Carl Marandola, CCAI-CCNA

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Year 2 - Chapter 7/Cisco 3 -Module 7Novell IPX

• By
• Carl Marandola, CCAI-CCNA

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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  data-link encapsulations (to support outdated IOS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
Syntaxshow 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 eventsactivity Command
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The IPX ping Commands
Lab-Xping ipx 91.bbbb.bbbb.bbbb Translating
"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-Xping Protocol ip ipx Target
IPX address 91.bbbb.bbbb.bbbb Repeat count 5
7 Datagram 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 ms Lab-X