IPX/SPX Configuration and Management Manual

IPX/SPX Configuration and Management Manual—425731-001
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Protocol Interfaces and Services for
NonStop™ IPX/SPX
This appendix provides greater detail about the protocol interfaces and services
supported by NonStop™ IPX/SPX and introduced in Section 2, Introduction to
NonStop™ IPX/SPX.
This appendix includes the following topics:
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Protocol Interfaces on this page
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Other Services on page A-9
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Fault-Tolerant Subsystem Operations on page A-11
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Examples of NonStop™ IPX/SPX Functions on page A-13
Protocol Interfaces
Figure A-1 shows the NetWare protocol interfaces supported by the NonStop™
IPX/SPX subsystem. The Service Advertising Protocol (SAP), Routing Information
Protocol (RIP), Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX) protocol, and Sequenced Packet
Exchange (SPX) protocol are described in this section. The other protocol interfaces
(and an overview of SAP, RIP, IPX, and SPX) are described in Section 2, Introduction to
NonStop™ IPX/SPX.
Figure A-1. NetWare Protocol Interfaces Supported by NonStop™ IPX/SPX
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IPX RIP
SPX NCP
SAP
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Sockets
NetWare
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SAP