User Guide

Utilities 173
Utilities Reference
103-000153-001
August 29, 2001
Novell Confidential
Manual 99a38 July 17, 2001
Using ROUTE
 No parameters are required. However, you can load ROUTE a second
time with a specified parameter to change the configuration.
 Most of the parameters have default values that should work with simple
configurations for IBM bridges.
If you have parallel IBM bridges, you can change some of the parameters
to reduce traffic on some of the paths.
 As frames pass through an IBM bridge, source routing information is
added to the frame header at the Media Access Control (MAC) layer. The
operating system’s bridging is done above this layer.
 ROUTE can be loaded reentrantly.
 If you have two token ring boards in the server, load ROUTE twice.
The second time you load it, use the BOARD or NAME parameter to
specify a particular board.
 To change the configuration, load ROUTE with the parameter that
needs to be changed.
UNLOAD
[BOARD=number]
Use to remove source routing support for a
specified board.
If you don’t specify a board number, the default is
1.
Example:
LOAD ROUTE UNLOAD BOARD=2
Note: This parameter does not unload
ROUTE.NLM, but disables source routing only for
the board that you specify.
Parameter Use to