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vb(7)
NAME
  vb, sys_attrs_vme_vba - VMEbus backplane Ethernet interface

SYNOPSIS
  controller vb0 at vba0

DESCRIPTION
  The VMEbus backplane (vb) interface provides access to an Ethernet network
  through the VMEbus backplane driver, which acts as an Ethernet Datalink
  Layer driver.	 This interface allows VMEbus-based systems to communicate
  directly over the VMEbus to other VMEbus-based systems on the same
  backplane, or on other Ethernet connected systems outside the backplane
  through a gateway node on the backplane.

  Both the Tru64 UNIX and VxWorks for Alpha (Version 3.1 or higher) software
  support the vb driver as well as communication between these systems on the
  same backplane.  The Tru64 UNIX vb driver is supported on AXPvme and Alpha
  VME SBCs and Alpha VME 2100 systems.

  The VMEbus backplane interface requires you to modify the /etc/sysconfigtab
  file on your AXPvme or Alpha VME system in order to configure the vb driver
  and to map VMEbus windows for the system.  Mapping the VMEbus windows on
  one node requires knowledge about every node in the vb network.

				     Note

       Do not modify any vme_vba kernel subsystem attributes.  To configure a
       vb network node, you modify attributes of the vb driver (vb:) and the
       system's VMEbus adapter (vba_vipvic: or vba_univ:).

  See System Configuration Supplement: OEM Platforms for detailed information
  about the use of the vb interface on Alpha VME systems, including the
  following topics:

    ·  VMEbus backplane (vb) network overview

    ·  Configuring vb network nodes

    ·  Modifying vb driver attributes

    ·  Modifying vba_vipvic adapter attributes

    ·  Modifying vba_univ adapter attributes

    ·  Examples

    ·  Related ioctl commands

    ·  Diagnostic messages

    ·  Errors

SEE ALSO
  Interfaces: sys_attrs_vba_vipvic(7), sys_attrs_vba_univ(7), sysconfigdb(8)

  Network Administration: Connections, System Configuration Supplement: OEM
  Platforms

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