Users Guide
Version Description
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Related
Commands
• show ip interface — display the interface routing status and configuration.
ip route
Assign a static route to the switch.
Syntax
ip route [vrf vrf-name] ip-address mask {ip-address | interface [ip-address]}
[distance] [permanent] [tag tag-value] [vrf vrf-name] [weight weight-value]
To delete a specific static route, use the no ip route destination mask command.
To delete all routes matching a certain route, use the no ip route destination mask command.
Parameters
vrf
vrf-name
(Optoinal) Enter the keyword vrf and then the name of the VRF to configure a static
route corresponding to that VRF. Use this VRF option after the ip route keyword to
configure a static route on that particular VRF.
destination
Enter the IP address in dotted decimal format of the destination device.
mask
Enter the mask in the slash prefix format (/x) of the destination IP address.
ip-address
Enter the IP address of the forwarding router in dotted decimal format.
interface Enter one of the following keyword followed by the interface information
• For a 1-GigabitEthernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet then the
slot/port information.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet then
the slot/port information.
• For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword loopback then a number from 0 to
16383.
• For the Management interface on the stack-unit, enter the keyword
ManagementEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a port channel interface, enter the keywords port-channel then a number.
• For a Null interface, enter the keyword null then the Null interface number.
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword vlan then a number from 1 to 4094.
• For a tunnel interface, enter the keyword tunnel then the tunnel interface number.
The range is from 1 to 16383.
If you configure a static IPv6 route using an egress interface and enter the ping command
to reach the destination IPv6 address, the ping operation may not work. Configure the
IPv6 route using a next-hop IPv6 address in order for the ping command to detect the
destination address.
interface
ip-
address
Enter the keyword interface then the IP address.
distance
(OPTIONAL) Enter the value of the distance metric assigned to the route. The range is
from 1 to 255.
652 IPv4 Routing