RFC 2835 (rfc2835) - Page 2 of 33


IP and ARP over HIPPI-6400 (GSN)



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RFC 2835            IP and ARP over HIPPI-6400 (GSN)            May 2000


   3.  IP Subnetwork Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       3.1 Background  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
       3.2 HIPPI LIS Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   4.  Internet Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
       4.1  Packet Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
            4.1.1 IEEE 802.2 LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
            4.1.2 SNAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
            4.1.3 Packet diagrams  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
       4.2  HIPPI-6400 Hardware address: Universal LAN MAC addr.   9
       4.3  Maximum Transmission Unit - MTU  . . . . . . . . . .  10
   5.  HIPPI Address Resolution Protocol - HARP  . . . . . . . .  11
       5.1  HARP Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
            5.1.1 Selecting the authoritative HARP service . . .  12
            5.1.2 HARP registration phase  . . . . . . . . . . .  13
            5.1.3 HARP operational phase . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
       5.2  HARP Client Operational Requirements . . . . . . . .  15
       5.3  Receiving Unknown HARP Messages  . . . . . . . . . .  16
       5.4  HARP Server Operational Requirements . . . . . . . .  16
       5.5  HARP and Permanent ARP Table Entries . . . . . . . .  18
       5.6  HARP Table Aging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   6.  HARP Message Encoding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
       6.1 Generic IEEE 802 ARP Message Format . . . . . . . . .  19
       6.2 HIPARP Message Formats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
           6.2.1 Example Message encodings:  . . . . . . . . . .  23
           6.2.2 HARP_NAK message format . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
   7.  Broadcast and Multicast   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
       7.1 Protocol for an IP Broadcast Emulation Server - PIBES  25
       7.2 IP Broadcast Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
       7.3 IP Multicast Address  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
       7.4 A Note on Broadcast Emulation Performance . . . . . .  26
   8.  HARP for Scheduled Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   9.  Security Consierations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  26
   10. Open Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
   11.  HARP Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  27
        11.1 Registr. Phase of Client Y on Non-broadcast Hardware 27
        11.2 Registr. Phase of Client Y on Broadcast-capable . .  28
        11.3 Operational Phase (phase II)  . . . . . . . . . . .  29
             11.3.1 Successful HARP_Resolve example  . . . . . .  29
             11.3.2 Non-successful HARP_Resolve example  . . . .  30
   12.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
   13.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   14.  Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   15.  Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33








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