7

Route

This chapter shows you how to configure policies for IP routing and static routes on your NXC.

7.1 Policy Route

Traditionally, routing is based on the destination address only and the NXC takes the shortest path to forward a packet. IP Policy Routing (IPPR) provides a mechanism to override the default routing behavior and alter the packet forwarding based on the policy defined by the network administrator. Policy-based routing is applied to incoming packets on a per interface basis, prior to the normal routing.

7.2 Policy Route Commands

The following table identifies the values required for many of these commands. Other input values are discussed with the corresponding commands.

Table 23 Input Values for General Policy Route Commands

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

address_object

The name of the IP address (group) object. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric

 

characters, underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a

 

number. This value is case-sensitive.

interface_name

The name of the interface.

 

Ethernet interface: gex, x = 1 - N, where N equals the highest numbered

 

Ethernet interface for your NXC model.

 

 

policy_number

The number of a policy route. 1 - x where x is the highest number of policy

 

routes the NXC model supports. See the NXC’s User’s Guide for details.

 

 

schedule_object

The name of the schedule. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,

 

underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This

 

value is case-sensitive.

service_name

The name of the service (group). You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,

 

underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This

 

value is case-sensitive.

user_name

The name of a user (group). You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters,

 

underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This

 

value is case-sensitive.

 

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