Configuring Routing

200 Series software supports IP routing. Use the links in the Routing navigation menu to manage routing on the system.

When a packet enters the switch, the destination MAC address is checked to see if it matches any of the configured routing interfaces. If it does, then the silicon searches the host table for a matching destination IP address. If an entry is found, then the packet is routed to the host. If there is not a matching entry, then the switch performs a longest prefix match on the destination IP address. If an entry is found, then the packet is routed to the next hop. If there is no match, then the packet is routed to the next hop specified in the default route. If there is no default route configured, then the packet is passed to the 6200 series software to be handled appropriately.

The routing table can have entries added either statically by the administrator or dynamically via a routing protocol. The host table can have entries added either statically by the administrator or dynamically via ARP.

Note

200 Series supports the BGP (Border Gateway Protocol). BGP is available as a separate module and might not be available on all platforms. The BGP features can be configured only by using the CLI. No web-based administrative pages are available for BGP configuration.