User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- The Command Line Interface
- First-Time Configuration
- Using the Setup Utility
- Setting Passwords
- Menu Basics
- The Information Menu
- Information Menu
- System Information
- Layer 2 Information
- Layer 3 Information
- IP Routing Information
- ARP Information
- BGP Information
- BGP Peer information
- BGP Summary information
- OSPF Information
- Routing Information Protocol Information
- IP Information
- IGMP Multicast Group Information
- IGMP Group Information
- IGMP Multicast Router Port Information
- IGMP Mrouter Information
- VRRP Information
- Quality of Service Information
- 802.1p Information
- Access Control List Information
- Link Status Information
- Port Information
- Logical Port to GEA Port Mapping
- Fiber Port SFP Status
- Information Dump
- The Statistics Menu
- The Configuration Menu
- Configuration Menu
- Viewing, Applying, and Saving Changes
- System Configuration
- Port Configuration
- Layer 2 Configuration
- 802.1x Configuration
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol/ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
- Common Internal Spanning Tree Configuration
- Spanning Tree Configuration
- GVRP Configuration
- GVRP Port Configuration
- Trunk Configuration
- IP Trunk Hash Configuration
- LACP Configuration
- Layer 2 Failover Configuration
- VLAN Configuration
- Protocol-based VLAN Configuration
- Private VLAN Configuration
- Layer 3 Configuration
- IP Interface Configuration
- Default Gateway Configuration
- IP Static Route Configuration
- IP Multicast Route Configuration
- ARP Configuration
- IP Forwarding Configuration
- Network Filter Configuration
- Routing Map Configuration
- Routing Information Protocol Configuration
- Open Shortest Path First Configuration
- Border Gateway Protocol Configuration
- IGMP Configuration
- Domain Name System Configuration
- Bootstrap Protocol Relay Configuration
- VRRP Configuration
- Quality of Service Configuration
- Access Control List Configuration
- Port Mirroring Configuration
- Setup
- Dump
- Saving the Active Switch Configuration
- Restoring the Active Switch Configuration
- The Operations Menu
- The Boot Options Menu
- The Maintenance Menu
- Alteon OS Syslog Messages
- Alteon OS SNMP Agent
- Glossary
- Index

Alteon OS Command Reference
The Configuration Menu
ξ 25143W7774, May 2007
/cfg/l3/gw <gateway number>
Default Gateway Configuration
NOTE β The switch can be configured with up to 5 gateways. Gateway 5 is reserved for the
management VLAN 4095.
This option is disabled by default.
del
Removes this IP interface.
cur
Displays the current interface settings.
[Default gateway 1 Menu]
addr - Set IP address
intr - Set interval between ping attempts
retry - Set number of failed attempts to declare gateway DOWN
arp - Enable/disable ARP only health checks
ena - Enable default gateway
dis - Disable default gateway
del - Delete default gateway
cur - Display current default gateway configuration
Table 6-55 Default Gateway Menu Options (/cfg/l3/gw)
Command Syntax and Usage
addr <default gateway address (such as, 192.4.17.44)>
Configures the IP address of the default IP gateway using dotted decimal notation.
intr <0-60 seconds>
The switch pings the default gateway to verify that itβs up. The intr option sets the time between
health checks. The range is from 0 to 60 seconds. The default is 2 seconds.
retry <number of attempts (1-120)>
Sets the number of failed health check attempts required before declaring this default gateway
inoperative. The range is from 1 to 120 attempts. The default is 8 attempts.
arp disable|enable
Enables or disables Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) health checks. This command is disabled
by default.
Table 6-54 IP Interface Menu Options (/cfg/l3/if)
Command Syntax and Usage