Alcatel-Lucent 6600 Enabling/Disabling RDP, Creating an RDP Interface

Enabling/Disabling RDP Configuring RDP
page 17-8 OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide April 2006
Enabling/Disabling RDP
RDP is included in the base software and is available when the switch starts up. However, by default this
feature is not operational until it is enabled on the switch.
To enable RDP operation on the switch, use the following command:
-> ip router-discovery enable
Once enabled, any existing RDP interfaces on the switch that are also enabled will activate and st art to
send initial advertisements. See “RDP Interfaces” on page 17-6 for more information.
To disable RDP operation on the switch, use the following command:
-> ip router-discovery disable
Use the show ip router-discovery command to determine the current operational status of RDP on the
switch.
Creating an RDP Interface
An RDP interface is created by enabling RDP for an existing IP router interface, which is then advertised
by RDP as an active router on the local network. Note that an RDP interface is not active unless RDP is
also enabled for the switch.
To create an RDP interface, enter ip router-discovery interface followed by the name of the IP router
interface then enable. For example, the following command creates an RDP interface for the IP router
interface named Marketing:
-> ip router-discovery interface Marketing enable
The IP router interface name is the name assigned to the interface when it was first created. For more
information about creating IP router interfaces, see Chapter14, “Configuring IP.”
The first time an RDP interface is enabled, it is not necessary to enter enable as part of the command.
However, if the interface is subsequently disabled, then entering enable is required the next time this
command is used. For example, the following sequence of commands initially enables an RDP interface
for the Marketing IP router interface then disables and again enables the same interface:
-> ip router-discovery interface Marketing
-> ip router-discovery interface Marketing disable
-> ip router-discovery interface Marketing enable
When the above RDP interface becomes active, advertisement packets are transmitted on all active ports
that belong to the VLAN associated with the Marketing interface. These packets contain the IP address
associated with the Marketing interface for the purposes of advertising this interface on the network.