Types of Ethernet frames sent
The Ethernet frame that your system receives and the Ethernet standard that you select in the line description govern the type of frame that your system sends.
In the line description, you select the standard through the Ethernet standard (ETHSTD) field. In an SNA environment, if you have the option to use Ethernet standard IEEE 802.3 or Ethernet version 2, use *ALL.
The following table shows what Ethernet frame your system sends according to the frame type the system receives and the value of the ETHSTD field. As noted, your system will not send a frame in some cases.
Frame type received | ETHSTD value | Frame type sent |
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IEEE 802.3 with SNA or non-SNA data | *IEEE80231 | IEEE 802.3 |
*ETHV22 | No frame sent | |
*ALL3 | IEEE 802.3 | |
Ethernet version 2 with non-SNA data | *IEEE8023 | No frame |
*ETHV2 | Ethernet version 2 | |
*ALL | Ethernet version 2 | |
Ethernet version 2 with SNA data | *IEEE8023 | IEEE 802.3 |
*ETHV2 | Ethernet version 2, encapsulated SNA4 | |
*ALL | IEEE 802.3 | |
Notes:
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