Priscilla, Thanks for your input. When I do a 'show ipx servers' it indeed shows the gamut of 1500+ IPX entries (which is normal).
As far as putting a sniffer on the "other side" of the 5513 where the servers reside, that was also a request by the TAC engr, but unfortunately, the 5513 *is* the other side and most of the servers connect into VLAN1 on that switch. And, again unfortunately, we have a small number of servers that hang off of the other 6509, so even if I sniff all of VLAN1 IPX traffic on the 5513, there's a chance that the server that responds is hanging off of VLAN1 on 6509A and my capture wouldn't see the response anyway (which could be misleading to say the least). As far as a possible bad port, we've tried many ports on every linecard and get the same results (and even took some of those linecards and put them in 6509A and everything works fine, so we're moving away from the possibility the linecard is the problem). I did some more experimentation this morning. I took a 2950 switch, configured Fas0/1 for the PC, configured Fas0/48 and uplinked that port (using a x-over of course =) into a port on 6509B (the one that shows the problem). I connected the PC to the 2950, booted, no Novell. I then disconnected the uplink (Fas0/48) then threw a GBIC into the 2950 and the 6509B (since 6509A works and connects to 6509B via a GBIC, I wanted to see if using a GBIC into the 6509B from the 2950 would make a difference over standard FastEthernet). So I connected the fiber from the 2950 GBIC to the 6509 GBIC, rebooted the PC..... nada..... still nothing. I yanked that very same GBIC from 6509B and plugged into 6509A, rebooted the PC, and BAM! Novell! The ONLY way I can get this PC to boot to Novell while connected to 6509B is to connect to a hub, then connect the hub to a port on 6509B. WTF?!?!? And yes, the Dell works everytime whether plugged directly into a FastE port on 6509B, 6509A, a hub or switch connected to either 6509A/B. So again, it seems everything points to the IBM but IT WORKS ON 6509A!! I'm going to try to get some driver updates or something for the NIC on the IBM just to see if that fixes it, but these IBM PCs are like P200 or P2-233/266s, and running Win95 I seriously doubt there's been a driver update for these integrated NICs for years..... Thanks again for all inputs! Keep it coming! I figure at this point, I've gotten myself and one co-worker, a TAC engr, many very capable people (from groupstudy) and at least 4-5 CCIEs thinking about this problem, and we STILL can't find a solution. The workaround for now is just simply not to connect any Novell related PCs/servers into that 6509 while we migrate to a Win2K platform and are all IP at that point..... Geez.... Mike W. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=48015&t=47951 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
