Avaya P580 Switch User Manual


 
Avaya P550R, P580, P880, and P882 Multiservice Switch User Guide, v5.3.1 12-1
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Configuring IPX Routing
Overview
This chapter provides the following information and procedures for
configuring 50, 80 series layer 2 modules, 50 series Layer 3 or 80
series Licensed Layer 3 modules. Refer to Chapter 1 “Introduction”
for more details about routing IP and Internetwork Packet Exchange
(IPX) Protocol through the Avaya Multiservice Switch.
IPX Overview
Configuring the Avaya Switch as an IPX Router
IPX Overview
The IPX protocol is connectionless and performs datagram delivery
and routing in Novell NetWare networks. Each IPX address consists
of:
Network Number — A 32-bit (8 characters) number that is
normally assigned by the network administrator.
Node Number — A 48-bit (12 characters) number that is
normally the MAC layer address of the physical interface.
Socket Number — A number used to route packets to
different processes within the same node.
The syntax for entering an IPX address is:
network node socket
For example:
000000AAh 00e03b124213h 4003h
where 000000AAh is the network number, 00e03b124213h is the node
number, and
4003h is the socket number associated with a running
process on the end node (for example, RIP, NetWare Link State
Protocol (NLSP)).