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Avaya P550R, P580, P880, and P882 Multiservice Switch User Guide, v5.3.1 14-11
Configuring IPX SAP Protocol
Example: Filtering all Services Except Netware Directory
Services (NDS)
To configure your switch to filter all services except NDS a specific
Interface, you must create two filters. Together, Filter 1 and Filter 2
filter services learned on the indicated interface except for NDS
advertisements.
To create these filters using the Web Agent:
Filter 1
This filter ensures that all NDS packets received are not filtered on
Interface Remote.
1. Select Net Filters from the Routing > IPX > SAP group on
the Web Agent window. The IPX SAP Net Filters dialog
box opens (Figure 6-115).
2. Select CREATE. The Add IPX SAP Net Filter dialog box
opens (Figure 6-116).
3. Configure the following parameters:
a. Select an interface name from the Interface pull-down
menu.
b. Enter 0 in the Precedence field.
* Note: Any filter with a Precedence of 0 will always
override a filter with a precedence of 1 or
higher.
c. Enter ffffffff (which represents all networks) in the Net
field.
d. Enter 278 (which represents the type for NDS) in the Type
field.
e. Select Inbound from the Direction pull-down menu.
f. Select Disable from the Filter/Suppress pull-down menu
to ensure that NDS advertisements are not filtered.
g. Enter 0 in the Hops field to ensure that there is no
override in the transmission of data on the network.