Configuring DLSw in an Ethernet environment

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Enable bridging.

bridge enable

N/A

3. Enable a bridge set.

bridge bridge-set enable

N/A

4. Enable DLSw.

dlsw enable

Optional.

Enabled by default.

5. Create a local DLSw peer.

See "Creating DLSw peers."

N/A

6. Map a bridge set to DLSw.

See "Mapping a bridge set to DLSw."

N/A

7. Add an Ethernet interface to the bridge set.

See "Adding an Ethernet interface to a bridge set."

N/A

8. Set DLSw timers.

See "Setting DLSw timers."

Optional.

9. Configure LLC2 parameters.

See "Configuring LLC2 parameters."

Optional.

10. Configure the multicast function of DLSw v2.0.

See "Configuring the multicast function of DLSw v2.0."

Optional.

11. Configure the maximal attempts of sending an explorer frame in DLSw v2.0.

See "Configuring the maximum number of DLSw v2.0 explorer retries."

Optional.

12. Apply an ACL in DLSw so DLSw handles only Ethernet frames that match the ACL.

See "Applying an ACL in DLSw."

Optional.

13. Configure DLSw Ethernet redundancy.

See "Configuring DLSw Ethernet redundancy."

Optional.

14. Configure local reachable MAC or SAP addresses.

See "Configuring local reachable MAC or SAP addresses."

Optional.

15. Configure the remote reachability information for the router.

See "Configuring remote reachability information."

Optional.

16. Configure DLSw load balancing.

See "Configuring DLSw load balancing."

Optional.

For more information on bridging and bridge set configuration, see "Configuring bridging."