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Summit24e3 Switch Installation and User Guide 183
16 Interior Gateway Routing Protocols
This chapter describes the following topics:
• Overview on page 183
• Overview of RIP on page 184
• Overview of OSPF on page 186
• Route Re-Distribution on page 191
• Configuring RIP on page 192
• RIP Configuration Example on page 195
• Displaying RIP Settings on page 196
• Resetting and Disabling RIP on page 196
• Configuring OSPF on page 197
• Displaying OSPF Settings on page 202
• Resetting and Disabling OSPF Settings on page 203
This chapter assumes that you are already familiar with IP unicast routing. If not, refer to the following
publications for additional information:
• RFC 1058 — Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• RFC 1723 — RIP Version 2
• RFC 2328 — OSPF Version 2
• Interconnections: Bridges and Routers
by Radia Perlman
ISBN 0-201-56332-0
Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
Overview
The switch supports the use of two interior gateway protocols (IGPs); the Routing Information Protocol
(RIP) and the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol for IP unicast routing.
RIP is a distance-vector protocol, based on the Bellman-Ford (or distance-vector) algorithm. The
distance-vector algorithm has been in use for many years, and is widely deployed and understood.