3Com 6416SW Network Card User Manual


 
Network Components
The various parts of the ATM address form a hierarchy of network components, as
shown in Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2. ATM Address Hierarchy
For a full description of the ATM address formats supported by the 6416SW, see
Appendix E, “ONcore ATM Address Formats” on page E-1.
The terms used to describe the components of an ATM Campus Network are defined
here:
ATM Campus Network
One or more ATM subnetworks interconnected using NNI
interfaces.
This set of subnetworks is controlled by one administrative domain
and a single private owner using one network access protocol
(UNI).
An ATM Campus Network is identified by:
The first 9 bytes of the unique network prefix.
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