Integrating ATM in Legacy LANs
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Address registration is performed in two phases:
1
The network side supplies the network portion of the address (network
prefix).
2
The user side appends the end-system identifier (ESI) of the address and
registers the complete address with the network side.
Either side can dynamically register and de-register their respective parts of
the address. This registration process provides the network with the
intelligence it needs to automatically associate a virtual circuit with given
source and destination addresses.
Integrating ATM
in Legacy LANs
In a network that incorporates both ATM and existing LAN technologies, it is
important to understand the significance of LAN-to-ATM conversion
functions. Two methods that can be used to interconnect LANs over an ATM
network are:
■
The first method,
Classical IP over ATM
, implements IP “natively” over ATM,
which enables direct communication among LANs operating under the
same protocol. Classical IP uses logical IP subnets (LISs) to route between
LAN-based and ATM-based subnets for IP routing connectivity. For more
information on Classical IP over ATM, see Chapter 4 in the
LANplex® 2500
Extended Switching Guide
or Chapter 9 in the
LANplex® 2500 Administration
Console Guide
.
Classical IP over ATM is available only in LANplex Extended Switching
software.
■
The second method
, LAN Emulation (LANE)
, interconnects LANs over an
ATM network through bridging. LANE makes a connection-oriented ATM
network look and behave like a shared connectionless LAN segment. For
more information on LANE, see the next section.
Summary of Contents for LANPLEX 2500
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