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Configuring IP Routing (Layer 3)

Overview

This chapter and its procedures are specific to Layer 3 configuration. This chapter describes how to configure IP on your switch.

Configuring IP Global Routing

In the Cajun P550 Switch, capabilities that once were provided by additional hardware, such as bridges, switches, and hubs, are now provided as virtual configurations inside the router. You can emulate bridging capabilities inside the chassis of the Cajun P550 Switch through Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs). The ability to emulate bridging hardware through a virtual means is referred to as IP Routing. High-level tasks involved in creating and setting up IP Routing include:

❒Creating an IP Interface

❒Enabling IP Routing

❒Assigning IP Interfaces to the VLAN

❒Configuring Access Lists

❒Activating Access Lists

❒Creating IP Static Routes

❒Creating Static ARP Entries

❒Creating a BOOTP/DHCP Server Entry

❒Configuring IGMP

❒Configuring DVMRP

For information about creating and assigning physical ports to a VLAN, refer to "Creating a VLAN", in Chapter 12. For information about enabling IP routing and assigning subnets, refer to the following sections.

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