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INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP)

To route packets using the Internet Protocol (IP), you:

Establish an IP routing interface

Decide which IP options and routing protocols you want to use

Enable IP routing

An IP routing interface defines the relationship between an IP virtual LAN (VLAN) and the subnetworks in the IP network. Each routing IP VLAN interface is associated with one VLAN that supports IP. The system has one interface defined for each subnet that is directly connected to it.

You can also choose between two different routing models when you establish an IP routing interface:

VLAN-based routing

Because bridging is faster in normal circumstances, the system first tries to determine if it can bridge the frame before routing it.

Router port-based routing

The system first tries to route packets that belong to recognized protocols, and then bridges all other packets. If the network or a portion of the network is devoted to routing IP frames, this model makes network traffic more efficient.

This chapter provides guidelines and other key information about how to configure IP in your system. This chapter addresses the commands in the ip menu except for multicast and ospf, which other chapters in this Command Reference Guide explain.

For information about IP multicast, see Chapter 18. For information about Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing using IP, see Chapter 19.

For more information about IP routing, see the Implementation Guide for your system.

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