Config Guide

Config guide

Config guide

How to set up your device when connecting to GIXA? Here are some pointers to start with.

GIXA rules restrict the type of traffic and number of source MAC addresses that any member is allowed to send to the exchange. The GIXA platform is built around photonic cross connects, Layer 1 switches, which introduce short link flaps for the customers with 10GE connections when moving customer connections between Ethernet switches.

This article will tell you how to prevent those flaps from influencing your session and how to configure your interface towards GIXA to only send allowed traffic towards the exchange.

This article will tell you how to prevent those flaps from influencing your session and how to configure your interface towards AMS-IX to only send allowed traffic towards the exchange.

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Introduction

How to set up your device when connecting to GIXA? Here are some pointers to start with.

GIXA rules restrict the type of traffic and number of source MAC addresses that any member is allowed to send to the exchange. The GIXA platform is built around photonic cross connects, Layer 1 switches, which introduce short link flaps for the customers with 10GE connections when moving customer connections between Ethernet switches.

This article will tell you how to prevent those flaps from influencing your session and how to configure your interface towards GIXA to only send allowed traffic towards the exchange.

Introduction

1.1 Definition of Terms

In this document we refer to terms like ‘L2 device’, ‘L2/L3 hybrid’, etc. Here are our definitions:

L2 Device

A device that functions as a Layer 2 (Ethernet) Bridge (a.k.a. ‘switch’, ‘bridge’, ‘hub’, etc).

L3 Device

A device that functions as a L3 (IP) router only. This means it does not bridge any Ethernet frames between its interfaces. Such a device is typically called a ‘router’.

L2/L3 Hybrid

A device that functions both as a L2 bridge and a L3 router. This means it can both bridge Ethernet frames between its interfaces as well as route IP traffic and participate in IP routing protocols. Foundry/Brocade, Force10 and Extreme are common examples of this type of device.

Background

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