3com 6000 User Manual

A server information table holds information about all the servers on the 
internetwork. It is this table that SAP agents use to store information 
received in SAP broadcasts. Figure 5-6 shows an example of a typical server 
information table.

Figure 5-6   Server Information Table

The server information table provides the following information:

■

 — indicates which interface the information was received from

■

 — the name of the server

■

 — indicates the type of service provided

■

Network Address — the address of the network on which the server 
resides

■

Node Address — the node of the server

■

Socket Address — the socket number on which the server will receive 
service requests

■

 — the number of intermediate networks that must be 

passed through to reach the server associated with this entry 

■

Age of Server — the time since the last update for that server

The server information table is either statically or dynamically generated 
and updated. 

Static Servers.  A static server is one you manually configure in the server 
information table. Static servers are useful in environments where no 
routing protocol is used, or where you want to override some of the servers 
generated with a routing/servers protocol. Because static servers do not 

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