From: Sasa Milic (smilic@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Jan 04 2002 - 14:34:19 GMT-3
DLSw converts all canonical mac addresses into noncanonical
format. That could mean that, at the time is process
sap-priority-list, mac address is already converted into
noncanonical format.
Sasa
"Michael C. Popovich" wrote:
>
> I believe that if you are given a MAC address of a FEP that you assume
> it is in non-canonical format and if you are creating a priority list on
> the Ethernet side of the DLSW+ cloud you should convert it to canonical.
>
> Please correct me if you find out differently as I am not 100% sure.
>
> Thanks,
>
> MP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Sasa Milic
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 4:01 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: DLSw, ethernet, sap-priority-list & [non]canonical
>
> Hi,
>
> when using sap-priority-list to prioritize traffic origination
> on ethernet and going toward FEP over DLSw cloud, should FEP
> mac address be in canonical or non-cannonical format ? Example:
>
> PC --- <ethernet> --- R1 --- DLSw --- R2 --- <token> --- FEP
>
> FEP mac address is 4001.3745.0001.
>
> R1 config:
>
> !
> dlsw bridge-group 1 sap-priority 1
> !
> interface Ethernet0
> bridge-group 1
> !
> sap-priority-list 1 high dmac 4001.3745.0001 or <---
> sap-priority-list 1 high dmac 0280.eca2.0080 <---
> !
>
> PC should have hard-coded FEP address 0280.eca2.0080, right ?
> But what about sap-priority-list ?
>
> Sasa
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