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Ip packet flow through a layer 3 switch – Brocade TurboIron 24X Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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Overview

You also can specify the default gateway for forwarding traffic to other subnets.

IP packet flow through a Layer 3 Switch

Figure 55

shows how an IP packet moves through a Layer 3 Switch.

FIGURE 55

IP Packet Flow through a Layer 3 Switch

Figure 55

shows the following packet flow:

Incoming

Port

Outgoing

Port

Session

Table

N

Y

Fwding

Cache

N

Y

N

Y

Y

N

PBR

or

IP acc

policy

IP Route

Table

ARP

Cache

Load

Balancing

Algorithm

Mult.

Equal-

cost

Paths

Lowest
Admin.

Distance

Lowest

Metric

Static ARP

Table

RIP

OSPF

BGP4