About SNA Line Addressing

Introduction

For SNA over Frame Relay, DataFire SYNC 2000 for UnixWare 7 associates the IBM eNetwork Communications package Token Ring card MAC address with Frame Relay's tupple, which comprises the Protocol ID, DLCI number, and Subnet ID. Using the lssnadev tool located in /opt/sna/bin, the following associations can be made:

Example:

# lssnadev
Card_Type
Adapter
Number
Line Address
MAC Address
TOKEN_RING
0
444947490041
000500100041
TOKEN_RING
1
444947490042
000500100042
TOKEN_RING
2
444947490043
000500100043
TOKEN_RING
3
444947490044
000500100044
TOKEN_RING
4
444947490145
000500100145
TOKEN_RING
5
444947490146
000500100146

Adapter Number

In the previous table, adapter number refers to the number assigned to the line on the SYNC 2000 adapter. IBM software sees each line as a distinct adapter.

Line Address

The address for a line can be broken down as follows:

44494749NNSS

where:

The board and Subnet ID numbers can be found by viewing the file
/opt/snet/etc/syncconf.

In the previous example, IBM adapter 4 is associated with Digi adapter 1, Subnet ID `E', protocol id 5 (TOKEN_RING), and DLCI 16.

MAC Address

The MAC address can be broken down as follows:

PPPPDDDDSS

where:

The board and Subnet ID numbers can be found by viewing the file
/opt/snet/etc/syncconf.