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Open Problem Reports and Feature Exceptions
page 76 OmniSwitch 6600/7000/8800—Release 5.1.6.R02
IPX
Problem Reports
PR 54290
The switch only changes an IPX network field of zero to the appropriate source network when the first
zero packet arrives on an OS7000 series switch. After that point, the IPX packets pass through the HRE,
and cannot be changed.
Workaround: There is no known workaround at this time.
PR 61257
The show ipx interface <vlan> command displays "WAN processing not enabled on this interface" on an
OS7000 series switch. Since WAN connections are not allowed in this release, the WAN state of the inter-
face is always "not enabled".
Workaround: There is no known workaround at this time.
PR 68826
When using the IXIA ScriptMate on an OmniSwitch 8800 switch, IXIA tries to reacquire the link. It
detects a timeout and is unable to pass traffic.
Workaround: Configure the IXIA side as non-auto and then there will not be any more link changes.
PR 73198
The MAC-IP binding rule allows IPX traffic to flow along with the classified IP traffic in the VLAN clas-
sified to. Other products filter IPX traffic in a disabled default VLAN instead of moving the traffic in the
IP VLAN.
Workaround: If a lower precedence rule is available, the IPX traffic will be classified and flow in the
VLAN covered by the rule.
PR 80153
The ipxServName in the ipxServTable MIB is a 48 octet identifier of the server. The IPX specification
says that it contains up to 48 octets and is NULL terminated. The Object is used (all 48 bytes) as part of an
index into the ipxServTable.
Normally, these octets are printable characters. However, with the introduction of NDS by Novell, there
can be non-printable octets in ipxSerName. These characters are Netware identifiers in the NDS tree.
These octets are an integral part of the name, and index, and are used for the SNMP OID. Since the octets
are non-printable characters, they can cause confusion to the user and result in their interpretation as
invalid octets.
Workaround: Verification of the name can be done on the Netware server.