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78 CHAPTER 4: NETWORK PROTOCOL OPERATION
■ Respond with the information of the nearest server (the server with the
smallest hop count in the service information table on the switch).
■ Respond with the information of one server that is picked out from all the
known servers through round robin polling.
■ Respond depending on whether SAP GNS reply is enabled on the VLAN
interface.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
Perform the following configuration in VLAN interface view.
By default, the switch responds to SAP GNS requests with the information of a
server that is selected in turn from all the known servers. This prevents a server
from becoming overloaded. In addition, it allows its VLAN interfaces to respond to
GNS requests.
Configuring Static IPX Service Entries Generally, you can only use the
services that are advertised by NetWare servers and saved on the switch. To make
a service always available to clients, you can manually add it into the server
information table as a static entry. If the route for the static service entry is invalid
or deleted, the broadcast of the static service entry is disabled until the switch
finds a valid route for the service entry.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
Tab le 31 Configuring the GNS reply of IPX SAP
Operation Command
Respond to GNS requests with the
information of the server picked out by
round-robin polling
ipx sap gns-load-balance
Respond to GNS requests with the
information of the nearest server
undo ipx sap gns-load-balance
Tab le 32 Disabling or Enabling a GNS Reply on the Current VLAN Interface
Operation Command
Disable GNS reply on the current VLAN
interface
ipx sap gns-disable-reply
Enable GNS reply on the current VLAN
interface
undo ipx sap gns-disable-reply
Tab le 33 Configuring a Static IPX Service Entry
Operation Command
Add a static IPX service entry ipx service service-type name network.node
socket hop hopcount [ preference preference
]
Delete one static IPX service entry undo ipx service { service-type [ name [
network.node ] ] [ preference preference ] |
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