protocol (SAP)..........................................1-33

IPX Routing Over Source Route................................................1-33