This package provides IPX/SPX Protocols Suite support for AIX. It includes support of IPX, SPX, SPX II, RIP and SAP protocols. It also includes SMIT support for configuration and management of the protocol suite. "C" language include files for programs written to exploit IPX/SPX protocols.
NOTE: The IPX/SPX Backward Compatibility Package ipx.rte contains older level IPX/SPX protocol suite. This package is included in AIX Version 4.3 to handle the rare case when an existing IPX/SPX application is not binary compatible with AIX Version 4.3 IPX/SPX (ipx.base package).The IPX/SPX Backward Compatibility software requires approximately 1.5 megabytes of disk space.
IPX/SPX Backward Compatibility Package (ipx.rte) cannot be installed on a system that has AIX Version 4.3 IPX/SPX Package (ipx.base) installed.
| IPX/SPX API Files | ipx.base.api
"C" language include files for IPX/SPX Applications |
| IPX/SPX Libraries | ipx.base.lib
IPX/SPX support libraries |
| IPX/SPX Runtime | ipx.base.rte
IPX/SPX Protocols Stack Runtime |
| IPX/SPX SMIT | ipx.base.smit
IPX/SPX SMIT Panels. |
The IPX/SPX Protocol Suite software requires approximately 8.2 megabytes of disk space.
Requisite software must be installed before or with the filesets you are installing from this package.
ipx.msg.en_US fileset is pre-requisite for this package and will get automatically installed.
This package is mutually exclusive with the package ipx.rte, which is provided for the customers requiring older level IPX/SPX protocol stack.
If the system being migrated has ipx.rte package (older level IPX/SPX) installed, after migration install, customers need to configure the new protocol stack using SMIT, based on their old IPX/SPX configuration (if any). The old IPX/SPX configuration file will be left intact by the migration install.