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18-6 User Guide for the Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, v6.1
Chapter 18
Example: Suppress Advertising of all Print Servers on Interface
Remote
To configure your switch to suppress the advertising of all Print Servers (for
example, type 7) on Interface Remote:
1. In the navigation pane, expand the Routing > IPX > SAP folders, and
then click Name Filters.
The IPX SAP Name Filters Web page is displayed in the content pane.
See Figure 18-2.
2. Click CREATE to create a new filter. The Add IPX SAP Name Filter
Web page is displayed. See Figure 18-3.
3. Configure the following parameters:
a. Select Remote from the Interface pull-down menu.
b. Enter 0 in the Precedence field.
c. Enter * (asterisk) in the Name field. The asterisk represents a
wildcard that applies to all server names.
d. Enter 7 in the Type field.
e. Select Outbound from the Direction pull-down menu.
Filter/Suppress Select to enable or disable whether the services
matching Name and Type are filtered (inbound) or
suppressed (outbound).
• Filtered - Applies the filter only to SAP packets
received (inbound direction) on the interface.
• Suppressed - Applies the filter only to SAP
packets sent (outbound direction) on the interface.
Select Enable to filter/suppress traffic. Select Disable to
disable the filtering and suppression of traffic.Default
value is Enable.
Hops Specify the number of routers (hops) that the packet
must pass through before reaching the service(s)
matched by the filter. This entry is used to override the
value in the SAP packet.
Entering 0 ensures that there is no override in the
transmission of data on the network.
Table 18-2. IPX SAP Name Filter Web Page Parameters
Parameter Allows you to...
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