RFC 2166 (rfc2166) - Page 1 of 34
APPN Implementer's Workshop Closed Pages Document DLSw v2
Alternative Format: Original Text Document
Network Working Group D. Bryant
Request for Comments: 2166 3Com Corp
Category: Informational P. Brittain
Data Connection Ltd.
June 1997
APPN Implementer's Workshop
Closed Pages Document
DLSw v2.0 Enhancements
Status of this Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo
does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of
this memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document specifies
- a set of extensions to RFC 1795 designed to improve the scalability
of DLSw
- clarifications to RFC 1795 in the light of the implementation
experience to-date.
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with DLSw and RFC 1795. No
effort has been made to explain these existing protocols or
associated terminology.
This document was developed in the DLSw Related Interest Group (RIG)
of the APPN Implementers Workshop (AIW). If you would like to
participate in future DLSw discussions, please subscribe to the DLSw
RIG mailing lists by sending a mail to majordomo@raleigh.ibm.com
specifying 'subscribe aiw-dlsw' as the body of the message.
Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ................................................ 3
2. HALT REASON CODES............................................ 3
3. SCOPE OF SCALABILITY ENHANCEMENTS............................ 4
4. OVERVIEW OF SCALABILITY ENHANCEMENTS......................... 6
5. MULTICAST GROUPS AND ADDRESSING.............................. 7
5.1 USING MULTICAST GROUPS...................................... 8
5.2 DLSW MULTICAST ADDRESSES.................................... 8
6. DLSW MESSAGE TRANSPORTS...................................... 8
6.1 TCP/IP CONNECTIONS ON DEMAND................................ 9
6.1.1 TCP CONNECTIONS ON DEMAND RACE CONDITIONS................ 9
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