Operation Manual – IPv4 Routing
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 2 RIP Configuration
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2.4.1 Configuring RIP Timers
Follow these steps to configure RIP timers:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
––
Enter RIP view
rip
[
process-id
] [
vpn-instance
vpn-instance-name
]
––
Configure values
for RIP timers
timers
{
garbage-collect
garbage-collect-value
|
suppress suppress-value
|
timeout timeout-value
|
update
update-value
}*
Optional
The default update timer,
timeout timer, suppress
timer, and garbage-collect
timer are 30s, 180s, 120s
and 120s respectively.
Note:
Based on network performance, you need to make RIP timers of RIP routers identical
to each other to avoid unnecessary traffic or route oscillation.
2.4.2 Configuring Split Horizon and Poison Reverse
Note:
If both split horizon and poison reverse are configured, only the poison reverse function
takes effect.
I. Enabling split horizon
The split horizon function disables an interface from sending routes received from the
interface to prevent routing loops between adjacent routers.
Follow these steps to enable split horizon:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter interface view
interface
interface-type
interface-number
—
