Configuring the Shelf Controller
Providing a basic system IP configuration
APX 1000™ Getting Started Guide
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Figure 5-5. Local router to be used as default route
Assuming a local router as the unit’s default route, or gateway, enables the APX 1000 unit to
pass all IP packets with an unrecognized address to that router, so its own routing tables can
remain small. The external router maintains larger routing tables, and assumes the
responsibility and overhead of routing most packets.
For example, the following commands define a default route to the LAN router in Figure 5-5:
admin> new ip-route default
IP-ROUTE/default read
admin> set gateway-address = 1.1.1.3
admin> set active-route = yes
admin> write
IP-ROUTE/default written
The system can support multiple default routes. The profile name does not have to be
default
. The only requirements are that the destination address must be zero, and Gateway-
Address must specify a valid, accessible router.
For information about other settings in the IP-Route profile, see the APX 8000™/MAX TNT®
Reference.
Verifying an administrative LAN connection
To enable yourself and other administrators to log into the APX 1000 unit’s interface from IP
hosts, you must also make sure your local network can route to the unit. Your network router
must have network connectivity through intermediate routers so that the administrative host
can access the APX 1000 unit via its IP address. You can test this connectivity by pinging the
unit from the local host. For example, the following command entered on a local host tests
connectivity to the APX 1000 address, configured previously:
% ping 1.1.1.1
PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1): 56 Data bytes
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=0 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=255 time=0 ms
^C
--- 1.1.1.1 Ping statistics ---
8 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 0/0/0 ms
Traffic with unknown destination addresses
Ethernet
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