Foundry Networks Switch and Router User Manual

Configuring IPX
December 2000 23 - 19
USING THE WEB MANAGEMENT INTERFACE
To display IPX interface information:
1. Log on to the device using a valid user name and password for read-only or read-write access. The System
configuration dialog is displayed.
2. Click on the plus sign next to Configure in the tree view.
3. Click on the plus sign next to IPX in the tree view to expand the list of IPX option links.
4. Click on the Interface
link to display the IPX interface table.
Displaying the IPX Forwarding Cache
To display the IPX forwarding cache for the router, use one of the following methods.
USING THE CLI
To display the IPX forwarding cache, enter the following command at any CLI level:
BigIron> show ipx cache
Total number of IPX cache entries 3
Forwarding
Index Network Router Out-Filter Frame-Type Port
1 11110007 0000.0000.0000 off ethernet_802.3 7
2 11110005 0000.0000.0000 off ethernet_802.3 5
3 32D564FA 00a0.24bf.89ca off ethernet_802.3 5
Syntax: show ipx cache [<num(hex)>]
The <num(hex)> parameter lets you specify an IPX network number.
This display shows the following information.
sap-max-packet-size The maximum packet size for IPX SAP advertisements. The default
IPX SAP packet size is 480 bytes, which allows seven servers plus 32
bytes of header in an IPX SAP update packet.
To modify this parameter, see “Modify the SAP Advertisement Packet
Size” on page 23-13.
sap-multiplier The age timer for learned SAP entries. The age timer specifies how
many seconds a learned IPX server can remain in the Layer 3
Switch's IPX service table before aging out.
To modify this parameter, see “Modify the Age Timer for Learned SAP
Entries” on page 23-15.
Table 23.3: CLI Display of IPX Forwarding Cache
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Total number of IPX cache entries The number of entries in the forwarding cache.
Index The row number of this entry in the cache.
Network The network containing the destination node.
Table 23.2: CLI Display of IPX Interface Information (Continued)
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Foundry Networks Switch and Router Specifications

General

Brand	Foundry Networks
Model	Switch and Router
Category	Switch
Language	English