IP R
OUTING
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If the switch determines that a frame must be routed, the route is
calculated only during setup. Once the route has been determined, all
packets in the current flow are simply switched or forwarded across the
chosen path. This takes advantage of the high throughput and low latency
of switching by enabling the traffic to bypass the routing engine once the
path calculation has been performed.
Routing Path Management
Routing Path Management involves the determination and updating of all
the routing information required for packet forwarding, including:
• Handling routing protocols
• Updating the routing table
• Updating the Layer 3 switching database
Routing Protocols
The switch supports both static and dynamic routing.
• Static routing requires routing information to be stored in the switch
either manually or when a connection is set up by an application outside
the switch.
• Dynamic routing uses a routing protocol to exchange routing
information, calculate routing tables, and respond to changes in the
status or loading of the network.
The switch supports RIP and RIP-2 dynamic routing protocols.
RIP and RIP-2 Dynamic Routing Protocols
The RIP protocol is the most widely used routing protocol. RIP uses a
distance-vector-based approach to routing. Routes are determined on the
basis of minimizing the distance vector, or hop count, which serves as a
rough estimate of transmission cost. Each router broadcasts its
advertisement every 30 seconds, together with any updates to its routing
table. This allows all routers on the network to learn consistent tables of
next hop links which lead to relevant subnets.
Summary of Contents for WPCI-G - annexe 1
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Page 36: ...GETTING STARTED ...
Page 72: ...MANAGING SYSTEM FILES 2 24 ...
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Page 90: ...CONFIGURING THE SWITCH 3 16 ...
Page 245: ...SHOWING PORT STATISTICS 8 33 Figure 8 12 Port Statistics ...
Page 252: ...ADDRESS TABLE SETTINGS 9 6 ...
Page 318: ...CLASS OF SERVICE 12 16 ...
Page 330: ...QUALITY OF SERVICE 13 12 ...
Page 348: ...DOMAIN NAME SERVICE 15 8 ...
Page 404: ...IP ROUTING 17 44 ...
Page 406: ...COMMAND LINE INTERFACE ...
Page 608: ...MIRROR PORT COMMANDS 26 4 ...
Page 644: ...SPANNING TREE COMMANDS 29 28 ...
Page 668: ...VLAN COMMANDS 30 24 ...
Page 686: ...CLASS OF SERVICE COMMANDS 31 18 ...
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Page 824: ...SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS A 6 ...
Page 828: ...TROUBLESHOOTING B 4 ...
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