Nortel Networks Essential Nortel Commands for Configuring Brouter Ports on Ethernet Routing Switch

112IP Routing Configuration and Management

Brouter port commands

A brouter port is a single-port VLAN that can route IP packets as well as bridge all non-routable traffic. The following section describes the CLI commands used to configure and manage brouter ports on the Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series.

brouter command

The brouter command is used to create and manage a brouter port on the switch.

The syntax of the brouter command is:

brouter [port <brouter_port>] vlan <vid> subnet <ip_address/mask> [routing enable]

The following table describes the parameters of this command.

brouter parameters

Parameter	Description
<brouter_port>	The brouter port. When creating a brouter this is the port
	to be used for the new brouter. When modifying a brouter
	this is the port of the existing brouter to modify.
<vid>	The VLAN ID of the brouter. When creating a new brouter
	port, this is the VLAN ID assigned to the brouter port.
<ip_address/mask>	The IP address and subnet mask of the brouter. When
	creating a new brouter, this is the IP address and subnet
	mask assigned. When modifying a brouter port, this is the
	new IP address and subnet mask to assign to the port.
	The subnet mask portion is expressed as a value between
	0 and 32.

The brouter command is executed in the FastEthernet IEEE 802.3

Interface Configuration mode.

no brouter command

The no brouter command is used to disable or remove a brouter from the switch.

The syntax of the no brouter command is:

no brouter [port <brouter_port>] [routing enable]

The <brouter_port> parameter represents the brouter port to disable or remove from the switch.

The no brouter command is executed in the FastEthernet IEEE 802.3 Interface Configuration mode.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Configuration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.127 August 2007

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