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I
NTERNET
P
ACKET
E
XCHANGE
(IPX)
This chapter provides guidelines and other key information about how to
use the Internet Packet eXchange (IPX) protocol commands to route
packets from a Multilayer Switching Module to an external destination.
The IPX protocol is a NetWare LAN communications protocol that moves
data between servers and workstation programs running on various
network nodes. IPX is a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) that is used for
connectionless communications. IPX packets are encapsulated and
carried by Ethernet packets and Token Ring frames.
To route packets using the IPX protocol, you:
1
Define an IPX routing interface
An IPX routing interface defines the relationship between an IPX virtual
LAN (VLAN) and the subnetworks in the IPX network. Each routing IPX
VLAN interface is associated with a VLAN that supports IPX. The module
has one interface defined for each subnetwork that is directly connected
to it. You must first define a VLAN, as described in Chapter 10, before
you define an associated IPX VLAN interface.
2
Decide which IPX routing and server options you want to use
3
Enable IPX forwarding.
For more information about IPX, see the
Switch 4007
Implementation
Guide.
The Switch 4007 software and management interfaces are built from
CoreBuilder
®
9000 switch technology. In Switch 4007 software
releases 3.0.0 and 3.0.5, the prompts and displays in all interfaces may
indicate this heritage.
Summary of Contents for 4007
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Page 34: ...34 CHAPTER 1 ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW...
Page 78: ...78 CHAPTER 4 SIMPLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL SNMP...
Page 100: ...100 CHAPTER 5 ETHERNET PORTS...
Page 174: ...174 CHAPTER 9 RESILIENT LINKS...
Page 322: ...322 CHAPTER 13 VIRTUAL ROUTER REDUNDANCY VRRP...
Page 476: ...476 CHAPTER 16 INTERNET PACKET EXCHANGE IPX...
Page 552: ...552 CHAPTER 18 QUALITY OF SERVICE QOS AND RESOURCE RESERVATION PROTOCOL RSVP...
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