Alcatel Omni Switch/Router, User Manual

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Creating AutoTracker VLANs
Page 22-19
Step C. Configuring the Virtual Router Port (Optional)
You can now optionally configure the virtual router port that this
VLAN
will use to communi-
cate with other AutoTracker
VLAN
s. A virtual router port for the
VLAN
is created within the
switch. If you do not define a virtual router port for this
VLAN
, devices within the
VLAN
will
only be able to communicate with devices in other
VLAN
s through an external router.
You will have the choice of configuring
IP
,
IPX
, or both
IP
and
IPX
routing. Continue with the
steps below:
1. After you finish configuring AutoTracker Policies for this
VLAN
, the following prompt
displays:
Enable IP (y):
Press
<Enter>
if you want to enable IP Routing on this virtual router port. If you do not
enable IP, then this
VLAN
will not be able to internally route IP data. If you don’t want to
set up the IP router port, enter
n
, press
<Enter>
and skip to Step 10.
Note
You may enable routing of both
IP
and
IPX
traffic on
this router port. If you set up dual-protocol routing, you
must fill out information for both
IP
and
IPX
parame-
ters.
2. The following prompt displays:
IP Address:
Enter the IP address for this virtual router port in dotted decimal notation or hexadecimal
notation (e.g., 198.206.181.10). This IP address is assigned to the virtual router port for
this
VLAN
. After you enter the address, press
<Enter>
.
3. The following prompt displays:
IP Subnet Mask (0xffffff00):
The default IP subnet mask (in parentheses) is automatically derived from the
VLAN
’s IP
address class. Press
<Enter>
to select the default subnet mask or enter a new subnet mask
in dotted decimal notation or hexadecimal notation and press
<Enter>
.
4. The following prompt displays:
IP Broadcast Address (198.200.10.255):
The default IP broadcast address (in parentheses) is automatically derived from the
VLAN
’s
IP address class. Press
<Enter>
to select the default address or enter a new IP broadcast
address in dotted decimal notation or hexadecimal notation and press
<Enter>
.
5. The following prompt displays:
Description (30 chars max):
Enter a useful description for this virtual IP router port using alphanumeric characters. The
description may be up to 30 characters long. Press
<Enter>
.
6. The following prompt displays:
Disable routing? (n) :
Indicate whether you want to disable routing in the
VLAN
. You can enable routing later
through the
modvl
command.