Token-Ring Addresses (IBM Guidelines)
Für Token-Ring-MAC-Adressen, die vom lokalen Netzwerkverwalter eingesetzt (und die eingebrannten Hardware-MAC-Adressen übergangen) werden, empfiehlt IBM die folgenden Richtlinien.
Die zulässigen lokalen MAC-Adressen liegen im folgenden Adress-Bereich:
Von 40-00-00-00-00-00
bis 40-00-FF-FF-FF-FF
Machine Codes
40-00-XZ-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ X: 0 = Gateway or IS server
1 = Primary Bridge adapter
2 = Secondary Bridge adapter
3 = LAN servers
5 = Workstation
Z-ZZ-ZZ: Unique Station ID
3174 Token-Ring Controller
40-00-0B-A0-DD-DD B: 3174 Machine Type
A: Model Type:
0 = 01L
1 = 11L
2 = 03R
3 = 13R
4 = 01R
5 = 11R
DD-DD: Unique Station ID
37xx Gateways
40-00-09-AB-DD-DD 9: 37xx/3172 Gateway Machine
A: Machine Type
0 = 3720
1 = 3725
2 = 3725
3 = 3745
4 = 3172
B: TIC Number:
0 = 1st TIC
1 = 2nd TIC
2 = 3rd TIC
: :
: :
DD-DD: Unique Station ID
IS Servers
40-00-0E-AB-DD-DD E: Host/Server Type
A: Type
0 = AS/400
1 = 9370
2 = S/36
3 = Series 1
4 = PS/2
5 = Printer
6 = RISC/6000
B: Adapter Number
0 = First adapter
1 = Second adapter
DD-DD: Unique Station ID
Network Management and Performance
40-00-0F-AB-CD-DD F: Network Support Device
A: Device function
0 = LAN Manager
1 = Trace and Performance Tool
B: Adapter number
0 = First adapter
1 = Second adapter
C: Device number
D-DD: LAN segment number
Local Servers
40-00-3A-ZZ-ZZ-ZZ 3: Local Server
A: Sequence number of the server
ZZ-ZZ: The employee serial number of the server owner
Bridges
40-00-XA-BB-BC-CC X: Adapter
1 = Primary
2 = Secondary
A: Remote or local bridge number on the segment
0 = Remote bridge number 1 on the segment
1 = Remote bridge number 2 on the segment
2 = Remote bridge number 3 on the segment
A = Local bridge number 1 on the segment
B = Local bridge number 2 on the segment
C = Local bridge number 3 on the segment
BB-B: Higher segment number
C-CC: Lower segment number
Literatur:
Sacket: IBM's Token-Ring Networking Handbook