Data Link Switching Overview
1-11
In both single and dual switch-to-switch networks, you must map the addresses of
the SDLC devices to Token Ring/802.5 addresses. To map the addresses, you
configure the SDLC devices as local devices, enabling them to appear to the
network as natively attached LAN devices. Chapter 5 describes how to configure
local devices.
Refer to
Configuring SDLC Services
for information on configuring and tuning
SDLC on a Bay Networks router.
Frame Relay Support
Bay Networks routers support LLC2 routed over Frame Relay (also known as
native SNA over Frame Relay) based on RFC 1490. RFC 1490 describes an
encapsulation method for carrying internetwork traffic over a Frame Relay
backbone. This implementation of LLC2 also complies with the Frame Relay
Forum “Protocol Encapsulation over Frame Relay Implementation Agreements,”
which (1) defines how routed SNA traffic traverses a Frame Relay network and (2)
adds RFC 1490 support for Frame Relay to DLSw and APPN.
LLC2 over Frame Relay allows native SNA traffic (originating from SDLC,
LAN- or WAN-attached devices) to communicate over public or private Frame
Relay networks directly with IBM 3745 or 3746 communications controllers.
Devices can communicate with intermediate routing nodes or in a single-switch
configuration function as a Frame Relay Access Device (FRAD).
Figure 1-7 illustrates the connection of a host through a Frame Relay network, in
a configuration with multiprotocol traffic to other locations.
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