Each virtual interface has a default Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) of
9180 bytes (per RFC 1577). However, this default can be overridden by
changing the value assigned in iiiiffffaaaattttmmmm____mmmmttttuuuussssiiiizzzzeeee in the iiiiffff____aaaattttmmmm master file in
the ////vvvvaaaarrrr////ssssyyyyssssggggeeeennnn////mmmmaaaasssstttteeeerrrr....dddd directory. A value of zero in iiiiffffaaaattttmmmm____mmmmttttuuuussssiiiizzzzeeee will
cause the default MTU to be used.
The SN0 Quad OC-3c (XIO) and Challenge OC-3c boards support on-board TCP
& UDP checksuming. To enable or disable this feature, different values
can be assigned to iiiiffffaaaattttmmmm____cccckkkkssssuuuummmm in the iiiiffff____aaaattttmmmm master file in the
////vvvvaaaarrrr////ssssyyyyssssggggeeeennnn////mmmmaaaasssstttteeeerrrr....dddd directory. A value of zero (0) disables on-board
checksums. A value of one (1) causes the board to compute checksums on
received frames but not on transmitted frames. A value of two (2) causes
the board to compute checksums on transmitted frames but not on received
frames. A value of three (3) causes the board to compute checksums for
both transmitted and received frames.
To attach a virtual interface to an RFC 1577 LIS, the virtual interface
must be bound to a physical ATM port and configured with the ATM address
of the ATM ARP server for the LIS. These parameters are put in the
/_v_a_r/_a_t_m/_i_f_a_t_m._c_o_n_f configuration file or manually configured using
iiiiffffaaaattttmmmmccccoooonnnnffffiiiigggg((((1111mmmm)))).... These parameters must be specified before the interface
is brought ``UP'' using iiiiffffccccoooonnnnffffiiiigggg((((1111mmmm)))).... UUUUssssuuuuaaaallllllllyyyy tttthhhheeee ppppaaaarrrraaaammmmeeeetttteeeerrrrssss aaaarrrreeee ppppuuuutttt file
so that the system is properly configured when it is powered up.
Alternatively, permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) can be used for TCP/IP
communication. IP addresses are bound to PVCs by placing entries in the
/_v_a_r/_a_t_m/_p_v_c._c_o_n_f configuration file. Each entry maps an IP address to a
specific port, VPI, and VCI. A daemon created by the aaaattttmmmmaaaarrrrpppp((((1111mmmm)))) command
reads this configuration file, creates the PVCs, and binds the IP
addresses to the PVCs. See aaaattttmmmmaaaarrrrpppp((((1111mmmm)))) for a description of this
configuration file.
The value of aaaattttmmmm____ssssppppeeeecccciiiiaaaallll should always be set to zero (0). This variable