Parameter |
Description |
Default |
---|---|---|
IP state |
The Internet Protocol, version 4 |
Enabled Note: You cannot disable IP. |
IP address |
A Layer 3 network interface address The SLX-OS device has separate IP addresses on individual interfaces. |
None configured |
Encapsulation type |
The format of the packets in which the device encapsulates IP datagrams. |
Ethernet |
IP Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) |
The maximum length (number of bytes) of an encapsulated IP datagram that the device can forward. |
1500 for Ethernet II encapsulated packets |
ARP age |
Locally overrides the global setting. See IP Global Parameters. |
25 minutes |
Directed broadcast forwarding |
Locally overrides the global setting. See IP Global Parameters. |
Disabled |
ICMP Redirect messages |
Locally overrides the global setting. See IP Global Parameters. |
Enabled |
UDP broadcast forwarding |
The device can forward UDP broadcast packets for UDP applications such as BootP. By forwarding the UDP broadcasts, the device enables clients on one subnet to find servers attached to other subnets. Note: To enable a client‘s UDP application request to find a server on another subnet,configure an IP helper address. |
The device helps
forward broadcasts for the following UDP application protocols:
|
IP helper address |
The IP address of a UDP application server (such as a BootP or DHCP server) or a directed broadcast address. IP helper addresses allow the device to forward requests for certain UDP applications from a client on one subnet to a server on another subnet. |
None configured |