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AMAP Overview
Using Interswitch Protocols
page 20-4
OmniSwitch AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide
September 2009
The transmission states are illustrated here.
Discovery Transmission State
When AMAP is active, at startup all active switch ports are in the discovery transmission state. In this 
state, ports send out Hello packets and wait for Hello responses. Ports send out Hello packets at a config-
urable interval called the discovery time-out interval. This interval is 30 seconds by default. The ports send 
out Hello packets up to three time-outs of this interval trying to discover adjacent switches.
Any switch ports that receive Hello packets send a Hello response and transition to the common transmis-
sion state. Any switch ports that do not receive a Hello response before three discovery time-out intervals 
have expired are placed in the passive reception state.
Common Transmission State
In the common transmission state, ports detect adjacent switch failures or disconnects by sending Hello 
packets and waiting for Hello responses. Ports send out Hello packets at a configurable interval called the 
common time-out interval. This interval is 300 seconds by default. To avoid synchronization with adjacent 
switches, the common time-out interval is jittered randomly by plus or minus ten percent.
Ports wait for a Hello response using the discovery time-out interval. If a Hello response is detected within 
one discovery time-out interval, the port remains in the common transmission state. If a Hello response is 
not detected within one discovery time-out interval, the port reverts to the discovery transmission state.
Passive Reception State
In the passive reception state, switch ports are in receive-only mode. Hello packets are not sent out from 
ports in this state and there is no timer on waiting for Hello responses. If the port receives a Hello packet at 
any time, it enters the common transmission state and transmits a Hello packet in reply. 
If a port transitions to the passive reception state, any remote switch entries for that port are deleted.
Hello packet received 
before discovery
time-out interval?
Discovery
Transmission State
Common
Transmission State
Passive Reception State
No
Hello packets received 
before
3 discovery time-out 
intervals
Any
Hello packet 
received?
Yes
No
Yes
No Hello packets 
received after
3 discovery time-outs 
intervals
Send out Hello packets every discovery 
time-out interval (default: 30 seconds)
Send out Hello packets every common 
time-out interval (default: 300 seconds)