12-10
C
HAPTER
12: ATM, LAN E
MULATION
,
AND
V
IRTUAL
LAN
S
Bridges in the 7600
Card
In the 7600 Card a LEC is attached to each Ethernet transparent bridge
which is set up in the device. The LEC connects the bridged-LAN
environment attached to the transparent bridge to the ATM network and
forwards LAN data frames over VCCs across the ATM network to the
destination LANs. From the viewpoint of a LAN user, the LEC acts
together with the transparent bridge to which it is attached to form a
combined bridge through which the LAN user can now efficiently reach
both local and remote destination LANs in the ATM network.
The physical connection of the transparent bridge to the ATM network is
through an internal ATM port. The connection to the ATM port is
specified when the bridge is set up. If no ATM connection is specified, the
bridge acts like a standard transparent bridge.
ATM Address
ATM address of the LES provided by the LECS during the configuration phase or
manually assigned using the LES address option of the LE configuration menu or in Fast
Setup.
Control-direct VCC
VPI/VCI values of the control-direct VCC originated by the LEC to the LES.
Control-distribute VCC
VPI/VCI values of the control-distribute VCC originated by the LES to the LEC.
BUS Information
Description
ATM Address
ATM address of the BUS provided by the LES during initialization.
Multicast-send VCC
VPI/VCI values of the multicast-send VCC originated by the LEC to the BUS.
Multicast-forward VCC
VPI/VCI values of the multicast-forward VCC originated by the BUS to the LEC.
Table 12-3
LEC Configuration and Status Information (continued)
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