Configuring DLSw Services
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DLSw Networking Overview
DLSw provides a standards-based mechanism for reliably transporting
connection-oriented SNA and NetBIOS data across a network. Originally defined
in RFC 1434, and currently in RFC 1795 with additional enhancements defined in
DLSw Version 2 and RFC 2166, DLSw resolves the issues associated with
transporting SNA and NetBIOS information across a multiprotocol backbone.
Specifically, DLSw:
• Prevents sessions from timing out due to slow network response time
• Automatically reroutes traffic around failed links
• Improves response time by reducing network overhead
• Enables multiple locations to interconnect without requiring a network
manager to reconfigure existing bridges
Additionally, the Bay Networks DLSw implementation provides several benefits,
including:
• Bay Networks symmetric multiprocessor architecture, providing a highly
scalable and reliable implementation
• Advanced flow control, ensuring that the router-based network delivers
information as reliably as existing SNA networks
• Integrated SDLC-to-LLC2 conversion, enabling the customer to reduce the
cost of front-end processor (FEP) ports (for example, 3745), maintenance and
software
• RFC 1490 (LLC2 over Frame Relay) support, enabling a Bay Networks router
to communicate across a Frame Relay network directly to a front-end
processor or other device that supports this protocol
• DLSw prioritization, allowing preferred DLSw traffic to receive higher
priority than other traffic
The Bay Networks DLSw implementation is fully interoperable with RFC 1434,
RFC 1795, and RFC 2166 DLSw implementations.
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