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3. Enter a name for the interface in the Interface field.
4. Select a VLAN for this multinet interface from the VLAN field pull-
down menu.
5. Enter the network address associated with this interface in the Network
Address field.
6. Select CREATE from the bottom of the Add IP Address dialog box.
The IP Interfaces dialog box re-opens with the new interface name
listed in the Interface field.
7. Repeat steps 2 through 6 for any other interfaces that you want to
associate with the same VLAN.
* Note: You must have a different network address for each
new multinetting interface that you create for the
same VLAN.
* Note: The first IP interface that has the BootP/DHCP Relay
Gateway enabled will be the relay.
Configuring Short-Lived IP Protocol Filters
Overview
This feature helps conserve the forwarding engine resources of the switch.
Depending on the configuration of your network, the forwarding cache may
contain a high number of entries for short-lived protocols, for example,
DNS and NTP. These short-lived protocol entries consume resources that
could otherwise be used for data traffic of other protocols such as FTP,
Telnet, HTTP, RealAudio, and online games.
If the forwarding cache contains a high number of short-lived protocol
entries, you can set the switch to use the slow path to route packets of a
specific short-lived protocol. By using the slow path to route short-lived
protocol traffic, you conserve the resources of the forwarding engines,
which provide the fast in band routing engine (FIRE) and fast out of band
routing engine (FORE). For information about the slow path and FIRE and
FORE paths, see “
Routing Overview ” in Chapter 1 , “ Introduction .”