Specifications

Configuring IPX Multilayer Switching
IPX MLS Configuration Examples
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Figure 71 Example Network: IPX MLS with Cisco 7505 over ISL
The network is configured as follows:
• There are four VLANs (IPX networks):
– VLAN 1 (management VLAN), IPX network 1
– VLAN 10, IPX network 10
– VLAN 20, IPX network 20
– VLAN 30, IPX network 30
• The MLS-RP is a Cisco 7505 router with a Fast Ethernet interface (interface fastethernet2/0)
• The subinterfaces on the router interface have the following IPX network addresses:
– fastethernet2/0.1–IPX network 1
– fastethernet2/0.10–IPX network 10
– fastethernet2/0.20–IPX network 20
– fastethernet2/0.30–IPX network 30
• Switch A, the MLS-SE VTP server, is a Catalyst 5509 switch with Supervisor Engine III and the
NFFC II.
• Switch B and Switch C are VTP client Catalyst 5505 switches.
ISL
Trunk link
ISL
Trunk link
ISL
Trunk link
1/13/1
3/1
3/1
4/1
1/1
1/1
1/2 1/3
Catalyst 5505
(Switch B)
Catalyst 5505
(Switch C)
Catalyst 5509
with NFFC
(Switch A, MLS-SE)
Cisco 7505
(MLS-RP)
fa2/0
Subinterfaces:
fa2/0.1 IPX network 1
fa2/0.10 IPX network 10
fa2/0.20 IPX network 20
fa2/0.30 IPX network 30
Novell client
NC2
Novell server
NS2
Novell server
NS1
VLAN 30
IPX network 30
VLAN 10
IPX network 10
Novell client
NC1
VLAN 20
IPX network 20
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