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Chapter 3 Configuring System Parameters
Configuring IP Routes
Configuring IP Routes
If the storage router requires access to any IP address outside the management subnet, you must
configure the appropriate routes in the SN 5428-2 routing table. You can configure static routes, or if
you are using RIP in your network, you can enable the storage router to dynamically learn routes using
the routing information protocol (RIP).
When there are multiple routes to the same destination, use administrative distance to determine which
route to install in the routing table. The default administrative distance for static routes is 1; the
administrative distance for dynamic routes created by RIP is 120. The route with the lower
administrative distance is installed in the routing table (as long as the interface used by the route is up).
Note The SN 5428-2 can learn a maximum of 200 routes. Additional routes that are received are silently
ignored. In the SN 5428-2 routing table, a static route will always override a learned route. To modify
this behavior, change the administrative distance of a static route to a value greater than 120.
Static Routes
Use the following procedure to manually configure the SN 5428-2 routing table using static IP routes.
Step 3
clock set 08:20:00 04 15 2002 Set time and date (for example: time, 8:20 A.M.;
date, April 15, 2002).
Step 4
ntp peer 10.1.60.86 (Optional) Specify the name or IP address of the network time
protocol (NTP) server with which the storage router will
synchronize the date and time.
Command Description
Command Description
Step 1
enable Enter Administrator mode.
Step 2
ip route 10.1.30.0/24 10.1.10.201 (Optional) Configure a gateway IP address if the storage router is
to be managed from a management station outside the storage
router management subnet. The second IP address specifies a
gateway on the storage router management network that will
provide access to a management station.
Note In this configuration example, the mask is set to 24
(255.255.255.0) to allow any host on subnet 10.1.30.0 to
be a management station.
Step 3
ip route 10.1.40.243/32
10.1.10.201 130
Configure a gateway IP address if the primary DNS server is
outside the storage router management subnet. The second IP
address specifies a gateway on the storage router management
network that will provide access to a primary DNS server.
The administrative distance is set at 130, so if RIP is enabled, the
route can be overridden by a dynamically learned route.
Note In this configuration example, the mask is set to 32
(255.255.255.255) to specify the host with IP address
10.1.40.243 (the primary DNS server).