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appletalk interface
Layer 2
Switching
Modules
✓
Multilayer
Switching
Modules
modify
Modifies an existing AppleTalk interface on a Multilayer Switching
Module.
Valid Minimum Abbreviation
ap i m
Important Considerations
■
An AppleTalk interface defines the relationship between a virtual LAN
(VLAN) and an AppleTalk network:
■
Every AppleTalk interface has one VLAN associated with it.
■
For routing purposes, you define a range of network numbers that
are assigned to the AppleTalk interface. Example:
20301
–
20310
■
You can configure the interface to be a seed or nonseed interface:
■
Seed interface — Initializes (“seeds”) the network with your
configuration information. This information includes the network
range and zone name list.
■
Nonseed interface — Listens for a seed router and then takes the
zone and network range information from the first seed interface
that it detects. After a nonseed interface obtains this information,
it can participate in AppleTalk routing.
■
Before you define the AppleTalk interface, you must define a VLAN
and select AppleTalk as a protocol that the VLAN supports.
■
Clients that have not been configured to use a particular zone use the
default zone name.
■
You can enter up to 16 zone names per interface.
Options
Prompt Description Possible Values [Default]
Interface Index number of the AppleTalk
interface that you want to
modify
■
AppleTalk
interface index
number
■
? (for a list of
selectable
indexes)
–
Seed
Interface Whether you want to
configure the interface as an
AppleTalk seed (y) or nonseed
interface (n)
■
n (no)
■
y (yes)
Current value