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config protocol add
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config protocol add
config protocol <protocol_name> add <protocol_type> <hex_value>
{<protocol_type> <hex_value>} ...
Description
Configures a user-defined protocol filter.
Syntax Description
Default
N/A.
Usage Guidelines
A maximum of 15 protocol filters, each containing a maximum of six protocols, can be defined.
The protocol filter must already exist before you can use this command: use the
create protocol
command to create the protocol filter.
On the “i” series platform, all fifteen protocol filters can be active and configured for use. On all other
platforms, no more than seven protocols can be active and configured for use.
Example
The following command configures a protocol named Fred by adding protocol type LLC SAP with a
value of FFEF:
config protocol fred add llc feff
History
This command was first available in ExtremeWare 1.0.
Platform Availability
This command is available on all platforms.
protocol_name Specifies a protocol filter name.
protocol_type Specifies a protocol type. Supported protocol types include:
•
etype
– IEEE Ethertype.
•
llc
– LLC Service Advertising Protocol.
•
snap
– Ethertype inside an IEEE SNAP packet encapsulation
.
hex_value Specifies a four-digit hexadecimal number between 0 and FFFF that
represents:
• The Ethernet protocol type taken from a list maintained by the IEEE.
• The DSAP/SSAP combination created by concatenating a two-digit LLC
Destination SAP (DSAP) and a two-digit LLC Source SAP (SSAP).
• The SNAP-encoded Ethernet protocol type.