Olicom CrossFire 8730, Reference Manual

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CrossFire 8730 Switch Reference Guide, DOC-7047 v. 1.1 Switch Configuration
For additional source addresses, the system module assigns locations
alternately to other Token-Ring ports in the CrossLink. When all the Token-
Ring ports in the CrossLink have at least one address assigned, the system
module starts assigning from the primary port again.
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New destination address. An unknown destination address packet is sent out
on the primary Token-Ring ports of the CrossLink, but entries are not made in
ports tables until a reply packet comes back. Entries in port tables depend upon
the destination. See the description of primary ports on page 100.
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Broadcast and multicast packets. Broadcast and multicast packets go to the
primary port of each CrossLink.
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Link failure. If one link in a CrossLink fails, a trap is sent and the entire
CrossLink connection is disabled.
CrossLink Menu
To open this menu from the main menu, select Configuration
→
CrossLink.
This menu gives access to the CrossLink Configuration and Information
screens.