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Chapter
44General IP Routing
In this chapter
This chapter provides information on network functions including:
• Static Routes – Configures static routes to other network segments.
• Routing Table – Displays routing entries learned through dynamic routing and statically
configured entries.
Overview
This switch supports IP routing via static routing definitions. When IP routing is functioning, this
switch acts as a wire-speed router, passing traffic between VLANs with different IP interfaces, and
routing traffic to external IP networks. However, when the switch is first booted, default routing can
only forward traffic between local IP interfaces. As with all traditional routers, static routing must
first be configured to work.
Initial Configuration
By default, all ports belong to the same VLAN and the switch provides only Layer 2 functionality. To
segment the attached network, first create VLANs for each unique user group or application traffic
(page 722), assign all ports that belong to the same group to these VLANs (page 724), and then
assign an IP interface to each VLAN (page 1043). By separating the network into different VLANs, it
can be partitioned into subnetworks that are disconnected at Layer 2. Network traffic within the
same subnet is still switched using Layer 2 switching. And the VLANs can now be interconnected
(as required) with Layer 3 switching.
Each VLAN represents a virtual interface to Layer 3. You just need to provide the network address
for each virtual interface, and the traffic between different subnetworks will be routed by Layer 3
switching.