Chapter 10. Trunking with Multiprotocol Over ATM

This chapter covers the following key topics:

Why Two ATM Modes?—Describes the relationship between LANE and MPOA, and discusses the choices of when to use one as opposed to the other.

MPOA Components and Model—Provides an overview of MPOA including the various components defined and utilized by MPOA, their relationship with each other, and how they interact to support MPOA. Various traffic flows for management and user data are also described.

MPOA Configuration—Details the commands to enable MPOA on an MPOA-capable Catalyst LANE module and on a Cisco MPOA-capable router. This details the configuration for both the Multiprotocol Server (MPS) and the Multiprotocol Client (MPC).

Sample MPOA Configuration ...

Get Cisco LAN Switching now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.

Start your free trial