DELL 7x0N User Manual

PVCs are static; for each destination, you must establish (attach the IP layer to) a PVC 
explicitly and delete (detach the IP layer from) the PVC explicitly.

For each destination that needs to establish a PVC with the filer, you must establish an 
outgoing and an incoming PVC in at least three places:

On the filer

On the destination ATM host

On all interconnecting ATM switches

For each physical ATM interface, the filer creates a FORE/IP interface, called fa, at 
boot time. The fa interface supports FORE/IP on top of SPANS signaling. FORE/IP 
allows communication as follows:

Using AAL4 or AAL5 ATM adaptation layer types with no encapsulation

Using a broadcast address resolution protocol (ARP) for SPANS address 
resolution

Using direct communication of all hosts on a physical ATM network without the 
use of IP routers

Network Appliance does not support FORE/IP load balancing or failover options.

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To establish an outgoing FORE/IP PVC on the filer, type the following filer command: 

2+% +&' C C C DDD

Table 2 provides descriptions of the variables in the filer command.

 

Name or IP address of the remote host.

Name of the ATM interface; this is usually fan, where n is a number.

Virtual path identifier (VPI); this must be 0.

Virtual channel identifier (VCI); this number must have the following 
properties:

It must not be in use on your filer.

It must be less than 1024.

It must obey the limits of the destination host and inter-
connecting devices.

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