Specifications

Configuring IPX Multilayer Switching
Troubleshooting Tips
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Enabling IPX MLS on a Router Interface
To enable IPX MLS on a router interface, use the following command in interface configuration mode:
Specifying a Router Interface As a Management Interface
To specify an interface as the management interface, use the following command in interface
configuration mode:
Verifying IPX MLS on the Router
To verify that you have correctly installed IPX MLS on the router, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Enter the show mls rp ipx EXEC command.
Step 2 Examine the output to learn if the VLANs are enabled.
Step 3 Examine the output to learn if the switches are listed by MAC address, indicating they are recognized
by the MLS-RP.
Troubleshooting Tips
If you entered either the mls rp ipx interface command or the mls rp management-interface interface
command on the interface before assigning it to a VTP domain, the interface will be in the null domain,
instead of the VTP domain.
To remove the interface from the null domain and add it to a new VTP domain, use the following
commands in interface configuration mode:
Command Purpose
Router(config-if)# mls rp ipx
Enables a router interface for IPX MLS.
Command Purpose
Router(config-if)# mls rp management-interface
Specifies an interface as the management interface.
MLSP packets are sent and received through the
management interface. Select only one IPX MLS
interface connected to the switch.
Command Purpose
Step 1
Router(config-if)# no mls rp ipx
Router(config-if)# no mls rp management-interface
Router(config-if)# no mls rp vtp-domain domain-name
Removes an interface from the null domain.
Step 2
Router(config-if)# mls rp vtp-domain domain-name
Adds the interface to a new VTP domain.