Brocade Mobility RFS Controller System Reference Guide (Supporting software release 5.5.0.0 and later) User Manual

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FIGURE 57

Network - L2TPv3 screen, Add T2TP Peer Configuration

21. Set the following session parameters:

Name

Define a 31 character maximum name of this tunnel session. After a successful tunnel
connection and establishment, the session is created. Each session name represents a
single data stream.

IP Address

Specify the IP address used to be as tunnel source IP address. If not specified, the
tunnel source IP address is selected automatically based on the tunnel peer IP address.
This address is applicable only for initiating the tunnel. When responding to incoming
tunnel create requests, it would use the IP address on which it had received the tunnel
create request.

Peer IP

Set the IP address of an L2TP tunnel destination peer. This is the peer allowed to
establish the tunnel.

Local Session ID

Set the numeric identifier for the tunnel session. This is the pseudowire ID for the
session. This pseudowire ID is sent in a session establishment message to the L2TP
peer.

MTU

Define the session’s maximum transmission unit (MTU) as the size (in bytes) of the
largest protocol data unit the layer can pass between tunnel peers in this session. A
larger MTU means processing fewer packets for the same amount of data.

Remote Session ID

Use the spinner control to set the remote session ID passed in the establishment of the
tunnel and sed a a unique identifier for this tunnel session. Assign an ID from 1 -
4,294,967,295.

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