Lucent Technologies P550 - Manual (Page 125)

Configuring IPX SAP Protocol (Layer 3)
Cajun P550/P220 Switch Operation Guide 6 -7
e. From the Direction pull-down menu, select Inbound.
f. From the Filter/Suppress pull-down menu, select Disable. (This ensures that
NDS advertisements are not filtered.)
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.
This filter ensures that all NDS packets received are not filtered on Interface Remote.
Filter 2
1. In the IPX SAP Configuration section of the Web Agent window, click Net
Filters.
2. Click Create to create a new filter. The Add IPX SAP Net Filter dialog box opens.
3. Configure the following parameters:
a. From the Interface pull-down menu, select Remote.
b. In the Precedence field, enter 1.
c. In the Net field, enter ffffffff (which represents all networks).
d. In the Type field, enter ffff (which represents all services/types).
e. From the Direction pull-down menu, select Inbound.
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.
This filter ensures that all networks and service types are filtered in Interface Remote.
Together, Filter 1 and Filter 2 filter services learned on Interface Remote except for NDS
advertisements. It is important to note that Filter 2 had the Precedence field set to 1 and
Filter 1 had the Precedence field set to 0. Any filter with a Precedence of 0 will always
override a filter with a precedence of 1 or higher.
Interpreting IPX SAP Interface Statistics
To interpret IPX SAP interface statistics:
1. In the IPX SAP Display section of the Web Agent window, click Interface
Statistics. The IPX SAP Interface Statistics dialog box opens.