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Cisco IOS Novell IPX Command Reference
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Introduction
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Novell IPX Commands: access-list (IPX extended) through ipx broadcast-fastswitching
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Novell IPX Commands: ipx default-output-rip-delay through ipx network
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Novell IPX Commands: ipx output-ggs-filter through ipx sap-helper
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Novell IPX Commands: ipx sap-incremental (EIGRP) through show ipx accounting
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Novell IPX Commands: show ipx cache through spf-interval
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Table Of Contents
ipx output-network-filter (RIP)
ipx pad-process-switched-packets
ipx route-cache inactivity-timeout
ipx route-cache update-timeout
ipx output-ggs-filter
To control which servers are included in the Get General Service (GGS) responses sent by Cisco IOS software, use the ipx output-ggs-filter command in interface configuration mode. To remove the filter from the interface, use the no form of this command.
ipx output-ggs-filter {access-list-number | name}
no ipx output-ggs-filter {access-list-number | name}
Syntax Description
Defaults
No filters are predefined.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
You can issue only one ipx output-ggs-filter command on each interface.
Note
Because GGS SAP response filters are applied ahead of output SAP filters, a SAP entry permitted to pass through the GGS SAP response filter can still be filtered by the output SAP filter.
Examples
The following example excludes the server at address 3c.0800.89a1.1527 from GGS responses sent on Ethernet interface 0, but allows all other servers:
access-list 1000 deny 3c.0800.89a1.1527access-list 1000 permit -1ipx routinginterface ethernet 0ipx network 2Bipx output-ggs-filter 1000Related Commands
ipx output-gns-filter
To control which servers are included in the Get Nearest Server (GNS) responses sent by Cisco IOS software, use the ipx output-gns-filter command in interface configuration mode. To remove the filter from the interface, use the no form of this command.
ipx output-gns-filter {access-list-number | name}
no ipx output-gns-filter {access-list-number | name}
Syntax Description
Defaults
No filters are predefined.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
You can issue only one ipx output-gns-filter command on each interface.
Examples
The following example excludes the server at address 3c.0800.89a1.1527 from GNS responses sent on Ethernet interface 0, but allows all other servers:
access-list 1000 deny 3c.0800.89a1.1527access-list 1000 permit -1ipx routinginterface ethernet 0ipx network 2Bipx output-gns-filter 1000Related Commands
ipx output-network-filter (RIP)
To control the list of networks included in routing updates sent out an interface, use the ipx output-network-filter command in interface configuration mode. To remove the filter from the interface, use the no form of this command.
ipx output-network-filter {access-list-number | name}
no ipx output-network-filter {access-list-number | name}
Syntax Description
Defaults
No filters are predefined.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
The ipx output-network-filter command controls which networks the Cisco IOS software advertises in its IPX routing updates (RIP updates).
You can issue only one ipx output-network-filter command on each interface.
Examples
In the following example, access list 896 controls which networks are specified in routing updates sent out the serial 1 interface. This configuration causes network 2b to be the only network advertised in Novell routing updates sent on the specified serial interface.
access-list 896 permit 2binterface serial 1ipx output-network-filter 896Related Commands
ipx output-rip-delay
To set the interpacket delay for RIP updates sent on a single interface, use the ipx output-rip-delay command in interface configuration mode. To return to the default value, use the no form of this command.
ipx output-rip-delay delay
no ipx output-rip-delay [delay]
Syntax Description
delay
Delay, in milliseconds (ms), between packets in a multiple-packet RIP update. The default delay is 55 ms. Novell recommends a delay of 55 ms.
Defaults
55 ms
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
The interpacket delay is the delay between the individual packets sent in a multiple-packet routing update. The ipx output-rip-delay command sets the interpacket delay for a single interface.
The system uses the interpacket delay specified by the ipx output-rip-delay command for periodic and triggered routing updates when no delay is set for triggered routing updates. When you set a delay for triggered routing updates, the system uses the delay specified by the ipx output-rip-delay command for only the periodic routing updates sent on the interface.
To set a delay for triggered routing updates, see the ipx triggered-rip-delay or ipx default-triggered-rip-delay commands.
You can also set a default RIP interpacket delay for all interfaces. See the ipx default-output-rip-delay command for more information.
Novell recommends a delay of 55 ms for compatibility with older and slower IPX machines. These machines may lose RIP updates because they process packets more slowly than the router sends them. The delay imposed by this command forces the router to pace its output to the slower-processing needs of these IPX machines.
The default delay on a NetWare 3.11 server is about 100 ms.
This command is also useful on limited bandwidth point-to-point links or X.25 and Frame Relay multipoint interfaces.
Examples
The following example establishes a 55-ms interpacket delay on serial interface 0:
interface serial 0ipx network 106Aipx output-rip-delay 55Related Commands
ipx output-sap-delay
To set the interpacket delay for Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) updates sent on a single interface, use the ipx output-sap-delay command in interface configuration mode. To return to the default delay value, use the no form of this command.
ipx output-sap-delay delay
no ipx output-sap-delay
Syntax Description
delay
Delay, in milliseconds, between packets in a multiple-packet SAP update. The default delay is 55 ms. Novell recommends a delay of 55 ms.
Defaults
55 ms
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
The interpacket delay is the delay between the individual packets sent in a multiple-packet SAP update. The ipx output-sap-delay command sets the interpacket delay for a single interface.
The system uses the interpacket delay specified by the ipx output-sap-delay command for periodic and triggered SAP updates when no delay is set for triggered updates. When you set a delay for triggered updates, the system uses the delay specified by the ipx output-sap-delay command only for the periodic updates sent on the interface.
To set a delay for triggered updates, see the ipx triggered-sap-delay or ipx default-triggered-sap-delay commands.
You can also set a default SAP interpacket delay for all interfaces. See the ipx default-output-sap-delay command for more information.
Novell recommends a delay of 55 ms for compatibility with older and slower IPX servers. These servers may lose SAP updates because they process packets more slowly than the router sends them. The delay imposed by the ipx output-sap-delay command forces the router to pace its output to the slower-processing needs of these servers.
The default delay on a NetWare 3.11 server is about 100 ms.
This command is also useful on limited bandwidth point-to-point links or X.25 and Frame Relay multipoint interfaces.
Examples
The following example establishes a 55-ms delay between packets in multiple-packet SAP updates on Ethernet interface 0:
interface ethernet 0ipx network 106Aipx output-sap-delay 55Related Commands
ipx output-sap-filter
To control which services are included in Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) updates sent by Cisco IOS software, use the ipx output-sap-filter command in interface configuration mode. To remove the filter, use the no form of this command.
ipx output-sap-filter {access-list-number | name}
no ipx output-sap-filter {access-list-number | name}
Syntax Description
Defaults
No filters are predefined.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
Cisco IOS software applies output SAP filters prior to sending SAP packets.
You can issue only one ipx output-sap-filter command on each interface.
When configuring SAP filters for NetWare 3.11 and later servers, use the server's internal network and node number (the node number is always 0000.0000.0001) as its address in the SAP access-list command. Do not use the network.node address of the particular interface board.
Examples
The following example denies service advertisements about server 0000.0000.0001 on network aa from being sent on network 4d (via Ethernet interface 1). All other services are advertised via this network. All services, included those from server aa.0000.0000.0001, are advertised via networks 3c and 2b.
access-list 1000 deny aa.0000.0000.0001access-list 1000 permit -1interface ethernet 0ipx network 3cinterface ethernet 1ipx network 4dipx output-sap-filter 1000interface serial 0ipx network 2bRelated Commands
ipx pad-process-switched-packets
To control whether odd-length packets are padded so as to be sent as even-length packets on an interface, use the ipx pad-process-switched-packets command in interface configuration mode. To disable padding, use the no form of this command.
ipx pad-process-switched-packets
no ipx pad-process-switched-packets
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults
Enabled on Ethernet interfaces.
Disabled on Token Ring, FDDI, and serial interfaces.Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
Use this command only under the guidance of a customer engineer or other service representative.
The ipx pad-process-switched-packets command affects process-switched packets only, so you must disable fast switching before the ipx pad-process-switched-packets command has any effect.
Some IPX end hosts reject Ethernet packets that are not padded. Certain topologies can result in such packets being forwarded onto a remote Ethernet network. Under specific conditions, padding on intermediate media can be used as a temporary workaround for this problem.
Examples
The following example configures the Cisco IOS software to pad odd-length packets so that they are sent as even-length packets on FDDI interface 1.
interface fddi 1ipx network 2Ano ipx route-cacheipx pad-process-switched-packetsRelated Commands
ipx per-host-load-share
To enable per-host load sharing, use the ipx per-host-load-share command in global configuration mode. To disable per-host load sharing, use the no form of this command.
ipx per-host-load-share
no ipx per-host-load-share
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults
Disabled
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to enable per-host load sharing. Per-host load sharing transmits traffic across multiple, equal-cost paths while guaranteeing that packets for a given end host always take the same path.
When you do not enable per-host load sharing, the software uses a round-robin algorithm to accomplish load sharing. Round-robin load sharing transmits successive packets over alternate, equal-cost paths, regardless of the destination host. With round-robin load sharing, successive packets destined for the same end host might take different paths. Thus, round-robin load sharing increases the possibility that successive packets to a given end host might arrive out of order or be dropped, but ensures true load balancing of a given workload across multiple links.
In contrast, per-host load sharing decreases the possibility that successive packets to a given end host will arrive out of order; but, there is a potential decrease in true load balancing across multiple links. True load sharing occurs only when different end hosts utilize different paths; equal link utilization cannot be guaranteed.
With per-host load balancing, the number of equal-cost paths set by the ipx maximum-paths command must be greater than one; otherwise, per-host load sharing has no effect.
Examples
The following command globally enables per-host load sharing:
ipx per-host-load shareRelated Commands
ipx maximum-paths
Sets the maximum number of equal-cost paths the Cisco IOS software uses when forwarding packets.
iTarget IPX address: 20.0000.0000.0001ipx rip-max-packetsize
To configure the maximum packet size of RIP updates sent out the interface, use the ipx rip-max-packetsize command in interface configuration mode. To restore the default packet size, use the no form of this command.
ipx rip-max-packetsize bytes
no ipx rip-max-packetsize bytes
Syntax Description
bytes
Maximum packet size in bytes. The default is 432 bytes, which allows for 50 routes at 8 bytes each, plus 32 bytes of IPX network and RIP header information.
Defaults
432 bytes
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
The maximum size is for the IPX packet including the IPX network and RIP header information.
Do not allow the maximum packet size to exceed the allowed maximum size of packets for the interface.
Examples
The following example sets the maximum RIP update packet to 832 bytes:
ipx rip-max-packetsize 832Related Commands
ipx sap-max-packetsize
Configures the maximum packet size of SAP updates sent out the interface.
ipx rip-multiplier
To configure the interval at which a network's RIP entry ages out, use the ipx rip-multiplier command in interface configuration mode. To restore the default interval, use the no form of this command.
ipx rip-multiplier multiplier
no ipx rip-multiplier multiplier
Syntax Description
Defaults
Three times the RIP update interval
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
All routers on the same physical cable should use the same multiplier value.
Examples
In the following example, in a configuration where RIP updates are sent once every 2 minutes, the interval at which RIP entries age out is set to 10 minutes:
interface ethernet 0ipx rip-multiplier 5Related Commands
ipx update sap-after-rip
Configures the router to send a SAP update immediately following a RIP broadcast.
ipx rip-queue-maximum
To set an IPX Routing Information Protocol (RIP) queue maximum to control how many RIP packets can be waiting to be processed at any given time, use the ipx rip-queue-maximum command in global configuration mode. To clear a set RIP queue maximum, use the no form of this command.
ipx rip-queue-maximum milliseconds
no ipx rip-queue-maximum milliseconds
Syntax Description
Defaults
No queue limit is set.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
When you use the ipx rip-queue-maximum command to control how many RIP packets can be waiting to be processed at any given time, remember that if the queue limit is reached, the incoming RIP request packets are dropped. Be sure to set a large enough queue limit to handle normal incoming RIP requests on all interfaces, or else the RIP information may time out.
Examples
The following example sets a RIP queue maximum of 500 milliseconds:
ipx rip-queue-maximum 500Related Commands
ipx rip-update-queue-maximum
To set an IPX Routing Information Protocol (RIP) queue maximum to control how many incoming RIP update packets can be waiting to be processed at any given time, use the ipx rip-update-queue-maximum command in global configuration mode. To clear a set RIP queue maximum, use the no form of this command.
ipx rip-update-queue-maximum queue-maximum
no ipx rip-update-queue-maximum queue-maximum
Syntax Description
Defaults
No queue limit
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
When you use the ipx rip-update-queue-maximum command to control how many incoming RIP update packets can be waiting to be processed at any given time, remember that if the queue limit is reached, the incoming RIP update packets are dropped.
Note
Examples
The following example sets a RIP update queue maximum of 500:
ipx rip-update-queue-maximum 500Related Commands
ipx rip-response-delay
To change the delay when responding to Routing Information Protocol (RIP) requests, use the ipx rip-response-delay command in interface configuration mode. To return to the default delay, use the no form of this command.
ipx rip-response-delay ms
no ipx rip-response-delay
Syntax Description
Defaults
No delay in answering (0 ms).
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
This command slows down the Cisco router and allows another router to answer first and become the router of choice. A delay in responding to RIP requests can be imposed so that, in certain topologies, any local Novell IPX router or any third-party IPX router can respond to the RIP requests before the Cisco router responds.
Optimal delay time is the same as or slightly longer than the time it takes the other router to answer.
Examples
The following example sets the delay in responding to RIP requests to 55 ms (0.055 seconds):
ipx rip-response-delay 55Related Commands
ipx route-cache
To enable IPX fast switching, use the ipx route-cache command in interface configuration mode. To disable fast switching, use the no form of this command.
ipx route-cache
no ipx route-cache
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults
Fast switching is enabled.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
Fast switching allows higher throughput by switching packets using a cache created by previous transit packets. Fast switching is enabled by default on all interfaces that support fast switching, including Token Ring, Frame Relay, PPP, Switched Multimegabit Data Service (SMDS), and ATM.
On ciscoBus-2 interface cards, fast switching is done between all encapsulation types. On other interface cards, fast switching is done in all cases except the following: transfer of packets with sap encapsulation from an Ethernet, a Token Ring, or an FDDI network to a standard serial line.
You might want to disable fast switching in two situations. One is if you want to save memory on the interface cards: fast-switching caches require more memory than those used for standard switching. The second situation is to avoid congestion on interface cards when a high-bandwidth interface is writing large amounts of information to a low-bandwidth interface.
Note
Examples
The following example enables fast switching on an interface:
interface ethernet 0ipx route-cacheThe following example disables fast switching on an interface:
interface ethernet 0no ipx route-cacheRelated Commands
ipx route-cache inactivity-timeout
To adjust the period and rate of route cache invalidation because of inactivity, use the ipx route-cache inactivity-timeout command in global configuration mode. To return to the default values, use the no form of this command.
ipx route-cache inactivity-timeout period [rate]
no ipx route-cache inactivity-timeout
Syntax Description
Defaults
The default period is 2 minutes. The default rate is 0 (cache entries do not age).
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
IPX fast-switch cache entries that are not in use may be invalidated after a configurable period of time. If no new activity occurs, these entries will be purged from the route cache after one additional minute.
Cache entries that have been uploaded to the switch processor when autonomous switching is configured are always exempt from this treatment.
This command has no effect if silicon switching is configured.
Examples
The following example sets the inactivity period to 5 minutes, and sets a maximum of 10 entries that can be invalidated per minute:
ipx route-cache inactivity-timeout 5 10Related Commands
ipx route-cache max-size
To set a maximum limit on the number of entries in the IPX route cache, use the ipx route-cache max-size command in global configuration mode. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.
ipx route-cache max-size size
no ipx route-cache max-size
Syntax Description
Defaults
The default setting is no limit on the number of entries.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
On large networks, storing too many entries in the route cache can use a significant amount of router memory, causing router processing to slow. This situation is most common on large networks that run network management applications for NetWare. If the network management station is responsible for managing all clients and servers in a very large (greater than 50,000 nodes) Novell network, the routers on the local segment can become inundated with route cache entries. The ipx route-cache max-size command allows you to set a maximum number of entries for the route cache.
If the route cache already has more entries than the specified limit, the extra entries are not deleted. However, all route cache entries are subject to being removed via the parameter set for route cache aging via the ipx route-cache inactivity-timeout command.
Examples
The following example sets the maximum route cache size to 10,000 entries.
ipx route-cache max-size 10000Related Commands
ipx route-cache update-timeout
To adjust the period and rate of route cache invalidation because of aging, use the ipx route-cache update-timeout command in global configuration mode. To return to the default values, use the no form of this command.
ipx route-cache update-timeout period [rate]
no ipx route-cache update-timeout
Syntax Description
Defaults
The default setting is disabled.
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
IPX fast-switch cache entries that exceed a minimum age may be invalidated after a configurable period of time. Invalidation occurs unless the cache entry was marked as active during the last minute. Following invalidation, if no new activity occurs, these entries will be purged from the route cache after one additional minute.
This capability is primarily useful when autonomous switching or silicon switching is enabled. In both cases, activity is not recorded for entries in the route cache, because data is being switched by the Switch Processor (SP) or Silicon Switch Processor (SSP). In this case, it may be desirable to periodically invalidate a limited number of older cache entries each minute.
If the end hosts have become inactive, the cache entries will be purged after one additional minute. If the end hosts are still active, the route cache and autonomous or SSP cache entries will be revalidated instead of being purged.
Examples
The following example sets the update timeout period to 5 minutes and sets a maximum of 10 entries that can be invalidated per minute:
ipx route-cache update-timeout 5 10Related Commands
ipx router-filter
To filter the routers from which packets are accepted, use the ipx router-filter command in interface configuration mode. To remove the filter from the interface, use the no form of this command.
ipx router-filter {access-list-number | name}
no ipx router-filter
Syntax Description
Defaults
No filters are predefined.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
You can issue only one ipx router-filter command on each interface.
Examples
In the following example, access list 866 controls the routers from which packets are accepted. For Ethernet interface 0, only packets from the router at 3c.0000.00c0.047d are accepted. All other packets are implicitly denied.
access-list 866 permit 3c.0000.00c0.047dinterface ethernet 0ipx router-filter 866Related Commands
ipx router-sap-filter
To filter Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) messages received from a particular router, use the ipx router-sap-filter command in interface configuration mode. To remove the filter, use the no form of this command.
ipx router-sap-filter {access-list-number | name}
no ipx router-sap-filter {access-list-number | name}
Syntax Description
Defaults
No filters are predefined.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
You can issue only one ipx router-sap-filter command on each interface.
Examples
In the following example, the Cisco IOS software will receive service advertisements only from router aa.0207.0104.0874:
access-list 1000 permit aa.0207.0104.0874access-list 1000 deny -1interface ethernet 0ipx router-sap-filter 1000Related Commands
ipx routing
To enable IPX routing, use the ipx routing command in global configuration mode. To disable IPX routing, use the no form of this command.
ipx routing [node]
no ipx routing
Syntax Description
Defaults
Disabled
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
The ipx routing command enables IPX Routing Information Protocol (RIP) and Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) services.
If you omit the argument node and if the MAC address later changes, the IPX node address automatically changes to the new address. However, connectivity may be lost between the time that the MAC address changes and the time that the IPX clients and servers learn the router's new address.
If you plan to use DECnet and IPX routing concurrently on the same interface, you should enable DECnet router first, then enable IPX routing without specifying the optional MAC node number. If you enable IPX before enabling DECnet routing, routing for IPX will be disrupted.
Examples
The following example enables IPX routing:
ipx routingRelated Commands
ipx network
Enables IPX routing on a particular interface and optionally selects the type of encapsulation (framing).
ipx sap
To specify static Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) entries, use the ipx sap command in global configuration mode. To remove static SAP entries, use the no form of this command.
ipx sap service-type name network.node socket hop-count
no ipx sap service-type name network.node socket hop-count
Syntax Description
Defaults
Disabled
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
The ipx sap command allows you to add static entries into the SAP table. Each entry has a SAP service associated with it. Static SAP assignments always override any identical entries in the SAP table that are learned dynamically, regardless of hop count. The router will not announce a static SAP entry unless it has a route to that network.
Examples
In the following example, the route to JOES_SERVER is not yet learned, so the system displays an informational message. The JOES_SERVER service will not be announced in the regular SAP updates until Cisco IOS software learns the route to it either by means of a RIP update from a neighbor or an ipx sap command.
ipx sap 107 MAILSERV 160.0000.0c01.2b72 8104 1ipx sap 4 FILESERV 165.0000.0c01.3d1b 451 1ipx sap 143 JOES_SERVER A1.0000.0c01.1234 8170 2no route to A1, JOES_SERVER won't be announced until route is learnedRelated Commands
ipx sap follow-route-path
To enable a router to accept IPX Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) entries from SAP updates received on an interface only if that interface is one of the best paths to reach the destination networks of those SAPs, use the ipx sap follow-route-path command in global configuration mode. To disable this router function, use no form of this command.
ipx sap follow-route-path
no ipx sap follow-route-path
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Defaults
Disabled
Command Modes
Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
In redundantly connected networks that use IPX-Enhanced IGRP routing in which multiple IPX paths exist, IPX SAP services can be learned on nonoptimal interfaces, causing SAP loops, also known as phantom SAPs, when those services become obsolete. Use the ipx sap follow-route-path command to prevent the occurrence of SAP loops.
When the ipx sap follow-route-path command is used, the router screens individual services (SAPs) in SAP updates. The router looks at the destination network number of each SAP entry's . If the receiving interface is one of the best interfaces to reach the destination network of the SAP, that SAP entry is accepted. Otherwise, the SAP entry is discarded.
Caution
Examples
The following example enables the router to accept only the IPX SAP entries from SAP updates received on an interface deemed to be one of the best paths to the destination address of those SAPs:
ipx sap follow-route-pathRelated Commands
ipx server-split-horizon-on-server-paths
Controls whether Service Information split horizon checking should be based on RIP or SAP.
ipx sap-helper
To set an address, which should be another Cisco router that is adjacent to the router being configured, to which all Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) request packets are received, use the ipx sap-helper command in interface configuration mode. To remove the address and stop forwarding SAP request packets, use the no form of this command.
ipx sap-helper network.node
no ipx sap-helper network.node
Syntax Description
Defaults
No helper address is specified.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to redirect SAP packet requests that are sent to a remote router that has a limited memory size, CPU speed, and often a slow WAN link joining it to the main corporate backbone. The SAP helper target is usually much a much larger router that has a much larger routing table and a complete SAP table.
Examples
The following example assigns a router with the address 1000.0000.0c00.1234 as the SAP helper:
interface ethernet 0ipx sap-helper 1000.0000.0c00.1234Related Commands
