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SPX Protocol Parameters

Valid SPX parameters for the dtscli command in agent-to-agent transfers are as follows:

SPX_IPORT=nnn

Specifies the port number on which the DTS agent is listening for SPX connections.

Default: 8226

NETADDR=nnnnnnnn

Specifies the network number portion of the IPX address to use in place of the responder address.

NODEADDR=nnnnnnnnnnnn

Specifies the node number portion of the IPX address to use in place of the responder address.

IPX addresses are formatted as follows: network-number.node-number, which is in 8.12 format; for example, 789EE001.00805F0EC8D8.

If the initiating DTS agent cannot recognize the responder address as being in 8.12 format address, it searches the protocol parameters for NETADDR and NODEADDR. If the responder address is in the 8.12 format, then there is no need to specify the SPX protocol parameters. However, in certain cases, the responder address may not be in IPX format; therefore, the SPX parameters are provided.

When using the SPX address in the protocol parameters, specify the address in 8.12 format, as follows:

"protocol_parameters=NETADDR=network-number NODEADDR=node-number"

For example:

"protocol_parameters=NETADDR=89EE001 NODEADDR=00805F0EC8D8"

Example: Point-to-Point Transfer

Send a point-to-point transfer from a computer named toro444 to one named toky0001 using the SPX protocol with its SPX NETADDR= and NODEADDR= parameters:

dtscli -a "ipath=toro444::c:\jpegs\cows\bessie.jpeg" protocol=spx 

"protocol_parameters=NETADDR=789EE001 NODEADDR=00805F0EC8D8"
"rpath=toky0001::c:\jpegs\cows\bessie.jpeg"