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

Displays information about the IPX parameters and IPX interfaces that are configured on the system.

Valid Minimum Abbreviation

ipx i di

Important Considerations

The first line in the output (the status line) indicates whether:

IPX forwarding is enabled.

RIP is active.

SAP is active.

RIP Triggered updates are enabled.

SAP Triggered updates are enabled.

Secondary route/server option is enabled.

Fields in the IPX Interface Display

Field

Description

 

 

Format

Frame encapsulation format.

Index

System-assigned index number for the interface.

IPX address

Unique 4-byte network address.

State

Status of the IPX interface. It indicates whether the

 

interface is available for communications (up) or

 

unavailable (down).

Ticks

Number that the system uses to calculate route

 

time. (A tick is an estimate of how long a packet

 

takes to reach the network segment.) There are

 

18.21 ticks in a second. The possible values are

 

1 –

65534 and are defined as:

 

1 = FDDI

 

4 = Ethernet

 

10+ = Serial Links

VLAN index

Index number of the VLAN that is associated with

 

the IPX interface. When the system prompts you

 

for this option, the menu identifies the available

 

VLAN indexes.

 

 

 

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