Brocade FastIron Ethernet Switch Layer 3 Routing Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 134)

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Field Description
Subnet Mask The network mask for the IP address.
Next Hop Router The IP address of the router interface to which the Brocade router sends packets for the
route.
Metric The cost of the route. Usually, the metric represents the number of hops to the destination.
Distance The administrative distance of the route. The default administrative distance for static IP
routes in Brocade routers is 1.
Policies
Index The policy number. This is the number you assigned the policy when you configured it.
Action The action the router takes if a packet matches the comparison values in the policy. The
action can be one of the following:
• deny - The router drops packets that match this policy.
• permit - The router forwards packets that match this policy.
Source The source IP address the policy matches.
Destination The destination IP address the policy matches.
Protocol The IP protocol the policy matches. The protocol can be one of the following:
• ICMP
• IGMP
• IGRP
• OSPF
• TCP
• UDP
Port The Layer 4 TCP or UDP port the policy checks for in packets. The port can be displayed
by its number or, for port types the router recognizes, by the well-known name. For
example, TCP port 80 can be displayed as HTTP.
NOTE
T his field applies only if the IP protocol is TCP or UDP.
Operator The comparison operator for TCP or UDP port names or numbers.
NOTE
This field applies only if the IP protocol is TCP or UDP.
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