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The Static Routes tab appears.

3Click Insert.

The Insert Static Routes dialog box appears.

4Select the owner virtual router and forwarder (VRF).

5In the Dest box, type the IP address.

6In the Mask box, type the mask.

7In the NextHop box, type the IP address of the router through which you access the specified route.

8Select the next hop VRF ID if configuring an interVRF static route.

9In the Metric box, type the HopOrMetric value.

10In the Preference box, select the route preference.

11Select Enable.

12Select the LocalNextHop option if creating Layer 3 static routes.

13Click Insert.

The new route appears in the Static Routes tab

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Variable definitions

Use the data in the following table to configure the Insert Static Routes dialog box.

Variable

Value

 

 

OwnerVrfId

Configures the owner VRF ID of the

 

static route.

 

 

Dest

Configures the destination IP address

 

of this route. An entry with a value of

 

0.0.0.0 is the default route. Multiple

 

routes to a single destination can

 

appear in the table, but access to

 

such multiple entries depends on the

 

network management protocol table

 

access mechanisms.

 

 

Mask

Is route network mask with the

 

destination address before the switch

 

compares the mask to the value in the

 

Dest box.

 

 

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 8600

Commissioning

NN46205-319 01.01 Standard

30 May 2008

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