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Administering AppleTalk Routing

This chapter provides guidelines and other key information about commands you can use to configure AppleTalk routing on your system. Configuring and managing AppleTalk routing involves these tasks:


Menu Structure

The commands that you can use depend on the system that you have, your level of access, and the types of modules and other hardware options that are configured for your system. The following diagram shows the complete list of commands for all systems. See the checklist at the beginning of each command description in this chapter for whether your system supports the command.

appletalk interface summary

Displays summary information for all AppleTalk interfaces.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap i su

Fields

Field

Description

Address

AppleTalk interface address, which is based on the network range and the network node. Example: 20301.7.

Index

Index number of the AppleTalk interface

Network range

Range of numbers that are assigned to the interface. (Example: 20301 - 20310)

State

Status of the AppleTalk interface, which indicates whether the interface is available (enabled) or unavailable (down).

VLAN index

Index number of the virtual LAN (VLAN) that is associated with the AppleTalk interface.

in the AppleTalk Interface Summary Display

appletalk interface display

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays summary information for all AppleTalk interfaces.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap i di

Fields

Field

Description

Address

AppleTalk interface address, which is based on the network range and the network node. Example: 20301.7.

Index

Index number of the AppleTalk interface

Network range

Range of numbers that are assigned to the interface. (Example: 20301 - 20310)

State

Status of the AppleTalk interface, which indicates whether the interface is available (enabled) or unavailable (down).

VLAN index

Index number of the virtual LAN (VLAN) that is associated with the AppleTalk interface.

in the AppleTalk Interface Display

appletalk interface detail

Displays detailed information for all AppleTalk interfaces.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap i det

Fields

Field

Description

Address

AppleTalk interface address, which is based on the network range and the network node. Example: 20301.7.

Index

Index number of the AppleTalk interface

Network Range

Range of numbers that are assigned to the interface. Example: 20301 - 20310

Seed

Whether the interface is configured as a seed (y) or non-seed (n) interface.

State

Status of the AppleTalk interface, that is, whether the interface is available (enabled) or unavailable (down).

VLAN index

Index number of the virtual LAN (VLAN) that is associated with the AppleTalk interface

Zone List

All zone names that are associated with the AppleTalk interface.

in the AppleTalk Interface Detail Display

appletalk interface define

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Defines an AppleTalk interface.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap i def

Important Considerations

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

Seed Interface

Whether interface is configured as an AppleTalk seed (y) or non-seed interface (n).

y (factory default), or current value

Start of network range

Start of the network range that is associated with the seed interface. Seed interfaces only.

1 - 65279

-

End of network range

End of the network range that is associated with the seed interface. Seed interfaces only.

1 - 65279

Value specified for start of network range, or current value

Default zone name

User-defined default AppleTalk zone name. Clients that have not been configured to use a particular zone use the default zone name. Seed interfaces only.

Up to 32 ASCII characters

-

Zone name

AppleTalk zone that is associated with the interface. You are prompted to enter up to 15 additional zone names. Seed interfaces only.

-

VLAN interface index

Index number of the VLAN that you want to associate with the AppleTalk interface.

-

appletalk interface modify

Modifies an existing AppleTalk interface.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap i m

Important Considerations

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

Interface

Index number of the AppleTalk interface that you want to modify

-

Seed Interface

Whether you want to configure the interface as an AppleTalk seed (y) or nonseed interface (n)

Current value

Start of network range

Start of the network range that is associated with the seed interface. Seed interfaces only.

1 - 65279

Current value

End of network range

End of the network range that is associated with the seed interface. Seed interfaces only.

1 - 65279

Current value

Default zone name

User-defined default AppleTalk zone name. Clients that have not been configured to use a particular zone use the default zone name. Seed interfaces only.

Up to 32 ASCII characters

Current value

Zone name

First AppleTalk zone that is associated with the interface. You are then prompted to enter up to 15 additional zone names. Seed interfaces only.

Current value

VLAN interface index

Index number of the VLAN that you want to associate with the AppleTalk interface. When the system prompts you for a VLAN interface index, it indicates the available VLANs that you can associate with a new AppleTalk interface.

Current value

Interface down time

Number of minutes that you want to bring down the AppleTalk interface after you change zone information. This prompt appears only when you modify the zone information that is associated with the interface.

1 - 120

-

appletalk interface remove

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Removes an existing AppleTalk interface.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap i r

Important Considerations

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

Interface

Index number of one or more interfaces that you want to remove

-

appletalk interface statistics

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays statistics for each AppleTalk interface. You can specify a single AppleTalk interface, multiple interfaces, or all interfaces. If you have multiple interfaces and you do not specify one of them, the system prompts you to specify the appropriate interface index number.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap i st

Important Consideration

Fields in the AppleTalk Interface Statistics Display

Field

Description

aarpInProbes

Number of AARP probes that have been received

aarpInReqs

Number of AARP requests that have been received

aarpInResp

Number of AARP responses that have been received

aarpOutProbes

Number of AARP probes that have been sent

aarpOutReqs

Number of AARP requests that have been sent

aarpOutResp

Number of AARP responses that have been sent

ddpForwRequests

Total number of packets for which an attempt was made to forward them to their final destination

ddpInChecksumErrors

Number of DDP datagrams that were dropped because of a checksum error

ddpInLocals

Number of DDP datagrams for which this entity was the final DDP destination

ddpInReceives

Total number of packets that have been received, including those with errors

ddpInTooLongs

Number of input DDP datagrams that have been dropped because they exceeded the maximum DDP datagram size

ddpInTooShorts

Number of input DDP datagrams that have been dropped because the received data length was less than the data length that was specified in the DDP header, or the received data length was less than the length of the expected DDP header

ddpNoProtoHandlers

Number of DDP datagrams without protocol handlers

echoInReplies

Number of echo replies that have been received

echoInRequests

Number of echo requests that have been received

echoOutReplies

Number of echo replies that have been sent

echoOutRequests

Number of echo requests that have been sent

nbpInBroadcastReqs

Number of NBP broadcast requests that have been received

nbpInErrors

Number of NBP packets that have been received and rejected for any error

nbpInForwardReqs

Number of NBP forward requests that have been received

nbpInLookupReqs

Number of NBP lookup requests that have been received

rtmpInDataPkts

Number of RTMP data packets that have been received

rtmpInRequestPkts

Number of RTMP request packets that have been received

rtmpOutDataPkts

Number of good RTMP data packets that have been sent

rtmpRouteDeletes

Number of times that RTMP has deleted a route that was aged out of the table

zipAddressInvalids

Number of times that this entity had to broadcast a ZIP GetNetInfo reply because the GetNetInfo request had an invalid address

zipInErrors

Number of ZIP packets that have been received and rejected for any error

zipInExReplies

Number of ZIP extended replies that have been received

zipInGniRequests

Number of ZIP GetNetInfo request packets that have been received

zipInZipQueries

Number of ZIP queries that have been received

zipInZipReplies

Number of ZIP replies that have been received

zipOutGniReplies

Number of ZIP GetNetInfo reply packets that have been sent

zipOutInvalids

Number of ZIP GetNetInfo replies that have been sent with the indication that the previous client zone name was invalid

appletalk route display

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays AppleTalk routes contained in the system's routing table.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap r d

Important Considerations

Fields in the AppleTalk Route Display

Field

Description

Distance

Distance in hops to the destination network

Interface

Interface used to reach the destination network

Network Range

Range of numbers that identify a network

Next Hop

Next hop Internet router to which the packet must be sent

State

Status of each route. One of the following:

appletalk route flush

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Deletes all dynamically learned AppleTalk routes from the routing table.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap r f

Important Consideration

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays the AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP) cache.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap a d

Fields in the AppleTalk AARP Display

Field

Description

AARP address

AppleTalk protocol address

Age (secs)

Age of the ARP entry (in seconds)

Interface

Index number of the interface on which the address was learned

MAC address

Hardware address corresponding to the AppleTalk address

appletalk aarp remove

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Removes an AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP) cache entry.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap a r

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

AARP address

AARP address that you want to remove from the system's AARP cache

Any valid AARP address

-

appletalk aarp flush

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Deletes all AppleTalk Address Resolution Protocol (AARP) entries from the system's AARP cache.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap a f

Important Consideration

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays the AppleTalk Zone table, indexed by network numbers.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap z d n

Important Considerations

appletalk zone display zone

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays the AppleTalk Zone table indexed by zones.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap z d z

Important Considerations

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Enables and disables AppleTalk Data Delivery Protocol (DDP) forwarding.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap f

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

Forwarding state

Whether to enable or disable AppleTalk forwarding

disabled (factory default), or current value

appletalk checksum

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Enables Data Delivery Protocol (DDP) checksum error detection for the AppleTalk protocol.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap c

Important Considerations

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

Checksum generation state

Whether to enable or disable generation of checksums for AppleTalk packets

disabled (factory default), or current value

Checksum verification state

Whether to enable or disable verification of checksums for AppleTalk packets

disabled (factory default), or current value

appletalk ping

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Pings an AppleTalk node using the AppleTalk Echo Protocol (AEP).

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap p

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values

[Default]

Destination AARP address

AppleTalk node that you want to test for network connectivity

Valid AARP address

-

appletalk statistics ddp

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays AppleTalk Datagram Delivery Protocol (DDP) statistics.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap s d

Fields in the AppleTalk DDP Statistics Display

Field

Description

inBcastErrors

Number of dropped DDP datagrams for which the system was not their final destination and they were sent to the broadcast MAC address

inCsumErrors

Number of DDP datagrams that were dropped because of a checksum error

inDiscards

Number of DDP Datagrams that were discarded during routing

inForwards

Total number of packets that were forwarded, including those with errors

inLocals

Number of DDP datagrams for which an attempt was made to forward them to their final destination

inNoClients

Number of DDP datagrams that were dropped for unknown DDP types

inNoRoutes

Number of DDP datagrams that were dropped for unknown routes

inReceives

Total number of packets that were received, including those with errors

inShortDdps

Number of input DDP datagrams that were dropped because the system was not their final destination and their type was short DDP

inTooFars

Number of input datagrams that were dropped because the system was not their final destination and their hop count would exceed 15

inTooLongs

Number of input DDP datagrams that were dropped because they exceeded the maximum DDP datagram size

inTooShorts

Number of input DDP datagrams that were dropped because the received data length was less than the data length that was specified in the DDP header, or the received data length was less than the length of the expected DDP header

outLocals

Number of host-generated DDP datagrams

appletalk statistics rtmp

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays AppleTalk Routing Table Maintenance Protocol (RTMP) statistics.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap s r

Fields in the AppleTalk RTMP Statistics Display

Field

Description

inDatas

Number of good RTMP data packets that were received

inOtherErrs

Number of RTMP packets that have been received and rejected for an error other than a version mismatch

inRequests

Number of good RTMP request packets that were received

inVersionErrs

Number of RTMP packets that have been received and rejected due to a version mismatch

outDatas

Number of RTMP data packets that were sent

outRequests

Number of RTMP request packets that were sent

routeDeletes

Number of times that RTMP deleted a route that was aged out of the table

routeEqChgs

Number of times that RTMP changed the Next Internet Router in a routing entry because the hop count that was advertised in a routing table was equal to the current hop count for a particular network

routeLessChgs

Number of times that RTMP changed the Next Internet Router in a routing entry because the hop count that was advertised in a routing table was less than the current hop count for a particular network

routeOverflows

Number of times that RTMP attempted to add a route to the RTMP table but failed because of lack of space

appletalk statistics zip

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays AppleTalk Zone Information Protocol (ZIP) statistics.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap s z

Fields in the AppleTalk ZIP Statistics Display

Field

Description

inErrors

Number of ZIP packets that have been received and rejected for any error

inExReplies

Number of ZIP extended replies that have been received

inGniReplies

Number of ZIP GetNetInfo reply packets that have been received

inGniRequests

Number of ZIP GetNetInfo request packets that have been received

inLocalZones

Number of ZIP GetLocalZones requests packets that have been received

inObsoletes

Number of ZIP Takedown or ZIP Bringup packets that have been received

inQueries

Number of ZIP queries that have been received

inReplies

Number of ZIP replies that have been received

inZoneCons

Number of times that a conflict has been detected between this system's zone information and another entity's zone information

inZoneInvs

Number of times that this system has received a ZIP GetNetInfo reply with the zone invalid bit set because the corresponding GetNetInfo request had an invalid zone name

inZoneLists

Number of ZIP GetZoneLists requests packets that have been received

outAddrInvs

Number of times that this system had to broadcast a ZIP GetNetInfo reply because the GetNetInfo request had an invalid address

outExReplies

Number of ZIP extended replies that have been sent

outGniReplies

Number of ZIP GetNetInfo reply packets that have been sent out of this port

outGniRequests

Number of ZIP GetNetInfo packets that have been sent

outLocalZones

Number of transmitted ZIP GetLocalZones reply packets

outQueries

Number of ZIP queries that have been sent

outReplies

Number of ZIP replies that have been sent

outZoneInvs

Number of times that this system has sent a ZIP GetNetInfo reply with the zone invalid bit set in response to a GetNetInfo request with an invalid zone name

outZoneLists

Number of transmitted ZIP GetZoneList reply packets

appletalk statistics nbp

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Displays AppleTalk Name Binding Protocol (NBP) statistics.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ap s n

Fields in the AppleTalk NBP Statistics Display

Field

Description

inBcastReqs

Number of NBP Broadcast Requests that have been received

inErrors

Number of NBP packets that have been received and rejected for any error

inFwdReqs

Number of NBP Forward Requests that have been received

inLkupReplies

Number of NBP Lookup Replies that have been received

inLkupReqs

Number of NBP Lookup Requests that have been received

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