Lucent Technologies P550 User Manual

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Configuring IPX SAP Protocol (Layer 3)

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Cajun P550/P220 Switch Operation Guide

4. Click CREATE to save your changes, or CANCEL to restore previous settings.

Example: Suppress Advertising of all Print Servers on Interface Remote

To configure your switch to suppress the advertising of all Print Servers (for example,
type 7) on Interface Remote:

1. In the IPX SAP Configuration section of the Web Agent window, click Name

Filters.

2. Click CREATE to create a new filter. The Add IPX SAP Name Filter dialog box

opens.

3. Configure the following parameters:

a. From the Interface pull-down menu, select Remote.

b. In the Precedence field, enter 0.

c. In the Name field, enter *. The asterisk represents a wildcard that applies to all

server names.

d. In the Type field, enter 7.

e. From the Direction pull-down menu, select Outbound.

f.

From the

Filter/Suppress pull-down menu, select Enable.

g. In the Hops field, enter 0. Entering 0 ensures that there is no override in the

transmission of data on the network.

4. Click CREATE to save your changes, or CANCEL to restore previous settings.

Filter/Suppress

Select to enable or disable whether the services matching Name and
Type are filtered (inbound) or suppressed (outbound).

Filtered - Applies the filter only to SAP packets received

(inbound direction) on the interface.

Suppressed - Applies the filter only to SAP packets sent

(outbound direction) on the interface.

Select

Enable to filter/suppress traffic. Select Disable to disable the

filtering and suppression of traffic.

Hops

Specify the number of routers (hops) that the packet must pass
through before reaching the service(s) matched by the filter. This
entry is used to override the value in the SAP packet.

Entering 0 ensures that there is no override in the transmission of
data on the network.

Table 6-2. IPX SAP Name Filter Parameters (Continued)

Parameter

Allows you to...

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