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The LEC/MPC requests the information needed to join a specified ELAN or the
default ELAN. The LECS has information about available ELANs, what ELANs
each LEC/MPC can join, and which ELAN the LEC/MPC should attempt to join
first.
If a LECS is not available, or if you choose not to use it, you can manually specify
the information required to join a specific ELAN.
4.
The LEC/MPC contacts the LES associated with the ELAN it wants to join and reg-
isters its MAC-ATM address pair. It also contacts the BUS associated with the
ELAN. At this point, the LEC/MPC and the LES have the information required to
allow this host to communicate with other hosts on the ELAN as if it were an Ether-
net (or Token Ring) network. Refer to the following section for a description of how
the LEC/MPC connects to other hosts on the ELAN.
4.2.2.2 The Connection Process
To send packets to another host on the ELAN:
1.
The LEC/MPC calls the LES to map the MAC destination address into an ATM
address. (The LES maintains a mapping table of the address of all LEC/MPCs on
the ELAN.)
2.
If the LES finds an entry in its table for the destination MAC address, it returns the
destination ATM address to the LEC/MPC.
3.
The LEC/MPC then opens up a point-to-point ATM connection to the destination
host to send the packet.
4.2.2.3 Multicast and Broadcast Packets
The LEC/MPC sends outgoing multicast and broadcast packets to the BUS which uses a
point-to-multipoint connection to send the packets to multiple ATM addresses in the ELAN.
4.2.2.4 Accessing Fast Ethernet and FDDI Networks
Note that the diagram in Figure 4.1 shows dotted lines from the PowerHub 7000 to the Fast
Ethernet and FDDI networks. This shows how the PowerHub can provide access to non-ATM
networks.
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