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Chapter 4. Routing
ProSafe® Gigabit L3 Managed Stackable Switches Software Administration Manual
Learned Routes
Table 4.
Field
Description
Route Type
This field can be either default or static. If creating a
default route, all that needs to be specified is the next
hop IP address, otherwise each field needs to be
specified.
Network Address
The IP route prefix for the destination.
Subnet Mask
Also referred to as the subnet/network mask, this
indicates the portion of the IP interface address that
identifies the attached network.
Protocol
This field tells which protocol created the specified
route. The possibilities are one of the following:
•
Local
•
Static
•
OSPF
•
RIP
Next Hop IP Address
The outgoing router IP address to use when
forwarding traffic to the next router (if any) in the path
towards the destination. The next router will always
be one of the adjacent neighbors or the IP address of
the local interface for a directly attached network.
Next Hop Interface
The outgoing router interface to use when forwarding
traffic to the destination.
Metric
Administrative cost of the path to the
destination. If no value is entered, default is
1. The range is 0 - 255.
Preference
The preference is an integer value from (0
to 255). The user can specify the
preference value (sometimes called
“administrative distance”) of an individual
static route. Among routes to the same
destination, the route with the lowest
preference value is the route entered into
the forwarding database. By specifying the
preference of a static route, the user
controls whether a static route is more or
less preferred than routes from dynamic
routing protocols. The preference also
controls whether a static route is more or
less preferred than other static routes to
the same destination.
