Chapter 19 IP Configuration

The following table describes the labels in the summary table.

Table 106 Routing Configuration: Static Route

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Index

This field displays the index number of the route.

 

 

Name

This field displays the descriptive name for this route. This is for identification

 

purposes only.

 

 

Active

This field displays Yes when the static route is activated and No when is it

 

deactivated.

 

 

Destination Address

This field displays the IP network address of the final destination.

 

 

Subnet Mask

This field displays the subnet mask for this destination.

 

 

Gateway Address

This field displays the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate

 

neighbor of your switch that will forward the packet to the destination.

 

 

Metric

This field displays the cost of transmission for routing purposes.

 

 

Add

Click the Add button to create a new static route.

 

 

Modify

Select the rule(s) that you want to change and click the Modify button.

 

 

Delete

Select the rule(s) that you want to remove in the Delete column, and then click

 

the Delete button.

 

 

19.1.1 Configuring a Static Route

Click the Add button or select a static route and click the Modify button in the Routing Configuration screen to display the following screen.

Figure 147 Routing Configuration: Static Route: Add

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 107 Routing Configuration: Static Route: Add or Modify

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route.

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name for this route. This is for identification purposes only.

 

 

Destination

This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination. Routing is

IP Address

always based on network number. If you need to specify a route to a single host, use a

 

subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 in the subnet mask field to force the network number

 

to be identical to the host ID.

 

 

IP Subnet

Enter the subnet mask for this destination.

Mask

 

 

 

200

 

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