Novell Doc: NW 6.5 SP8: Utilities Reference

1.43 DISPLAY IPX SERVERS

Purpose

Use at the server console to view a list of IPX servers and services being advertised by Service Advertising Protocol (SAP) packets.

Syntax



display ipx servers [string]

Parameter	Use to
(no parameter)	Display a list of all servers the IPX internal router is aware of.
string	Specify the name of the server you want to display information about. The string can include an asterisk () as the last character. In this case, the system displays a list of all servers whose names begin with the string. For example, DISPLAY IPX SERVERS D displays a list of all servers with names beginning with the letter D.

Parameter

Use to

(no parameter)

Display a list of all servers the IPX internal router is aware of.

string

Specify the name of the server you want to display information about.

The string can include an asterisk (*) as the last character. In this case, the system displays a list of all servers whose names begin with the string.

For example, DISPLAY IPX SERVERS D* displays a list of all servers with names beginning with the letter D.

Using DISPLAY SERVERS

Lists server address names for services such as the following:
- File services
- eDirectory™
- Print services
- Storage Management Services™ (SMS™)
- Services for Structured Query Language (SQL) servers
Also displays eDirectory trees and network addresses. A server can be displayed many times, once for each service that it advertises.

For example, a NetWare® server running IPX would be listed at least twice because it would use SAP both for eDirectory and for advertising file services.

The following sample shows the beginning of a typical display:
```
AAA       4   ACAPULCO  5   AIRBUS    7
```
```
ANATOL    4   ASSURE1   4   ASSURE2   4
```
```
BEAST     3   BANCROFT  6   BREMEN    3
```
The number listed after the server name indicates the number of routing hops between this server and the listed servers. Your server is indicated by 0 hops.

Servers more than 16 hops away aren't recognized.

Additional Information

Topic	See
Listing networks	Section 1.42, DISPLAY IPX NETWORKS