| Description | This table is a sparse augmentation of ifTable and controls
the creation of the I-LAN Interface. An I-LAN Interface is
used to create internal connections between bridge ports in a
802.1 device. An I-LAN Interfaces can be directly associated
with a set of bridge ports. An I-LAN Interfaces can also be
used as a stacking interface to relate other interfaces before
association to bridge ports.
For example, an I-LAN interface can be created to link traffic
between a PIP and a CBP. In this case a CBP is created on the
B-Component and the CBP's related IfEntry is stacked upon the
IfEntry of the I-LAN. The PIP is stacked upon the I-LAN using
the IfStackTable. Finally, a VIP is created on the I-Component
and is associated with the PIP, thus completing the path from
the I-Component's MAC relay to the CBP on the B-Component.
Entries in this table must be persistent over power up
restart/reboot. |