Options for Managing a DTC Remotely

site requiring their own DTC management system, the cost factor
alone would become prohibitively expensive. Also, if the site only
contained DTCs connecting to HP-UX systems, than this solution
would also add a steep learning curve to the additional cost factor.
3.4. Option 4: Bridge/Router Configuration
In this option, the existing networking equipment used to connect
the remote site to the main HP 3000 location would be configured
to bridge MPE/iX DTC traffic. This would allow the normal
connection and management activities to occur between the local
and remote site and would be transparent to the remote users.
The following is an example of how to do this. The message below
was received as a question to an on the HP Networking Forum and
contains a response on how to do this over Cisco equipment. The
key in the message is filtering and bridging the traffic with the XSAP
designation of F8F8 or FCFC. This is the DTC TIO XSAP for DTC
connections and DTC management. Configuring the bridging
functionality to filter on this will capture the DTC traffic. Other traffic
will simply be routed as normal.
author subject: Cisco routing w/ HP DTC/ AFCP etc...
Michael
Nesteriak
April 06, 2000 06:48 AM GMT
I am changing our old brouters over to new Cisco's. The problem I am having
is
the lack of the lack of HP's AFCP routing capability. I dug up an ARP PROBE
(assigned to an interface) command for the Cisco. Any comments/
suggestions
regarding this? We cut over next Saturday and this MUST be smooth.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Michael
Nesteriak
April 24, 2000 13:40 PM GMT [ N/A ]
I think we have fixed this.
I HIGHLY recommend doing this on a downed interface. We experienced
complete
interface shutdowns after attempting this. DON'T DO IT LIVE!!
Cisco IOS 12.0 (6) commands...
configure terminal
bridge crb
bridge 1 protocol ieee
bridge 1 route ip
Then apply the bridge-group 1 to BOTH sides of the bridged interfaces.