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OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide April 2005 page 16-1
16 Configuring RDP
The Router Discovery Protocol (RDP) is an extension of ICMP that allows end hosts to discover routers
on their networks. This implementation of RDP supports the router requirements as defined in RFC 1256.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes the RDP feature and how to configure RDP parameters through the Command Line
Interface (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax
of commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
The following procedures are described:
• “Enabling/Disabling RDP” on page 16-8.
• “Creating an RDP Interface” on page 16-8.
• “Specifying an Advertisement Destination Address” on page 16-9.
• “Defining the Advertisement Interval” on page 16-9.
• “Setting the Advertisement Lifetime” on page 16-10.
• “Setting the Preference Levels for Router IP Addresses” on page 16-11.
• “Verifying the RDP Configuration” on page 16-11.