Configuring IPX SAP Protocol (Layer 3)

 

Table 6-3.

IPX SAP Network Filter Parameters (Continued)

 

 

 

Parameter

 

Allows you to...

 

 

 

Direction

 

Select the direction of the filter in question. Filter choices include:

 

 

•

Inbound - Applies the filter only to SAP packets received on

 

 

 

the interface.

 

 

•

Outbound - Applies the filter only to SAP packets sent on the

 

 

 

interface.

 

 

•

Both - Applies the filter to SAP packets both sent and received

 

 

 

on the interface

 

 

 

Filter/Suppress

 

Select to enable or disable whether the services matching Net 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.

 

 

 

 

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

Example: Filtering all Services Except Netware Directory Services (NDS)

To configure your switch to filter all services except NDS on Interface Remote, you must create two filters.

To create these filters:

Filter 1

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 0.

c.In the Net field, enter ffffffff (which represents all networks).

d.In the Type field, enter 278 (which represents the type for NDS).

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