Configuring The Avaya Switch As An Ipx Router; Hardware Requirements - Avaya P580 User Manual

Configuring the Avaya Switch as an IPX Router

Hardware Requirements

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Table 16-1. IPX Datagram Structure Fields
Field Definition
Packet Type Indicates the type of service required or offered by the
packet. Types include:
Destination The IPX network address of the destination network.
Network
Destination Node The MAC address of the destination node.
Destination Socket Address of the process running in the destination node.
Sockets route packets to different processes within the
same node.
Source Network The network address of the source network.
Source Node The MAC address of the source node.
Source Socket Address of the process running in the source node.
You can configure the Avaya P580 or P882 Multiservice switch as an IPX
router. Specific hardware is required to accomplish this configuration.
To configure your switch as an IPX router, your Avaya P580 or P882
Multiservice switch must be configured with the following hardware:
Layer 3 50-series media modules.
80-Series Supervisor Modules
80-Series Licensed Layer 3 media modules
• Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX packet)
• NetWare Core Protocol (NCP packet)
• NetBIOS (propagated packet)
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