Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 233)

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Chapter
7
Configuring IP
In this chapter
• Overview of configuring IP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
• The IP packet flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
• Basic IP parameters and defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
• Configuring IP parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
• Configuring packet parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
• Changing the router ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
• Specifying a single source interface for Telnet, TACACS, TACACS+, or RADIUS packets 186
• Configuring an interface as the source for Syslog packets . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
• Configuring ARP parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
• Configuring forwarding parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
• Displaying IP information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Overview of configuring IP
The Internet Protocol (IP) is enabled by default. This chapter describes how to configure IP
parameters on the device.
The IP packet flow
Figure 5 Shows how an IP packet moves through a device.