EXP Computer PathBuilder S200 - Manual (Page 15)

Bridging 11
T0008-16F Release 5.2M
Bridging Features and Capabilities
Autolearn for Local Termination
What Is It? Local Termination Autolearn reduces the amount of configuration you need to do by
letting you spoof remote sessions without configuring a MAC address and a Service
Access Point (SAP) for each station running a session to the host Front End
Processor (FEP).
Since Local Termination supports up to 256 sessions for the PathBuilder S24x, 26x,
and 27x switch, Local Termination Autolearn can save you considerable time during
the configuration process.
Local Termination Autolearn is a default feature with PathBuilder S200 series
switches operating software meaning it requires no special configuration, other than
configuring the remote host MAC address in the PathBuilder S200 series switch
Local Termination (LT) Station tables.
It does not interfere with previously configured Local Termination spoofing
sessions.
Example Figure 8 shows how a PathBuilder S200 series switch automatically learns the
address of PCs connected to the local bridge so you can pass data traffic to the host
without configuring entries in the Local Termination Station table for each PC
session.
Figure 8. Example of Local Termination Autolearn
PB S200 PB S200
FEP
The local PB S200 running Local
Termination Autolearn automatically
learns MAC addresses of stations on
local LAN.
Host MAC
address:
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Configure the Host FEP MAC address and SAP in the
LT station tables of the local and remote bridges.
PB S200 automatically learns MAC addresses of any
LAN devices with matching destination MAC
addresses. 2
3
The PC’s destination MAC address must match the
MAC address configured in the remote Host FEP for
local PB S200 to automatically learn LAN MAC
addresses. 1
Destination MAC
addresses set up
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