Cabletron Systems Netlink FRX8000, User Manual

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St atus Displays 19-9
Displaying IPX RIP and SAP Tables
RIP Table
To display the contents of IPX RIP Table, press
[G]
at the Status Display Menu (or
[C],
[G]
from the Main Menu). Each entry will contain the following:
●
Network
–is the IPX address of the network containing the FRX8000 node that
contains the interface.
●
Router Addr
–is the address of the router that will forward a packet when this
route is used.
●
Hops
– is the number of routers in a packet's path to the destination network.
●
TTime
– (Transport Time) is the time (in 55-millisecond units) that it will nor-
mally take a packet to reach the destination network if this route is used.
●
DNA
– (Do Not Age) identifies whether aging is enabled. (Aging allows deletion
of entries from the table after a specified period.) Routes configured as static
(see page 15-18) will not age (
DNA
=
TRUE
). Interfaces with
0
specified in their
IPX Interface records for the
RIP Age Timer
will also be
TRUE
. All others will be
FALSE
.
●
Intf
– (Interface) is the time (in 55-millisecond units) that it will normally take
a packet to reach the destination network if this route is used.
SAP Table
To display the contents of the SAP Table, press [H] at the Status Display Menu. Each
entry will contain the following:
●
Name – is the name assigned to the server.
●
Router Addr – is the address of the router that will forward a packet when this
route is used.
●
Type – is a SAP Service Type code. Some common codes are: 0003 (print
queue), 0004 (file server), and 0007 (print server).
●
IntNw – (Intervening Networks) is the number of routers that a packet must pass
through to reach the server if this route is used.
●
DNA – (Do Not Age) identifies whether aging is enabled. Routes configured as
static (see page 15-18) will not age ( DNA = TRUE ). Interfaces with 0 specified in
their IPX Interface records for SAP Age Timer will also be TRUE . All others will
be FALSE .
●
Intf – (Interface) is the time (in 55-millisecond units) that it will normally take a
packet to reach the destination network if this route is used.