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of the lack of an ARP server; signaling protocols should only matter with
SVCs and not with PVCs.
3. On the F50, use
smitty chg_atm
, select the ATM device and change the
field
SVC UNI Version
from
auto_detect
to
uni3.0
:
4. Use
smitty mkinetat
to get to the Add an "ATM Network Interface" menu
and fill in the blanks, as follows:
You may leave the
Network Interface
field blank, as
at0
is the default
interface on the device atm0, but you must change the
Connection type
from
svc_s
to
pvc
. As stated, we had no ARP server available, which is a
prerequisite for any SVC type connection. Consider a PVC to be a
permanent point-to-point connection; we will have to give the identification
of the partner in the next SMIT screen.
Change / Show Characteristics of an ATM Adapter
Type or select values in entry fields.
Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.
[Entry Fields]
ATM Adapter atm0
Description IBM PCI 155 Mbps ATM A>
Status Available
Location 30-68
Enable ALTERNATE ATM MAC address no +
ALTERNATE ATM MAC address [0x0]
Software Transmit Queue size [100] +#
Minimum Guaranteed VCs Supported [32] +#
Maximum Number of VCs Needed [1024] +#
SVC UNI Version uni3.0 +
Minimum 4K-byte pre-mapped receive buffers [0x30] +#
Sonet or SDH interface [0] +#
Provide SONET Clock [0] +
Add an ATM Network Interface
Type or select values in entry fields.
Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.
[Entry Fields]
* INTERNET ADDRESS (dotted decimal) [10.1.2.3]
Network MASK (hexadecimal or dotted decimal) [255.255.255.0]
Network Interface [at0]
Connection Type pvc +
ATM Server Address []
Alternate Device []
Idle Timer []
Best Effort Bit Rate (UBR) in Kbits/sec [155000]
* ACTIVATE the Interface after Creating it? yes +