Brocade FastIron Ethernet Switch Layer 3 Routing Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 222)

RIP interface parameters
RIP interface parameters TABLE 50
Parameter Description Default
RIP state and
version The state of the protocol and the version that is supported on the
interface. The version can be one of the following:
• Version 1 only
• Version 2 only
• Version 1, but also compatible with version 2
NOTE
You also must enable RIP globally.
Disabled
Metric A numeric cost the device adds to RIP routes learned on the
interface. This parameter applies only to RIP routes. 1 (one)
Learning default
routes Locally overrides the global setting. Disabled
Loop prevention The method a device uses to prevent routing loops caused by
advertising a route on the same interface as the one on which the
device learned the route.
• Split horizon - The device does not advertise a route on the same
interface as the one on which the device learned the route.
• Poison reverse - The device assigns a cost of 16 ("infinite" or
"unreachable") to a route before advertising it on the same
interface as the one on which the device learned the route.
Split horizon
NOTE
Enabling poison
reverse disables split
horizon on the
interface.
Advertising and
learning specific
routes You can control the routes that a device learns or advertises. The device learns and
advertises all RIP
routes on all
interfaces.
Configuring RIP parameters
Use the following procedures to configure RIP parameters on a system-wide and individual interface
basis.
Enabling RIP
RIP is disabled by default. To enable RIP, you must enable it globally and also on individual interfaces
on which you want to advertise RIP. Globally enabling the protocol does not enable it on individual
interfaces. When you enable RIP on a port, you also must specify the version (version 1 only, version
2 only, or version 1 compatible with version 2).
RIP interface parameters
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