The NCPROUTE server:
- Supports multiple host-attached, link-attached, and remote link-attached NCP clients as illustrated in Figure 1
- Generates RIP datagrams for the NCP to send
- Maintains separate routing tables for each NCP client
- Generates SNMP route table responses for each NCP SNMP agent
The client NCP unit appears as an active router to other RIP routers on the network. Multiple NCP clients can connect to the same NCPROUTE server. Each NCP appears as an IP router to the rest of the network. Each NCP client must have one or more LU0 sessions established with SNALINK. One LU0 session per client is used as the primary session, with the remaining sessions serving as backups.
Figure 1 illustrates the different ways the NCPROUTE server can support NCP clients. NCP3 and NCP4 are host-attached NCP clients, NCP5 and NCP6 are link-attached NCP clients, and NCP1 and NCP2 are remote link-attached NCP clients.
Figure 1. NCPROUTE environment