256CHAPTER 9: BRIDGE-WIDE PARAMETERS

bridge ipxSnapTranslation

✓3500

✓9000

9400

For CoreBuilder 9000: Applies to Layer 3 switching modules only.

Translates 802.3_RAW IPX packets to FDDI_SNAP packets when they are forwarded from Ethernet to FDDI links, and vice versa when packets are forwarded from FDDI to Ethernet.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

b ipx

3900

9300

Important Consideration

 

 

■ When IPX SNAP Translation is disabled, the system uses standard

 

IEEE 802.1H bridging to translate 802.3_RAW packets to FDDI_RAW

 

packets when they are forwarded from Ethernet to FDDI, and vice

 

versa from FDDI to Ethernet.

 

 

Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prompt

Description

Possible Values [Default]

ipx

Whether the system uses IPX

SnapTranslation

SNAP Translation when

 

forwarding packets between

 

Ethernet and FDDI links

■ enabled

disabled

■disabled

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