Specifications

Preparing the Device for Router Mode
Pre-Routing Configuration Tasks
Matrix E1 Series (1G58x-09 and 1H582-xx) Configuration Guide 3-89
3.3 PREPARING THE DEVICE FOR ROUTER MODE
3.3.1 Pre-Routing Configuration Tasks
The following pre-routing tasks, as detailed in Section 3.1 and Section 3.2, must be performed
while the device is in switch mode.
• Starting up the CLI. (Section 3.1.6)
• Setting user accounts and passwords. (Section 3.2.1)
• Configuring basic platform settings, such as host name, system clock, and terminal display
settings. (Section 3.2.2)
• Setting the system IP address. (Section 3.2.2.18)
• File management tasks, including uploading or downloading flash or text configuration files, and
displaying directory and file contents. (Section 3.2.5)
• Configuring two or more VLANs that will be dedicated to IP routing. (Section 3.3.2)
3.3.2 Configuring VLANs for IP Routing
Before you can use the Matrix E1 device for IP routing, you must dedicate two or more VLANs as
IP routing uplinks. To do this, you must
1. Disable Spanning Tree on the ports to be dedicated as routing uplinks.
2. Create new VLANs from these dedicated ports.
3. Disable GVRP on the dedicated ports.
4. In router mode, assign IP addresses to the new VLANs, enable them for IP routing, and save
the routing configuration to NVRAM.
The commands needed for this process are listed in Table 3-7, and are described in the associated
sections as shown.
Important Notice
Startup and general configuration of the Matrix E1 must occur when the device is in switch mode.
For details on how to start the device and configure general platform settings, refer to Section 3.1
and Section 3.2. Once startup and general device settings are complete, IP configuration and
other router-specific commands can be executed when the device is in router mode. For details on
how to enable router mode from switch mode, refer to Table 3-8 in Section 3.3.3.