Novell Doc: NW 6.5 SP8: Utilities Reference

1.70 IPXCON

Purpose

Use at the server console to

Monitor and troubleshoot IPX routers and network segments throughout your IPX internetwork
View the status of an IPX router or network segment
View all paths through which IPX packets can flow
Locate all active IPX routers on your internetwork
Monitor remote IPX routers that are running NetWare® IPX Router software

Syntax



[LOAD] IPXCON [/P]

Parameter	Use to
/P	View the Link State Packets (LSPs) received by the router, if the remote router is running NetWare Link Services Protocol™ (NLSP™).

Using IPXCON

When you load IPXCON, the top of the screen displays a summary of routing statistics for the selected router. (The following figure shows a partial display of routing statistics.) The bottom of the screen displays an Available Options menu.

Figure 1-3 IPXCON Routing Statistics Screen Example

The following table explains the fields in the summary display. Because IPXCON is a real-time monitor, these fields are always active, and some values in the fields change as the router processes IPX packets.

Field	Explanation
Host Address	Name of the router being monitored.
Packets Received	Number of IPX packets received by the selected router.
Packets Sent	Number of IPX packets sent by the selected router.
Packets Forwarded	Number of IPX packets forwarded by the selected router.
Circuits	Number of circuits in use on the router. A circuit is a logical attachment to a network segment through which a router can reach other systems. A circuit can be a local or wide area connection.
Networks	Number of networks known to the selected router.
Services	Number of services that can be reached from the selected router.

The Available Options menu allows access to additional features of IPXCON. These features are described in the following table.

Option	Use to
SNMP Access Configuration	Select the server you want to monitor. You can monitor the local system, which is the default, or a remote system. You can monitor the remote system through IPX or TCP/IP. You can also set the poll interval to specify how often the information will be retrieved through SNMP.
IPX Information	View statistics for the selected router's IPX packet routing. To display additional packet routing statistics, select Detailed IPX Information from the bottom of the IPX Information window.
IPX Router Information	View general information about the selected IPX router.
NLSP Information	View the following NLSP information about the selected router: System information Area addresses Neighbors Routers LANs LSPs To view the Link State Packets (LSPs) received by the system, load IPXCON by typing [LOAD] IPXCON /P The LSP option is enabled only if the server is running NLSP.
Circuits	View circuit information.
Forwarding	View the Forwarding table.
Services	View information for the currently reachable services.

IPXCON uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to exchange management information and operational statistics with remote IPX routers.
IPXCON operates over both IPX and TCP/IP networks.
To execute IPXCON automatically each time you boot the server, add the Load IPXCON command after the initsys.ncf line in your autoexec.ncf file.