Operation Manual

Operations Manual
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This means that ELANs are established and that a device attached to your
LEC will join a configured ELAN. It also means that a configured ELAN will
remain joined until either it is reset or it is powered down.
Client Status. Client status can be found in the Emulated LAN
definitions submenu.
Operational means there is traffic for the ELAN across the ATM
interface.
Idle means that the ELAN configuration is stored in the database but
the associated client is not operational.
If the client is Operational, you can only return the client to Idle. You can
change the client name only when the client is Idle. You can enter a new
name, (up to 20 characters in length), or delete an existing name (by pressing
the space bar), for any client.
Select a client by typing its ELAN number as shown on the left of the screen
and press <RETURN>. There are 64 ELANs available. Press N <RETURN> to
see the next page. To see the previous menu, press
<RETURN>.
The status of ELAN #1 is shown below.