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Local Bridged-LAN
Environment
For the purpose of forming bridged-LAN environments, the 7600 Card
provides up to 16 internal bridges that can be configured by
management. On setup, one bridge is allocated to each bridged-LAN
environment that is to operate in the 7600 Card. Each local LAN segment
is then attached to a port of the bridge corresponding to the
bridged-LAN environment in which it is to operate. bridges are
configured by management in the Fast Setup (see Chapter 3) or in the
Virtual LAN Configuration menu see (Chapter 5). For management
purposes the bridges are numbered from 0 to 3 in each one of the four
contexts. Figure 11-5 shows two local bridged-LAN environments,
Engineering and Finance, connected to bridges on a 7600 Card.
Figure 11-5
Bridged-LAN environments connected to a 7600 Card
Connection to the
ATM Network
In Chapter 12, the possibility of connecting bridges in the 7600 to the
ATM network is discussed. For each bridge, an ATM connection can be
configured through which the bridge is attached to an Emulated LAN (see
“Bridges in the 7600 Card” on page 12-10).
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