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By

Carl Marandola, CCAI-CCNA

Year 2 - Chapter 7/Cisco 3 -Module 7

Novell IPX

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Objectives• Explain how Cisco routers are used in NetWare networks

• Describe the Novell NetWare protocol suite

• Describe Novell IPX addressing

• Describe Novell encapsulation

• Explain how Novell uses RIP for routing

• Describe Service Advertising Protocol

• Configure both the router Ethernet and serial interfaces with IPX addresses

• Describe how to discover IPX addresses on remote routers

• Describe how to verify IPX operation and connectivity between routers

• Explain troubleshooting in IPX operations

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The Novell NetWare Protocol Suite

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Novell Protocols• Novell Netware is a proprietary suite of protocols and

includes the following: – IPX, a connectionless Layer 3 protocol, that does not require

an acknowledgment for each packet and defines the network and node addresses

– Novell Routing Information Protocol (RIP), which is different from IP RIP, to facilitate the exchange of routing information

– Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) to advertise network services

– NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) to provide client-to-server connections and applications

– Sequenced Packet Exchange (SPX) service for Layer 4 connection-oriented services

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IPX Features

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IPX Characteristics • It is used exclusively in a client/server environment. • It uses the network.node IPX addressing structure. • Its logical address contains an interface MAC

address. • IPX interface configuration supports multiple data-

link encapsulations (to support outdated IOS applications).

• Novell RIP uses the distance-vector metrics of ticks and then hops.

• Service Advertisement Protocol (SAP) and Get Nearest Server (GNS) broadcasts connect clients and servers.

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IPX Addressing

The recommended way to get a Novell network address is to ask the network administrator.

If you cannot get the address from the network administrator, you can get the IPX address directly from a neighbor router.

Telnet to the neighbor router and use the show protocols or show ipx interface command.

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Netware Ethernet Encapsulation

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Cisco Novell Encapsulation Names

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Novell RIP

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Service Advertising Protocol (SAP)

Each SAP service is identified by a number:

Number SAP Service4 NetWare file server7 Print server24 Remote bridge server (router)

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Get Nearest Server Protocol

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Novell IPX Configuration Tasks

• Novell IPX Global Configuration• Assigning IPX Network Numbers to Interfaces• Verifying IPX Operation

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IPX Configuration

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IPX Global ConfigurationCommands

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Assign IPX Network Numbers to Interfaces

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Monitoring and Troubleshooting IPX

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The show ipx interface Command

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The show ipx route Command

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The show ipx servers Command

Syntax:show ipx servers [ sorted [name | net | type ]]

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The show ipx traffic Command

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The debug ipx routing activity Command

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The debug ipx sap [events|activity] Command

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The IPX ping CommandsLab-X#ping ipx 91.bbbb.bbbb.bbbbTranslating "91.bbbb.bbbb.bbbb"Type escape sequence to abort.Sending 5, 100-byte IPX Novell Echoes to 91.bbbb.bbbb.bbbb, timeout is 2 seconds:!!!!!Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 72/78/104 ms

Lab-X#

Lab-X#pingProtocol [ip]: ipxTarget IPX address: 91.bbbb.bbbb.bbbbRepeat count [5]: 7Datagram size [100]:Timeout in seconds [2]:Verbose [n]:Type escape sequence to abort.Sending 7, 100-byte IPX Novell Echoes to 91.bbbb.bbbb.bbbb, timeout is 2 seconds:!!!!!!!Success rate is 100 percent (7/7), round-trip min/avg/max = 64/70/88 msLab-X#