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910 PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide
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Configuring RIP parameters
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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 it, use the following method.
NOTE
You must enable the protocol globally and also on individual interfaces on which you want to
advertise RIP. Globally enabling the protocol does not enable it on individual interfaces.
To enable RIP globally, enter the following command.
PowerConnect(config)#router rip
Syntax: [no] router rip
After globally enabling the protocol, you must enable it on individual interfaces. You can enable the
protocol on physical interfaces as well as virtual routing interfaces. To enable RIP on an interface,
enter commands such as the following.
PowerConnect(config)#interface ethernet 0/1/1
PowerConnect(config-if-0/1/1)#ip rip v1-only
Syntax: [no] ip rip v1-only | v1-compatible-v2 | v2-only
NOTE
You must specify the RIP version.
Configuring metric parameters
By default, a Layer 3 Switch port increases the cost of a RIP route that is learned on the port by
one. You can configure individual ports to add more than one to a learned route cost. In addition,
you can configure a RIP offset list to increase the metric for learned or advertised routes based on
network address.
Changing the cost of routes learned on a port
By default, a Layer 3 Switch port increases the cost of a RIP route that is learned on the port. The
Layer 3 Switch increases the cost by adding one to the route metric before storing the route.
You can change the amount that an individual port adds to the metric of RIP routes learned on the
port. To do so, use the following method.
NOTE
RIP considers a route with a metric of 16 to be unreachable. Use this metric only if you do not want
the route to be used. You can prevent the Layer 3 Switch from using a specific port for routes learned
though that port by setting its metric to 16.
To increase the cost a port adds to RIP routes learned in that port, enter commands such as the
following.