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This chapter describes LAN Emulation (LANE) and how to configure it on the LightStream 1010 ATM switch. The LANE connection can only be used to manage the ATM switch.
For definitions of all commands discussed in this chapter, refer to the LightStream 1010 ATM Switch Command Reference publication.
This chapter contains the following sections:
The ATM Forum defined the LANE specification to allow legacy LAN users to take advantage of ATM's benefits without requiring modifications to end station hardware or software. LANE makes an ATM interface look like one or more separate Ethernet or Token Ring interfaces.
LANE uses ATM as a backbone to interconnect existing legacy LANs. Multiple emulated LANs (ELANs), which are logically separated, can share the same physical ATM network and the same physical ATM interface.
LANE services provide connectivity between ATM-attached devices and LAN-attached devices. Two primary applications that use the LANE protocol are:

ATM is a connection-oriented service, while LAN is a broadcast medium. ATM uses connection-oriented service with point-to-point signaling or multipoint signaling between source and destination devices. LAN-based protocol suites use connectionless service and broadcasts so yjsy source devices can find one or more destination devices.
Using LANE, LAN broadcasts are emulated as ATM unicasts. LANE emulates a broadcast environment such as IEEE 802.3 Ethernet or 802.5 Token Ring on top of an ATM network that is a point-to-point environment. Client devices, such as routers, ATM workstations, and LAN switches use LES functions to emulate a LAN across ATM.
LANE defines a service interface for network layer protocols that is identical to existing MAC layers. No changes are required to existing upper layer protocols and applications. Data sent across the ATM network is encapsulated in the appropriate LAN MAC packets. LANE essentially bridges LAN traffic across ATM and defines the operation of an emulated LAN.
LANE does not emulate every particular physical or data-link characteristic. For example, it does not support carrier sense multiple access collision detect (CSMA/CD) for either Ethernet or Token Ring. LANE on the LightStream 1010 ATM switch supports only the IP protocol.
LANE can be implemented on the following devices:
Figure 14-2 shows the LANE protocol stack used between these devices.

The LANE version 1 standard defines separate ELANs for Ethernet and Token Ring, but does not explicitly define how to connect the two types directly. An ATM equipped router, such as the Cisco 7000 with an ATM interface processor (AIP), acting as an LEC on each ELAN, can provide this connectivity while allowing the administrator to construct firewalls or to filter traffic between ELANs.
A single emulated LAN consists of the following components:
These servers could be single points of failure in a LANE, but Cisco has developed a fault tolerance mechanism known as simple server redundancy that eliminates these single points of failure. Although this scheme is proprietary, no new protocol additions have been made to the LANE subsystems, which are described in the section "Configuring Fault-Tolerant Operation" later in this chapter.
Emulated LAN entities can coexist on one or more Cisco routers or Catalyst switches such as the Catalyst 5000 series. On Cisco routers, each LES and BUS is always a single entity.
In the Catalyst family of switches, a virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical group of end stations, independent of physical location, with a common set of requirements. Currently, the Catalyst switches support a port-centric VLAN configuration. The VLAN number is only significant to the Catalyst family of switches.
On an ATM network, an emulated LAN is called an ELAN and is designated by a name. You can configure some ELANs from a router and some from a Catalyst switch. You can also configure ELANs with unrestricted membership and some with restricted membership. You can also configure a default ELAN for LECs that do not specify an ELAN name during the join request.
To create a VLAN that spans multiple Catalyst switches on an ATM network, you must assign the VLAN on each Catalyst switch to the same ELAN. Use the lane client ethernet vlan_num elan_name command to link the VLAN number with the ELAN name. You must use a router to allow communication between two or more ELANs, whether they are on the same or different Catalyst switches.
Communication among LANE components is ordinarily handled by several types of switched virtual channel circuits (VCCs). Some VCCs are unidirectional; others are bidirectional. Some are point-to-point; others are point-to-multipoint. Figure 14-3 illustrates the various types of VCCs followed by a description of each.

Control direct VCC---The LEC, as part of its initialization, sets up a bi-directional point-to-point VCC to the LES for sending or receiving control traffic. The LEC is required to accept control traffic from the LES through this VCC and must maintain the VCC while participating as a member of the emulated LAN.
Control distribute VCC---The LES may optionally set up a unidirectional VCC back to the LEC for distributing control traffic. Whenever an LES cannot resolve an LE_ARP request from an LEC, it forwards the request out the control distribute VCC to all of the clients in the LAN. The control distribute VCC enables information from the LES to be received whenever a new MAC address joins the LAN or whenever the LES cannot resolve an LE_ARP request.
Data direct VCC---Once an ATM address has been resolved by a LEC, this bidirectional point-to-point VCC is set up between clients that want to exchange unicast data traffic. Most client traffic travels via these VCCs.
Multicast send VCC---The LEC sets up a unidirectional point-to-point VCC to a multicast server. This VCC is used by the LEC to sends multicast traffic to the BUS for forwarding out the multicast forward VCC. The LEC also sends out unicast data on this VCC until it resolves the ATM address of a destination.
Multicast forward VCC---The BUS sets up a unidirectional VCC to the LECs for distributing data from the BUS. This can either be a unidirectional point-to-point or unidirectional point-to-multipoint VCC. Data sent by an LEC over the multicast send VCC is forwarded to all LEC's via the multicast forward VCC.
Configure direct VCC---This is a transient VCC which is set up by the LEC to the LECS in order to obtain the LES ATM address which controls a particular LAN that the LEC wishes to join.
The following process (see Figure 14-3) normally occurs after an LEC has been allowed to join an ELAN:
Step 1 The LEC requests to join an ELAN.
The LEC sets up a connection to the LECS (bidirectional, point-to-point configure direct VCC, link 1-7 in Figure 14-3) to find the ATM address of the LES for its ELAN.
The LEC finds the LECS by using the following interface and addresses in the listed order:
Step 2 The LECS identifies the LES.
Using the same VCC, the LECS returns the ATM address and the name of the LES for the LEC ELAN.
Step 3 The LEC tears down configure direct VCC.
Step 4 The LEC contacts the LES for its ELAN.
The LEC sets up a connection to the LES for its ELAN (bidirectional, point-to-point control direct VCC, link 1-7 in Figure 14-3) to exchange control traffic.
When a control direct VCC is established between an LEC and an LES, it remains established.
Step 5 The LES verifies that the LEC is allowed to join the ELAN.
The LES for the ELAN sets up a connection to the LECS to verify that the LEC is allowed to join the ELAN (bidirectional, point-to-point server configure VCC, link 11-12 in Figure 14-3). The LES configuration request contains the LEC MAC address, its ATM address, and the name of the ELAN. The LECS checks its database to determine whether the LEC can join that ELAN; then it uses the same VCC to inform the LES whether or not the LEC is allowed to join.
Step 6 The LES allows or does not allow the LEC to join the ELAN.
If allowed, the LES adds the LEC to the unidirectional, point-to-multipoint control distribute VCC (link 2-8 in Figure 14-3) and confirms the join over the bidirectional, point-to-point control direct VCC (link 1-7 in Figure 14-3).
If not allowed, the LES rejects the join over the bidirectional, point-to-point control direct VCC (link 1-7 in Figure 14-3).
Step 7 The LEC sends LE_ARP packets for the broadcast address, which is all 1s.
Sending LE_ARP packets for the broadcast address returns the ATM address of the BUS. Then the LEC sets up the multicast send VCC (link 4-9 in Figure 14-3), and the BUS adds the LEC to the multicast forward VCC (link 5-10 in Figure 14-3) to and from the BUS.
When an LEC first joins an ELAN, its LE_ARP table has no dynamic entries, and the LEC has no information about destinations on or behind its ELAN. To learn about a destination when a packet is to be sent, the LEC begins the following process to find the ATM address corresponding to the known MAC address:
Step 1 The LEC sends an LE_ARP request to the LES for this ELAN (point-to-point control direct VCC, link 1-7 in Figure 14-3).
Step 2 If the MAC address is registered with the LES, it returns the corresponding ATM address. If not, the LES forwards the LE_ARP request to all LECs on the ELAN (point-to-multipoint control distribute VCC, link 2-8 in Figure 14-3).
Step 3 Any LEC that recognizes the MAC address responds with its ATM address (point-to-point control direct VCC, link 1-7 in Figure 14-3).
Step 4 The LES forwards the response back to the LEC (point-to-multipoint control distribute VCC, link 2-8 in Figure 14-3).
Step 5 The LEC adds the MAC address-ATM address pair to its LE_ARP cache.
Step 6 The LEC can establish a VCC to the desired destination and transmit packets to that ATM address (bidirectional, point-to-point data direct VCC, link 6-6 in Figure 14-3).
For unknown destinations and during address resolution, the LEC sends a packet to the BUS, which forwards the packet to all LECs. The BUS floods the packet because the destination might be behind a bridge that has not yet learned this particular address.
When an LEC sends broadcast, multicast, or unicast traffic with an unknown address, the following process occurs:
To learn about a destination when a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) file transfer is to be sent, the PC and the LEC in the Catalyst 5000 switch begin the following process to associate a LAN destination MAC address with the ATM address of the ATM-attached file server (see Figure 14-4).

To build a LANE connection from a PC to an ATM attached LEC, the LANE components take these steps:
Step 1 PC---Before starting the file transfer the PC must locate the file server on the network. To find the file server's MAC address, the PC broadcasts an ARP request with the file server's IP address.
Step 2 LEC on Catalyst 5000 switch---Receives ARP and broadcasts to the BUS configured on the ATM switch.
Step 3 BUS on ATM switch---Broadcasts the ARP request to all members of the ELAN using a point-to-multipoint VCC.
Step 4 LEC on file server---Receives the ARP request, recognizes its own IP address and responds with an ARP reply back to the BUS in the ATM switch.
Step 5 BUS on ATM switch---Forwards the ARP reply to the Catalyst 5000 switch.
Step 6 LEC on Catalyst 5000 switch---Forwards the ARP reply to the originating PC.
Step 7 PC---Starts sending the packets of the file transfer using the Catalyst 5000-to-ATM switch multicast send VCC connection to keep the data moving.
Step 8 LEC on file server---Starts to set up the direct VCC to the Catalyst 5000 switch using an LE_ARP request to the LES. This request asks for the ATM address that corresponds to the PC's MAC address.
Step 9 LES on ATM switch---Looks up the PC's MAC address in its look-up table and multicasts the LE_ARP request to all LECs.
Step 10 LEC on Catalyst 5000 switch---Receives the LE_ARP request and finds the PC's MAC address in its look-up table. (It learned the PC's MAC address in step 2.)
Step 11 LEC on Catalyst 5000 switch---Adds its own ATM address into the LE_ARP request and returns it to the LES in the ATM switch.
Step 12 LES on ATM switch---Multicasts the LE_ARP reply to all members of the ELAN, including the file server.
Step 13 LEC on File Server---Receives the LE_ARP as part of the ELAN and signals for a data direct VCC to the Catalyst 5000 using the ATM address.
Step 14 ATM switch---Sets up a data direct VCC between the Catalyst 5000 and the file server.
Step 15 PC---The file transfers directly from the PC using the direct data VCC from the Catalyst 5000 to the ATM-attached file server.
The following sections describes specific information and considerations you might need to consider prior to LANE implementation:
The ATM switch supports the following LANE features:
On a LAN, packets are addressed by the MAC-layer address of the destination and source stations. To provide similar functionality for LANE, MAC-layer addressing must be supported, and every LANE client must have a MAC address. In addition, every LANE component (LEC, LES/BUS, and LECS) must have a unique ATM address.
All LANE clients on the same interface have the same, automatically assigned MAC address which is also used as the end-system identifier (ESI) part of the ATM address (see the following section). Although client MAC addresses are not unique, all ATM addresses are unique.
LANE uses NSAP-format ATM end system addresses, consisting of the following:
See the section "Configuring the ATM Address" in the chapter "Initially Configuring the LightStream 1010 ATM Switch" for more information.
We provide the following standard method of constructing and assigning ATM and MAC addresses for use in an LECS's database. A pool of MAC addresses is assigned to each ATM interface on the router or switch. For constructing ATM addresses, the following assignments are made to the LANE components:
For example, if the MAC addresses assigned to an interface are 0800.200C.1000 through 0800.200C.1007, the ESI part of the ATM addresses is assigned to LANE components as follows:
You can use ATM address templates in many LANE commands that assign ATM addresses to LANE components (thus overriding automatically assigned ATM addresses) or that link client ATM addresses to emulated LANs. Using templates can greatly simplify the use of these commands. The syntax of address templates, the use of address templates, and the use of wildcard characters within an address template for LANE are very similar to the address templates of International Organization for Standardization of Connectionless Network Service (ISO CLNS).
LANE ATM address templates can use two types of wildcards: an asterisk (*) to match any single character, and an ellipsis (...) to match any number of leading or trailing characters.
In LANE, a prefix template explicitly matches the prefix but uses wildcards for the ESI and selector fields. An ESI template explicitly matches the ESI field but uses wildcards for the prefix and selector fields. Table 14-1 shows how the values of unspecified digits are determined when an ATM address template is used:
| Unspecified Digits In | Value Is |
|---|---|
Prefix (first 13 bytes) | Obtained from ATM switch via Interim Local Management Interface (ILMI) |
ESI (next 6 bytes) | Filled with the slot MAC address1 plus
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Selector field (last 1 byte) | Subinterface number, in the range 0 through 255 |
| 1The lowest in the pool of MAC addresses assigned to the ATM interface plus a value that indicates the LANE component. |
The following rules apply to assigning LANE components to the major ATM interface and its subinterfaces:
You must manually configure QSAAL and ILMI signaling PVCs on routers and edge LAN switches to run LANE.
At least one ATM switch is required to run LANE. For example, you cannot run LANE on routers connected back-to-back.
Before you begin to configure LANE, you must decide whether you want to set up one or multiple emulated LANs. If you set up multiple emulated LANs, you must also decide where the servers and clients will be located, and whether to restrict the clients that can belong to each emulated LAN. The procedure for configuring bridged emulated is the same as for any other LAN.
To configure LANE, complete the tasks in the following sections:
You can configure some emulated LANs with unrestricted membership and some emulated LANs with restricted membership. You can also configure a default emulated LAN, which must have unrestricted membership.
After LANE is configured, you can monitor and maintain the components, as described in the section, "Monitoring and Maintaining the LANE Components."
Draw up a plan and a worksheet for your LANE scenario, containing the following information and leaving spaces for the ATM address of each LANE component on each subinterface of each participating router or switch:
The last three items in this list are very important; they determine how you set up each emulated LAN in the configuration server database.
This section is an example of the LANE plan and worksheet that would be created for the example network configuration described in the section "Default Configuration for a Single Emulated LAN" at the end of this chapter.
Figure 14-5 shows the single emulated LAN example network.

The following information describes the LANE plan in Figure 14-5:
Continue with the following sections to start configuring LANE on your ATM network.
To make configuration easier, you should display the LANE default addresses for each router or switch that is running any of the LESs or services and write down the displayed addresses on your worksheet.
To display the default LANE addresses, enter the following command:
| Command | Task |
|---|---|
Display the LANE default addresses for all ATM interfaces present on the router or switch |
The following example displays the default LANE addresses:
Switch# show lane default-atm-addresses interface ATM13/0/0: LANE Client: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB402.** LANE Server: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.** LANE Bus: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.** LANE Config Server: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex
You must enter the configuration server's ATM address into the ATM switch and save it permanently, so that the value is not lost when the switch is reset or powered off. The configuration server address can be specified for the entire switch, or per port.
To enter the configuration server addresses on the ATM switch for the entire switch, perform the following steps in global configuration mode:
| Step | Command | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | atm lecs-address-default address | Specify the LECS's ATM address for the entire switch. |
| 2 | Save the configuration value permanently. |
For examples of these commands, see the section "LANE Configuration Examples" at the end of this chapter.
After you have determined all LESs, BUSs, and LECs on all ATM subinterfaces on all routers and switches that will participate in LANE, and have displayed their ATM addresses, you can use the information to populate the configuration server's database.
You can set up a default emulated LAN, whether or not you set up any other emulated LANs. You can also set up some emulated LANs with restricted membership and others with unrestricted membership.
To set up the LANE database, complete the tasks in the following subsections as appropriate for your emulated LAN plan and scenario. To set up fault-tolerant operation, see "Configuring Fault-Tolerant Operation," later in this chapter.
When you configure a router as the LECS for one default emulated LAN, you provide the following information:
When you set up a database of only a default unrestricted emulated LAN, you do not have to specify where the LANE clients are located. That is, when you set up the configuration servers database for a single default emulated LAN, you do not have to provide any database entries that link the ATM addresses of any clients with the emulated LAN name.
To set up the LECS for the default emulated LAN, perform the following steps, beginning in global configuration mode:
| Step | Command | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | lane database database-name | Create a named database for the LECS. |
| 2 | name elan-name server-atm-address atm-address [index n] | In the configuration database, bind the name of the emulated LAN to the ATM address of the LES. |
| 3 | name elan-name local-seg-id seg-num | (for Token Ring only.) In the configuration database, specify the ring number for the emulated LAN. |
| 4 | default-name elan-name | In the configuration database, assign an emulated LAN to the LECs trying to join without specifying an ELAN name. |
In Step 2, enter the ATM address of the server for the specified emulated LAN, as noted in your worksheet and obtained in the "Displaying LANE Default Addresses" section. You can have any number of servers per emulated LAN for fault tolerance. Entry order determines priority: the first entry has the highest priority unless you override it with the index option.
If you are setting up only a default emulated LAN, the elan-name value in Step 2is the same as the default emulated LAN name you provide in Step 4.
To set up fault-tolerant operation, see the section "Configuring Fault-Tolerant Operation," later in this chapter.
For examples of these commands, see the section "LANE Configuration Examples" later in this chapter.
When you set up a database for unrestricted emulated LANs, you create database entries that link the name of each emulated LAN to the ATM address of its server.
However, you can choose not to specify the locations of the LANE clients. That is, when you set up the configuration server's database, you do not have to provide any database entries that link the ATM addresses or MAC addresses of any clients with the emulated LAN name.
To configure a router or switch as the LECS for multiple emulated LANs with unrestricted membership, perform the following steps, beginning in global configuration mode:
| Step | Command | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Create a named database for the LECS. | |
| 2 | name elan-name1 server-atm-address atm-address [index n] | In the configuration database, bind the name of the first emulated LAN to the ATM address of the LES for that emulated LAN. |
| 3 | name elan-name1 local-seg-id seg-num | (For Token Ring only.) In the configuration database, specify the ring number for the first emulated LAN. |
| 4 | name elan-name2 server-atm-address atm-address [index n] | In the configuration database, bind the name of the second emulated LAN to the ATM address of the LES. Repeat this step, providing a different emulated LAN name and an ATM address, for each additional emulated LAN in this switch cloud. |
| 5 | name elan-name2 local-seg-id seg-num | (For Token Ring only.) In the configuration database, specify the ring number for the second emulated LAN. Repeat this step for each additional Token Ring emulated LAN. |
| 6 | default name elan-name1 | (Optional.) Specify a default emulated LAN for LANE clients not explicitly bound to an emulated LAN. |
In Steps 2and 4, enter the ATM address of the server for the specified emulated LAN, as noted in your worksheet and obtained in the "Displaying LANE Default Addresses" section.
To set up fault-tolerant operation, see the section "Configuring Fault-Tolerant Operation" later in this chapter.
For examples of these commands, see the section "LANE Configuration Examples" later in this chapter.
When you set up the database for restricted-membership emulated LANs, you create database entries that link the name of each emulated LAN to the ATM address of its server.
However, you also must specify where the LANE clients are located. That is, for each restricted-membership emulated LAN, you provide a database entry that explicitly links the ATM address or MAC address of each client of that emulated LAN with the name of that emulated LAN.
Those client database entries specify the clients that are allowed to join the emulated LAN. When a client requests that the configuration server indicate which emulated LAN it is to join, the configuration server consults its database and then responds as configured.
When clients for the same restricted-membership emulated LAN are located in multiple routers, each client's ATM address or MAC address must be linked explicitly with the name of the emulated LAN. As a result, you must configure as many client entries (Step 5in the following procedure) as you have clients for emulated LANs in all the routers. Each client will have a different ATM address in the database entries.
To set up the configuration server for emulated LANs with restricted membership, follow these steps, beginning in global configuration mode:
| Step | Command | Task |
| 1 | lane database database-name | Create a named database for the LECS. |
| 2 | name elan-name1 server-atm-address atm-address [index n] | In the configuration database, bind the name of the first emulated LAN to the ATM address of the LES for that emulated LAN. |
| 3 | name elan-name1 local-seg-id seg-num | (Token Ring only.) In the configuration database, specify the ring number for the first emulated LAN. |
| 4 | name elan-name2 server-atm-address atm-address [index n] | In the configuration database, bind the name of the second emulated LAN to the ATM address of the LES. Repeat this step, providing a different name and a different ATM address for each additional emulated LAN. |
| 5 | name elan-name2 local-seg-id seg-num | (Token Ring only.) In the configuration database, specify the ring number for the second emulated LAN. Repeat this step for each additional Token Ring emulated LAN. |
| 6 | default name elan-name1 | (Optional.) Specify a default emulated LAN for LANE clients not explicitly bound to an emulated LAN. |
| 7 | client-atm-address atm-address-template name elan-name | Add a database entry associating a specific client's ATM address with a specific restricted-membership emulated LAN. Repeat this step for each client of each restricted-membership emulated LANs on this switch cloud, in each case specifying that client's ATM address and the name of the emulated LAN with which it is linked. |
To set up fault-tolerant operation, see the section "Configuring Fault-Tolerant Operation" later in this chapter.
After you create the database entries appropriate to the type and to the membership conditions of the emulated LANs, you enable the configuration server on the selected ATM interface, router, or switch and specify that the configuration server's ATM address is to be computed automatically.
To enable the configuration server, follow these steps, beginning in global configuration mode:
| Step | Command | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | interface atm 2/0/0[.sub_inter #] | If you are not currently configuring the interface, specify the major ATM interface where the configuration server is located. |
| 2 | lane config database database-name | Link the configuration server's database name to the specified major interface, and enable the configuration server. |
| 3 | Specify that the configuration server's ATM address will be computed by our automatic method. |
For examples of these commands, see the section "LANE Configuration Examples" later in this chapter.
For each device that participates in LANE, set up the necessary servers and clients for each emulated LAN; then display and record the server and client ATM addresses. Be sure to keep track of the router or switch interface where the LECS will be located.
For one default emulated LAN, you must set up one set of servers: one as a primary server and the rest as backup servers for the same emulated LAN. For multiple emulated LANs, you can set up servers for another emulated LAN on a different subinterface or on the same interface of this router or switch, or you can place the servers on a different router.
When you set up a server and BUS on a router, you can combine them with a client on the same subinterface, a client on a different subinterface, or no client at all on the router.
Where you put the clients is important, because any router with clients for multiple emulated LANs can route frames between those emulated LANs.
| Step | Command | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | interface atm 2/0/0[.sub_inter #] | Specify the subinterface for the first emulated LAN on this router. |
| 2 | lane server-bus {ethernet | tokenring} elan-name1 | |
| 3 | lane client {ethernet | tokenring} [elan-name1] | (Optional.) Enable a LANE client for the first emulated LAN. |
| 4 | ip address address | Provide a protocol address for the client. |
If the emulated LAN in Step 2 will have restricted membership, consider carefully whether you want to specify its name here. You will specify the name in the LECS's database when it is set up. However, if you link the client to an emulated LAN, and by some mistake it does not match the database entry linking the client to an emulated LAN, this client will not be allowed to join this or any other emulated LAN.
If you do decide to include the name of the emulated LAN linked to the client in Step 3 and later want to associate that client with a different emulated LAN, make the change in the configuration server's database before you make the change for the client on this subinterface.
Each emulated LAN is a separate subnetwork. In Step 4, make sure that the clients of the same emulated LAN are assigned protocol addresses on the same subnetwork, and that clients of different emulated LANs are assigned protocol addresses on different subnetworks.
For examples of these commands, see the section "LANE Configuration Examples" at the end of this chapter.
On any given router or switch, you can set up one client for one emulated LAN or multiple clients for multiple emulated LANs. You can set up a client for a given emulated LAN on any routers you select to participate in that emulated LAN. Any router with clients for multiple emulated LANs can route packets among those emulated LANs.
To set up only a client for an emulated LAN, perform the following steps in global configuration mode:
| Step | Command | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | interface atm 2/0/0[.sub_inter #] | Specify the subinterface for an emulated LAN on this router. |
| 2 | ip address address | Provide a protocol address for the client on this subinterface. |
| 3 | lane client {ethernet | tokenring} elan-name1 | Enable a LANE client for the first emulated LAN. |
Each emulated LAN is a separate subnetwork. In Step 2, make sure that the clients of the same emulated LAN are assigned protocol addresses on the same subnetwork, and that clients of different emulated LANs are assigned protocol addresses on different subnetworks.
For examples of these commands, see the section "LANE Configuration Examples" at the end of this chapter.
This section describes configuring a LANE client connection from the LightStream 1010 ATM switch in the headquarters building to the CPU port 2/0/0 of the switch.
Interface 2/0/0 configured as a LANE client allows configuration of the switch from a remote host.
To configure the interface 2/0/0 as an Ethernet LANE client on the ATM switch, perform the following steps in global configuration mode:
| Step | Command | Task |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | atm lecs-address lecs-address | Specify the address to the LECS. |
| 2 | interface atm 2/0/0[.sub_inter #] | Select the interface to be configured. |
| 3 | lane client-atm-address atm-address-template | Specify an ATM address, and override the automatic ATM address assignment for the LANE client. |
| 4 | lane client {ethernet | tokenring} [elan-name] | Configure a LANE client on the specified subinterface. |
The following example shows how to configure the LANE client on the ASP ATM interface 2/0/0:
Switch(config)# atm lecs-address 47.0091.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.0000.00 Switch(config)# interface atm 2/0/0 Switch(config-if)# lane client ethernet eng_elan
In order, the commands in this example:
1. Set the LANE configuration server (LECS) ATM address to 47.0091.0000...
2. Change to interface configuration mode to configure ATM CPU interface 2/0/0.
3. Configure the LANE client ATM address to 0800.200C.1001.**
4. Configure the LANE client as an Ethernet connection, with the name "mis."
For additional examples of these commands, see the section "LANE Configuration Examples" at the end of this chapter.
The LANE simple server redundancy feature creates fault tolerance using standard LANE protocols and mechanisms. If a failure occurs on the LECS or on the LES/BUS, the emulated LAN can continue to operate using the services of a backup LES. This protocol is called the Simple Server Redundancy Protocol (SSRP).
This section describes how to configure simple server redundancy for fault tolerance on an emulated LAN.
You can define redundant LECSs by configuring one or more server addresses---obtained through the Interim Local Management Interface (ILMI)---on the ATM switch. The LECS turns on server redundancy by adjusting its database to accommodate multiple server ATM addresses for a particular emulated LAN. The additional servers provide backup for that emulated LAN.
For simple LANE service replication or fault tolerance to work, the ATM switch must support multiple LES addresses. This mechanism is specified in the LANE standard. The LESs establish and maintain a standard control circuit that enables the server redundancy to operate.
LANE simple server redundancy comes ready to operate with Cisco IOS Release 11.2 software. To activate the feature, you add an entry for the hierarchical list of servers that will support the given emulated LAN. All database modifications for the emulated LAN must be identical on all LECSs.
Older LANE configuration files continue to work with this new software. LANE configurations that network with non-Cisco ATM equipment continue to work, but the non-Cisco ATM equipment cannot participate in the LANE simple server redundancy.
With the earlier LANE implementation, only one LECS, capable of serving multiple emulated LANS, and only one LES/BUS per emulated LAN was possible for an ATM switch cloud. The earlier LANE protocol did not allow for multiple LESs within an emulated LAN. Therefore, these components represented both single points of failure for LANE service.
LANE simple server redundancy corrects these limitations by allowing backup LECSs and LES/BUSs for an emulated LAN. Offered in Cisco IOS Release 11.2 or later, LANE simple server redundancy is enabled when you configure multiple servers for the same emulated LAN.
This redundancy feature works only with Cisco LECSs and LES/BUS combinations. Third-party LANE components continue to interoperate with the LECS and LES/BUS function of Cisco routers, but cannot take advantage of the redundancy features.
To enable redundant LECSs, enter the multiple LECS addresses into the end ATM switches, which are used as central locations where the list of LECS addresses can be obtained. This allows LANE components connected to the switches to obtain the global list of LECS addresses.
To enable fault tolerance, you enable multiple, redundant, and standby LECSs and multiple, redundant, and standby LES/BUSs. Our LANE continues to operate seamlessly with other vendors' LANE components, but fault tolerance is not effective in this situation.
To configure multiple LES/BUSs for emulated LANs on the routers or switches, perform the following steps in global configuration mode:
| Step | Command | Task |
| 1 | lane database database-name | Create a named database for the LECS. |
| 2 | name elan-name server-atm-address address index n | Specify redundant LES/BUSs, or simple server replication. Enter the command for each LES address for the same emulated LAN. The index determines the priority. 0 is the highest priority. |
| 3 | lane client {ethernet | tokenring} elan-name1 | Enable a LANE client for the first emulated LAN. |
Server redundancy guards against the failure of the hardware on which LES components are running. This includes all the ATM interface cards in our routers and Catalyst switches. Fault tolerance is not effective for ATM network or switch failures.
![]() | Caution For server redundancy to work correctly, all ATM switches must have identical lists of the global LECS addresses, in the identical priority order. The operating LECSs must use exactly the same configuration database. |
Load the configuration table data using the configure network command. This method minimizes errors and enables the database to be maintained centrally in one place.
For examples of these commands, see the section "LANE Configuration Examples" at the end of this chapter.
The following stipulations and limitations should be considered when configuring redundancy:
![]() | Caution When you perform an override using one of these commands, fault-tolerant operation cannot be guaranteed. To avoid affecting the fault-tolerant operation, do not override any LECS, LES, or BUS addresses. |
After configuring LANE components on an interface or any of its subinterfaces, on a specified subinterface, or on an emulated LAN, you can display their status. To show LANE information, follow these steps:
| Command | Task |
|---|---|
show lane card/subcard/port[.sub_inter #] | name elan-name] [brief] | Display the global and per-virtual channel connection LANE information for all the LANE components and emulated LANs configured on an interface or any of its subinterfaces. |
show lane bus [interface atm | Display the global and per-VCC LANE information for the BUS configured on any subinterface or emulated LAN. |
show lane client [interface atm card/subcard/port [.sub_inter #] | name elan-name] [brief] | Display the global and per-VCC LANE information for all LANE clients configured on any subinterface or emulated LAN. |
show lane config [interface atm | Display the global and per-VCC LANE information for the configuration server configured on any interface. |
show lane database [database-name] | Display the LECS's database. |
show lane le-arp [interface atm | Display the LANE ARP table of the LANE client configured on the specified subinterface or emulated LAN. |
show lane server [interface atm | Display the global and per-VCC LANE information for the LES configured on a specified subinterface or emulated LAN. |
The examples in the following sections illustrate how to configure LANE for the following cases:
All examples use the automatic ATM address assignment method described in the "Method of Automatically Assigning ATM Addresses for LANE" section, earlier in this chapter.
These examples show the LANE configurations, not the process of determining the ATM addresses and entering them.
The following examples show how to configure one Cisco 7505 router, one LightStream 1010 ATM switch, and one Catalyst 5500 switch for a single emulated LAN. Configurations for both Ethernet and Token Ring emulated LANs are shown.
The ATM switch contains the LECS, LES, BUS, and an LEC. The router and Catalyst 5500 switch each contain an LEC for the emulated LAN. This example uses all LANE default settings. For example, it does not explicitly set ATM addresses for the different LANE components that are colocated on the ATM switch. Membership in this LAN is not restricted (see Figure 14-6).

ATM_Switch# show lane default-atm-addresses interface ATM13/0/0: LANE Client: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB402.** LANE Server: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.** LANE Bus: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.** LANE Config Server: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex ATM_Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM_Switch(config)# atm lecs-address-default 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 ATM_Switch(config)# ^Z ATM_Switch# ATM_Switch# copy running-config startup-config Building configuration... [OK] ATM_Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM_Switch(config)# lane database eng_dbase ATM_Switch(lane-config-database)# name eng_elan ATM_Switch(lane-config-database)# name eng_elan server-atm-address 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 ATM_Switch(lane-config-database)# default-name eng_elan ATM_Switch(lane-config-database)# end ATM_Switch# show lane database LANE Config Server database table 'eng_dbase' default elan: eng_elan elan 'eng_elan': un-restricted server 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 (prio 0) ATM_Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM_Switch(config)# interface atm 13/0/0 ATM_Switch(config-if)# lane config database eng_dbase ATM_Switch(config-if)# lane config auto-config-atm-address ATM_Switch(config-if)# exit ATM_Switch(config)# end ATM_Switch# show lane config LE Config Server ATM13/0/0 config table: eng_dbase Admin: up State: operational LECS Mastership State: active master list of global LECS addresses (42 seconds to update): 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 <-------- me ATM Address of this LECS: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 (auto) cumulative total number of unrecognized packets received so far: 0 cumulative total number of config requests received so far: 0 cumulative total number of config failures so far: 0 ATM_Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM_Switch(config)# interface atm 13/0/0.1 ATM_Switch(config-subif)# lane server-bus ethernet eng_elan ATM_Switch(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.4 255.255.0.0 ATM_Switch(config-subif)# end ATM_Switch# show lane LE Config Server ATM13/0/0 config table: eng_dbase Admin: up State: operational LECS Mastership State: active master list of global LECS addresses (46 seconds to update): 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 <-------- me ATM Address of this LECS: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 (auto) vcd rxCnt txCnt callingParty 82 0 0 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 LES eng_elan 0 active cumulative total number of unrecognized packets received so far: 0 cumulative total number of config requests received so far: 0 cumulative total number of config failures so far: 0 LE Server ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 ATM address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 LECS used: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 connected, vcd 81 LE BUS ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 ATM address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01 ATM_Switch# show lane LE Config Server ATM13/0/0 config table: eng_dbase Admin: up State: operational LECS Mastership State: active master list of global LECS addresses (15 seconds to update): 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 <-------- me ATM Address of this LECS: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 (auto) vcd rxCnt txCnt callingParty 82 0 0 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 LES eng_elan 0 active cumulative total number of unrecognized packets received so far: 0 cumulative total number of config requests received so far: 0 cumulative total number of config failures so far: 0 LE Server ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 ATM address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 LECS used: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 connected, vcd 81 LE BUS ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 ATM address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01 ATM_Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM_Switch(config)# interface atm 13/0/0.1 ATM_Switch(config-subif)# lane client ethernet eng_elan ATM_Switch(config-subif)# end ATM_Switch# show lane client LE Client ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational Client ID: 1 LEC up for 30 seconds ELAN ID: 0 Join Attempt: 1 HW Address: 00e0.4fac.b402 Type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 ATM Address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB402.01 VCD rxFrames txFrames Type ATM Address 0 0 0 configure 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 87 1 2 direct 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 90 1 0 distribute 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 91 0 1 send 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01 94 0 0 forward 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01 ATM_Switch# copy running-config startup-config Building configuration... [OK] ATM_Switch#
router1# config t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. router1(config)# interface atm 3/0 router1(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal router1(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi router1(config-if)# interface atm 3/0.1 router1(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.1 255.255.0.0 router1(config-subif)# lane client ethernet eng_elan router1(config-subif)# end router1# show running-config Building configuration... Current configuration: ! version 11.1 <Informaiton deleted> ! interface ATM3/0 no ip address atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi ! interface ATM3/0.1 multipoint lane client ethernet eng_elan ! <Information deleted> ! end router1# show interface atm 3/0.1 ATM3/0.1 is up, line protocol is up Hardware is cxBus ATM MTU 1500 bytes, BW 156250 Kbit, DLY 80 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255 Encapsulation ATM-LANE ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00 router1#
Switch1> session 4 Trying ATM-4... Connected to ATM-4. Escape character is '^]'. ATM> enable ATM# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM(config)# interface atm 0 ATM(config-if)# lane server-bus ethernet eng_elan ATM(config-if)# end ATM# write mem Building configuration... [OK] ATM# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM(config)# interface atm 0 ATM(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal ATM(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi ATM(config-if)# end ATM# ATM# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM(config)# interface atm 0.1 ATM(config-subif)# lane client ethernet 1 eng_elan ATM(config-subif)# end ATM# show lane client LE Client ATM0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational Client ID: 3 LEC up for 24 seconds Join Attempt: 11 HW Address: 00e0.4fac.b030 Type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 VLANID: 1 ATM Address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB030.01 VCD rxFrames txFrames Type ATM Address 0 0 0 configure 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 27 1 14 direct 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 29 13 0 distribute 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 30 0 15 send 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01 31 0 0 forward 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01 ATM# write mem Building configuration... [OK] ATM#
The following example shows how to use the show lane and ping commands to confirm the connection between the ATM switch, routers, and LAN switches:
Switch# show lane
LE Config Server ATM13/0/0 config table: eng_dbase
Admin: up State: operational
LECS Mastership State: active master
list of global LECS addresses (31 seconds to update):
47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 <-------- me
ATM Address of this LECS: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 (auto)
vcd rxCnt txCnt callingParty
82 2 2 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01 LES eng_elan 0 active
cumulative total number of unrecognized packets received so far: 0
cumulative total number of config requests received so far: 4
cumulative total number of config failures so far: 0
LE Server ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational
type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516
ATM address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01
LECS used: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00 connected, vcd 81
control distribute: vcd 89, 2 members, 2 packets
proxy/ (ST: Init, Conn, Waiting, Adding, Joined, Operational, Reject, Term)
lecid ST vcd pkts Hardware Addr ATM Address
1 O 88 2 00e0.4fac.b402 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB402.01
2 O 96 2 0080.1c93.8060 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00801C938060.01
LE BUS ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational
type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516
ATM address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01
data forward: vcd 93, 2 members, 95 packets, 0 unicasts
lecid vcd pkts ATM Address
1 92 95 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB402.01
2 97 42 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00801C938060.01
LE Client ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng_elan Admin: up State: operational
Client ID: 1 LEC up for 1 hour 34 minutes 46 seconds
ELAN ID: 0
Join Attempt: 1
HW Address: 00e0.4fac.b402 Type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516
ATM Address: 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB402.01
VCD rxFrames txFrames Type ATM Address
0 0 0 configure 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB405.00
87 1 2 direct 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01
90 2 0 distribute 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB403.01
91 0 95 send 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01
94 42 0 forward 47.00918100000000E04FACB401.00E04FACB404.01
ATM_Switch# ping 172.16.0.1
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.16.0.1, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/202/1000 ms
ATM_Switch# ping 172.16.0.3
Type escape sequence to abort.
Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.16.0.2, timeout is 2 seconds:
!!!!!
Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/202/1000 ms
ATM_Switch#
In this Token Ring example, the Cisco 7505 router contains the LECS, LES, BUS, and an LEC. The ATM switch and Catalyst 5500 Fast Ethernet switch each contain an LEC for the emulated LAN. This example uses all LANE default settings. For example, it does not explicitly set ATM addresses for the different LANE components that are colocated on the router. Membership in this LAN is not restricted.
router1# show lane default-atm-addresses interface ATM3/0: LANE Client: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407572.** LANE Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.** LANE Bus: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407574.** LANE Config Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex router1#
Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Switch(config)# atm lecs-address-default 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 Switch(config)# end Switch#
router1# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. router1(config)# lane database eng_dbase router1(lane-config-database)# name eng_elan server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 router1(lane-config-database)# name eng_elan local-seg-id 2048 router1(lane-config-database)# default-name eng_elan router1(lane-config-database)# exit router1(config)# interface atm0 router1(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal router1(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi router1(config-if)# lane config auto-config-atm-address router1(config-if)# lane config database eng_dbase router1(config-if)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0 database example1: LE Config Server (LECS) changed state to up router1(config-if)# interface atm3/0.1 router1(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.1 255.255.0.0 router1(config-subif)# lane server-bus tokenring eng_elan router1(config-subif)# lane client tokenring eng_elan router1(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0.1 elan eng: LE Client changed state to up router1(config-subif)# end router1#
Switch1> session 4 Trying ATM-4... Connected to ATM-4. Escape character is '^]'. ATM> enable ATM# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM(config)# interface atm 0 ATM(config-if)# lane server-bus tokenring eng_elan ATM(config-if)# end ATM# write mem Building configuration... [OK] config t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM(config)# interface atm 0 ATM(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal ATM(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi ATM(config-if)# end ATM# ATM# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. ATM(config)# interface atm 0.1 ATM(config-subif)# lane client tokenring 1 eng_elan ATM(config-subif)# end ATM#
Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Switch(config)# interface atm13/0/0.1 Switch(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.4 255.255.0.0 Switch(config-subif)# lane client tokenring eng_elan Switch(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM13/0/0.1 elan : LE Client changed state to up Switch(config-subif)# end Switch#
The following example shows how to use the ping command to confirm the connection between the ATM switch and routers:
ATM_Switch# ping 172.16.0.1 Type escape sequence to abort. Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.16.0.1, timeout is 2 seconds: !!!!! Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/202/1000 ms ATM_Switch# ping 172.16.0.3 Type escape sequence to abort. Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.16.0.3, timeout is 2 seconds: !!!!! Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 1/202/1000 ms
The following example shows the show lane client command display for the Ethernet LANE client in the ATM switch:
ATM_Switch# show lane client LE Client ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng Admin: up State: operational Client ID: 3 LEC up for 4 minutes 58 seconds Join Attempt: 1 HW Address: 0060.3e7b.2002 Type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 ATM Address: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2002.01 VCD rxFrames txFrames Type ATM Address 0 0 0 configure 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 52 1 4 direct 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 53 9 0 distribute 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 54 0 13 send 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407574.01 55 19 0 forward 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407574.01 56 11 10 data 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407572.01 57 6 5 data 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407C02.02 Switch#
The following example shows the show lane client command display for the Token Ring LANE client in the ATM switch:
ATM_Switch# show lane client LE Client ATM13/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng Admin: up State: operational Client ID: 3 LEC up for 4 minutes 58 seconds Join Attempt: 1 HW Address: 0060.3e7b.2002 Type: token ring Max Frame Size: 4544 ATM Address: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2002.01 VCD rxFrames txFrames Type ATM Address 0 0 0 configure 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 52 1 4 direct 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 53 9 0 distribute 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 54 0 13 send 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407574.01 55 19 0 forward 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407574.01 56 11 10 data 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407572.01 57 6 5 data 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407C02.02 ATM_Switch#
The following examples show how to configure two Cisco 4500 routers and one LightStream 1010 ATM switch for one emulated LAN with fault tolerance. Configurations for both Ethernet and Token Ring emulated LANs are shown.
Router 1 contains the LECS, LES, BUS, and an LEC. Router 2 contains only an LEC. The ATM switch contains the backup LECS and the backup LES for this emulated LAN, along with another LEC (see Figure 14-7).

This example shows how to accept all default settings provided. For example, it does not explicitly set ATM addresses for the different LANE components that are also on the router. Membership in this LAN is not restricted.
router1# show lane default-atm-addresses interface ATM0: LANE Client: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407572.** LANE Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.** LANE Bus: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407574.** LANE Config Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex router1#
Switch# show lane default-atm-address interface ATM2/0/0: LANE Client: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2002.** LANE Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2003.** LANE Bus: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2004.** LANE Config Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2005.00 note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Switch(config)# atm lecs-address-default 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 Switch(config)# atm lecs-address-default 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2005.00 Switch(config)# end Switch#
router1# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. router1(config)# lane database example1 router1(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 router1(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2003.01 router1(lane-config-database)# default-name eng router1(lane-config-database)# exit router1(config)# interface atm3/0 router1(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal router1(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi router1(config-if)# lane config auto-config-atm-address router1(config-if)# lane config database example1 router1(config-if)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0 database example1: LE Config Server (LECS) changed state to up router1(config-if)# interface atm3/0.1 router1(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.1 255.255.0.0 router1(config-subif)# lane server-bus ethernet eng router1(config-subif)# lane client ethernet eng router1(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0.1 elan eng: LE Client changed state to up router1(config-subif)# end router1#
Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Switch(config)# lane database example1_backup Switch(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 Switch(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2003.01 Switch(lane-config-database)# default-name eng Switch(lane-config-database)# exit Switch(config)# interface atm2/0/0 Switch(config-if)# lane config auto-config-atm-address Switch(config-if)# lane config database example1_backup Switch(config-if)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM2/0/0 database example1_backup: LE Config Server (LECS) changed state to up %LANE-6-LECS_INFO: ATM2/0/0: started listening on the well known LECS address %LANE-6-LECS_INFO: LECS on interface ATM2/0/0 became a BACKUP %LANE-6-LECS_INFO: ATM2/0/0: stopped listening on the well known LECS address Switch(config-if)# interface atm2/0/0.1 Switch(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.4 255.255.0.0 Switch(config-subif)# lane server-bus ethernet eng Switch(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM2/0/0.1 elan eng: LE Server/BUS changed state to up Switch(config-subif)# lane client ethernet eng Switch(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM2/0/0.1 elan eng: LE Client changed state to up Switch(config-subif)# end Switch#
router2# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. router2(config)# interface atm3/0 router2(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal router2(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi router2(config-if)# interface atm3/0.2 router2(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.3 255.255.0.0 router2(config-subif)# lane client ethernet eng router2(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0.2 elan : LE Client changed state to up router2(config-subif)# end router2#
router1# show lane default-atm-addresses interface ATM3/0: LANE Client: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407572.** LANE Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.** LANE Bus: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407574.** LANE Config Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex router1#
Switch# show lane default-atm-address interface ATM2/0/0: LANE Client: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2002.** LANE Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2003.** LANE Bus: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2004.** LANE Config Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2005.00 note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Switch(config)# atm lecs-address-default 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 Switch(config)# atm lecs-address-default 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2005.00 Switch(config)# end Switch#
router1# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. router1(config)# lane database example1 router1(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 router1(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2003.01 router1(lane-config-database)# name eng local-seg-id 2048 router1(lane-config-database)# default-name eng router1(lane-config-database)# exit router1(config)# interface atm3/0 router1(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal router1(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi router1(config-if)# lane config auto-config-atm-address router1(config-if)# lane config database example1 router1(config-if)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0 database example1: LE Config Server (LECS) changed state to up router1(config-if)# interface atm3/0.1 router1(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.1 255.255.0.0 router1(config-subif)# lane server-bus tokenring eng router1(config-subif)# lane client tokenring eng router1(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0.1 elan eng: LE Client changed state to up router1(config-subif)# end router1#
Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Switch(config)# lane database example1_backup Switch(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 Switch(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2003.01 Switch(lane-config-database)# name eng local-seg-id 2048 Switch(lane-config-database)# default-name eng Switch(lane-config-database)# exit Switch(config)# interface atm2/0/0 Switch(config-if)# lane config auto-config-atm-address Switch(config-if)# lane config database example1_backup Switch(config-if)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM2/0/0 database example1_backup: LE Config Server (LECS) changed state to up %LANE-6-LECS_INFO: ATM2/0/0: started listening on the well known LECS address %LANE-6-LECS_INFO: LECS on interface ATM2/0/0 became a BACKUP %LANE-6-LECS_INFO: ATM2/0/0: stopped listening on the well known LECS address Switch(config-if)# interface atm2/0/0.1 Switch(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.4 255.255.0.0 Switch(config-subif)# lane server-bus tokenring eng Switch(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM2/0/0.1 elan eng: LE Server/BUS changed state to up Switch(config-subif)# lane client tokenring eng Switch(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM2/0/0.1 elan eng: LE Client changed state to up Switch(config-subif)# end Switch#
router2# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. router2(config)# interface atm3/0 router2(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal router2(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi router2(config-if)# interface atm3/0.2 router2(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.3 255.255.0.0 router2(config-subif)# lane client tokenring eng router2(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0.2 elan : LE Client changed state to up router2(config-subif)# end router2#
The following example shows the show lane config command display for the LECS (Ethernet and Token Ring):
Switch# show lane config LE Config Server ATM2/0/0 config table: example1_backup Admin: up State: operational LECS Mastership State: backup list of global LECS addresses (45 seconds to update): 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 incoming call (vcd 88) 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2005.00 <-------- me ATM Address of this LECS: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2005.00 (auto) vcd rxCnt txCnt callingParty 88 0 0 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 LECS cumulative total number of unrecognized packets received so far: 0 cumulative total number of config requests received so far: 0 cumulative total number of config failures so far: 0
The following example shows the show lane server command display for the Ethernet LES:
Switch# show lane server LE Server ATM2/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng Admin: up State: operational type: ethernet Max Frame Size: 1516 ATM address: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2003.01 LECS used: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 connected, vcd 95
The following example shows the show lane server command display for the Token Ring LANE server:
Switch# show lane server LE Server ATM2/0/0.1 ELAN name: eng Admin: up State: operational type: token ring Max Frame Size: 4544 Segment ID: 2048 ATM address: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00603E7B2003.01 LECS used: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 connected, vcd 95
The following example shows how to configure a single emulated Token Ring LAN using a Cisco 4500 router and a LightStream 1010 ATM switch with IP source routing across a source-route bridged network. In this example, the emulated Token Ring LAN is source-route bridged to two physical Token Rings.
The router contains the LECS, LES, BUS, and an LEC. The ATM switch and Token Ring switch each contain an LEC for the emulated LAN. This example uses all LANE default settings. For example, it does not explicitly set ATM addresses for the different LANE components that are colocated on the router. Membership in this LAN is not restricted (see Figure 14-8).
router# show lane default-atm-addresses interface ATM0: LANE Client: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407572.** LANE Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.** LANE Bus: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407574.** LANE Config Server: 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 note: ** is the subinterface number byte in hex router#
Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Switch(config)# atm lecs-address-default 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407575.00 Switch(config)# end Switch#
router# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. router(config)# lane database example1 router(lane-config-database)# name eng server-atm-address 47.00918100000000603E7B2001.00000C407573.01 router(lane-config-database)# name eng local-seg-id 2048 router(lane-config-database)# default-name eng router(lane-config-database)# exit router(config)# interface atm3/0 router(config-if)# atm pvc 1 0 5 qsaal router(config-if)# atm pvc 2 0 16 ilmi router(config-if)# lane config auto-config-atm-address router(config-if)# lane config database example1 router(config-if)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0 database example1: LE Config Server (LECS) changed state to up router(config-if)# interface atm3/0.1 router(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.1 255.255.0.0 router(config-subif)# lane server-bus tokenring eng router(config-subif)# lane client tokenring eng router(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM0.1 elan eng: LE Client changed state to up router(config-subif)# end router#
Switch# configure terminal Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Switch(config)# interface atm2/0/0.1 Switch(config-subif)# ip address 172.16.0.4 255.255.0.0 Switch(config-subif)# lane client tokenring eng Switch(config-subif)# multiring ip Switch(config-subif)# %LANE-5-UPDOWN: ATM2/0/0.1 elan : LE Client changed state to up Switch(config-subif)# end Switch#
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Posted: Tue Jun 22 13:58:09 PDT 1999
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