Cabletron Systems Cabletron CyberSWITCH CSX5500 User Manual

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USER’S GUIDE342 CyberSWITCHIPX T RIGGERED RIP/SAPIPX Triggered RIP/SAP is a type of broadcast protocol used over WAN circuits for router-to-routerexchange of route and service information. Its broadcasts are “triggered” by events such as updatesor changes to route and service tables. Triggered RIP/SAP offers an alternative to running periodicbroadcasts over the WAN, and is especially useful when you consider the costs of periodicbroadcasts over WAN links.Triggered RIP and triggered SAP are user-configurable items which you enable in the on-nodedevice database (page 345). Under the Options Menu, IPX Routing, Triggered RIP/SAP, you candisplay the devices already configured for these features (i.e., the WAN peer list), as well asconfigure global timers (applicable to the RIP or SAP update packets).DISPLAYING WAN P EER L IST1. Select Triggered RIP/SAP from IPX Routing Menu. A menu similar to the following will bedisplayed:2. Select WAN Peer List. The system displays the configured devices for which the triggered RIP/SAP feature enabled. It also displays the WAN peer type as active or passive (page 348).Keep in mind that you cannot make changes from this menu; you can only display information. Tomake changes to the WAN peer list, go to the Device Table Menu (page 344).CONFIGURING T RIGGERED RIP/SAP G LOBAL TIMERSU SING CFGEDIT1. Select Triggered RIP/SAP from the IPX Routing Menu.2. Select Global Triggered RIP/SAP Timers. A menu similar to the following will be displayed:3. Select the option you want to adjust.4. Enter the new value.IPX Triggered RIP/SAP Configuration1) WAN Peer List2) Global Triggered RIP/SAP TimersSelect function from above or for previous menu:Global Triggered RIP/SAP Timers Options:Current Settings1) Database Timer 180 sec.2) Hold Down Timer1 20 sec.3) Retransmission Timer 5 sec.4) Poll Timer 5 min.5) Over Subscription Timer 180 sec.6) Maximum Retransmissions 10Select function or press for previous menu: