Cabletron Systems 9A426-01 - Manual (Page 9)

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9A426-01/9A426-02 Module Specific Information
Connection Table Screen Fields
The following information briefly explains each Connection Table Screen field.
ATM Port Current Connections
Number of virtual circuits that are currently open for this port.
ELAN:
Name of the ELAN to which this client is joined.
VPI
Displays the Virtual Path Identifier number of the listed PVC or SVC.
VCI
Displays the Virtual Channel Identifier number of the listed PVC or SVC.
Encapsulation Type
Displays the method used to encapsulate data at the ATM Adaptation Layer 5
(AAL5) for each connection. The 9A426-01 and 9A426-02 ATM Modules support
the following methods of encapsulation:
• VC Mux 802.3 LANE ( default )
VC Based Multiplexed 802.3 LAN Emulation. This is the encapsulation type
used when the connection is set up via SVCs. These happen automatically in
the network with no user intervention.
• VC Mux Bridged 802.3
VC Based Multiplexing for bridged protocols. You can choose this
encapsulation type for PVCs to do bridging.
For more detailed information about this field, see the description for the ELAN
Name: field on page 13.
NOTE