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Foundry NetIron M2404C and M2404F Metro Access Switches
Configuring Routing Information (Rev. 03)
ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP)
© 2008 Foundry Networks, Inc.
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Parameter
Default Value
IRDP min-advert-interval timer
Two thirds (2/3) the value max-advert-
interval
Debug ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP)
Disabled
Configuring IRDP
To set the IRDP, proceed as follows:
1. Enter into the configuration mode of the IP interface that the user wants to set. For more
information, refer to “
Configuring IP Unicast Routing
”.
2. Enable the IRDP on the IP interface. See
Enabling the IRDP
.
3. If the user wants the default gateway that will be advertised will be different than the IP
address of the IP interface set the advertised default gateway. See
Defining a Default Gateway
.
4. Assign the default-gateway its preference value. See
Assigning the Default Gateway
Preference Value
.
Table 20
lists the IRDP configuration commands.
To view the IRDP configuration, use the
show running-config
or
show startup-config
command
in Privileged (Enable) mode.
Table 20: IRDP Configuration Commands
Command
Description
ip irdp
Activates and display IRDP on the configured IP interface.
ip irdp address
The IRDP router advertises the IP address of another device to be a
gateway and acts as a proxy device.
ip irdp preference
Sets the default-gateway preference level for this IP interface.
ip irdp multicast
Forces the router to send advertisements to the network connected to
the IP interface.
Enabling the IRDP
The
ip irdp
command, in IP Interface Configuration mode, activates the IRDP process on the
configured IP interface. The
no
form of this command deactivates the IRDP process on the
configured IP interface.
By default, IRDP is disabled.
Command Syntax
device-name
(config-if
swN
)#
ip irdp
device-name
(config-if
swN
)#
no ip irdp