Enhancements to Release 1.0 of the IBM 8371

Configuring and Monitoring Bridging

This chapter is presented here in its entirety with a | used in the left margin to mark changes for the 8371 Release 1.0 enhancements. You can use this document to replace the "Configuring and Monitoring Bridging" chapter of IBM 8371 Networking Multilayer Ethernet Switch Software User's Guide and Configuration Reference, GC30-9688-00.

This chapter describes how to configure the adaptive source routing transparent (ASRT) bridge protocol and how to use the ASRT configuration commands. The chapter includes the following sections:

• "Accessing the ASRT Configuration Environment"
• "ASRT Configuration Commands"
• "Detailed Configuration Commands for a Particular Bridge"
• "NetBIOS Configuration Commands"
• "Dynamic Protocol Filtering (VLANS) Configuration Commands"
• "Accessing the ASRT Monitoring Environment"
• "ASRT Monitoring Commands"
• "Detailed Monitoring Commands for a Particular Bridge Instance"
• "NetBIOS Monitoring Commands"
• "Dynamic Protocol Filtering (VLANS)"