Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router User Manual

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Creating AutoTracker VLANs

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Default Framing Type and the Virtual Router Port

10. You can now configure

IPX

routing on this port. The following message displays:

Enable IPX? (y) :

Press

<Enter>

if you want to enable

IPX

Routing on this virtual router port. If you do not

enable

IPX

, then this

VLAN

will not be able to internally route

IPX

data. You can set up a

virtual router port to route both

IP

and

IPX

traffic.

If you don’t want to enable

IPX

routing, enter

n

and press

<Enter>.

You are now done

configuring this

VLAN

. You can monitor activity on this

VLAN

through other AutoTracker

commands. See later section in this chapter for more information on these commands.

11. After selecting to enable

IPX

, the following prompt displays:

IPX Network:

Enter the

IPX

network address.

IPX

addresses consist of eight hex digits and you can enter

a minimum of one hex digit in this field. If you enter less than eight hex digits, the system
prefixes your entry with zeros to create eight digits.

12. The following prompt displays:

Description (30 chars max):

Enter a useful description for this virtual

IPX

router port using alphanumeric characters.

The description may be up to 30 characters long. Press

<Enter>

.

Omni Switch/Router

12345678

123456

Group

Virtual Router Port

VLAN

Virtual Router

The Default Router
Framing Type deter-
mines the type of
frame transmitted
through the Virtual
Router Port to the

VLAN

.

SNMP A

GENT

RIP

Workstation A

Workstation B

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