Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Question:
Explain Protocol Data Unit
Answer:
The data unit in the LLC level is called the protocol data unit (PDU). The PDU contains of four fields a destination service access point (DSAP), a source service access point (SSAP), a control field and an information field. DSAP, SSAP are addresses used by the LLC to identify the protocol stacks on the receiving and sending machines that are generating and using the data. The control field specifies whether the PDU frame is an information frame (I - frame) or a supervisory frame (S - frame) or anunnumbered frame (U - frame).
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