Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router User Manual
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Creating a New Group
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e. The following prompt displays:
Description (30 chars max):
Enter a useful description for this virtual IP router port using alphanumeric characters. The
description may be up to 30 characters long. Press
.
f. The following prompt displays:
Disable routing?
(n) :
Indicate whether you want to disable routing in the group. You can enable routing later
through the
modvl
command.
g. The following prompt displays:
IP RIP Mode {Deaf (d),
Silent (s),
Active (a),
Inactive (i)}
(s):
Define the
RIP
mode in which the virtual router port will operate.
RIP
(Router Information
Protocol) is a network-layer protocol that enables the default
VLAN
in this Group to learn
and advertise routes. The
RIP
mode can be set to one of the following:
Silent
. The default setting shown in parentheses.
RIP
is active and receives routing infor-
mation from other
VLAN
s, but does not send out
RIP
updates. Other
VLAN
s will not receive
routing information concerning the default
VLAN
in this Group and will not include the
VLAN
in their routing tables. Simply press
to select Silent mode.
Deaf
.
RIP
is active and sends routing information to other
VLAN
s, but does not receive
RIP
updates from other
VLAN
s. The default
VLAN
in this Group will not receive routing infor-
mation from other
VLAN
s and will not include other
VLAN
s in its routing table. Enter
d
and
press
to select Deaf mode.
Active
.
RIP
is active and both sends and receives
RIP
updates. The default
VLAN
in this
Group will receive routing information from other
VLAN
s and will be included in the rout-
ing tables of other
VLAN
s. Enter
a
and press
to select Active mode.
Inactive
.
RIP
is inactive and neither sends nor receives
RIP
updates. The default
VLAN
in
this Group will neither send nor receive routing information to/from other
VLAN
s. Enter
i
and press
to select Inactive mode.
h. If routing domains are not configured on the switch, go to the next step. If routing
domains are configured on the switch, the following prompt displays:
Apply to Routing Domain ID (none) :
Enter a routing domain in which this group should be included, or press
Enter
. A routing
domain is a grouping of IP router interfaces that can forward packets only within the
domain. Routing domains are part of Advanced Routing software and are not part of the
base code. For more information about routing domains, see Chapter 14, “Routing
Domains,” in the Advanced Routing User Manual.
i. After you enter the RIP mode, or after you enter a routing domain ID, the following
prompt displays:
Default framing type [Ethernet II(e),
fddi (f),
token ring (t),
Ethernet 802.3 SNAP (8),
source route token ring(s)} (e):