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Figure 131. Active port window

10.3.3 Link station configuration

A link station must now be configured on the token-ring port.

Select New -> Link Station -> TR Link Station in the tool bar.

The rs600030 New Token Ring Link Station window will be displayed as

shown in Figure 132.

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Figure 132. New token-ring link station configuration

Enter the appropriate values for your token-ring link station.

You can scroll down to see and enter values for required fields. Then select

OK.

10.3.4 Administration program differences

The addition of a token-ring link station gives us the opportunity to point out a

difference in the way the Web Administration program and the Motif

administration program work.

A token-ring link station may be configured to support only independent LUs,

only dependent LUs, or both.

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In configuring a token-ring link station with the Motif administration program,

the configuration panel that is displayed depends on which button is selected

for LU traffic:

• Both (see Figure 133)

• Independent Only (see Figure 134)

• Dependent Only (see Figure 135)

Figure 133. Support for both

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Figure 134. Support for independent only

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Figure 135. Support for dependent only

Note that the layout of each of these panels is different and depends on which

LU traffic button is selected. This is because the Motif administration program

is context-sensitive and can modify the panel being displayed based on

selections made on the panel.

The Web Administration program does not dynamically display a different

panel based on a selection made on that panel. It displays a fixed list of

parameters based on values entered on previous panels.

Therefore, to make a similar selection for LU Traffic of Both, Independent

Only or Dependent Only, you must select different values for the parameters

displayed in Figure 132 on page 187. An example configuration for each type

follows:

• Both

In order to configure a link station as Both (that is, available for both

independent LU traffic and dependent LU traffic), the remote node type

must be LEARN_NODE as shown in Figure 136.