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C
HAPTER
3: F
AST
S
ETUP
Multi-context Fast
Setup
This section describes how to perform the card-specific Multi-context Fast
Setup to perform a rapid configuration of the 7600 Card.
Port Context
For the purpose of management, the 16 Fast Ethernet ports of the 7600
Card are divided into four contexts. These are displayed in the following
table:
.
The management menus and commands focus on one context at a time.
Each menu displays the currently active context. To work with a certain
port, first use the table to ascertain to which context the port belongs.
For example, ports 1, 2, 9, 10 belong to Context #1. Then change to that
context by entering “.n” where n is the context number. From that point
on, the menus related to the ports in that context are displayed.
The Multi-context Fast Setup procedure described in the next section runs
though all contexts automatically so that you can set up all the ports in
the device in one continuous dialog.
Setup Procedure
Sections
The following describes the main steps of the Multi-context Fast Setup:
Q
Virtual Network Configuration. Each Fast Ethernet port is assigned to
a logical bridge. Initially, all ports default to the “admin” vLAN. Bridge
0 is the default bridge to which port 1 is always initially assigned for
ease of management setup.
Q
Emulated LAN (ELAN) Configuration. The ELAN name and LES address
can be assigned for each logical bridge specified in the virtual network
configuration with an ATM connection. This information is necessary
for communication within virtual networks. All logical bridges
assigned to the same LES address or ELAN name, are defined as being
in the same ELAN.
Q
Management Configuration. The IP address and Network
Management Station (NMS) address, with their default gateways and
Table 3-3 Port Context
Contex
t
#0
Contex
t
#1
Contex
t
#2
Contex
t
#3
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
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