Specifications

Getting Started with HP ProCurve Switching and Routing
Module 3 – 72 Rev. 9.41
Information required for routes
At a minimum, Layer 3 switches and routers require three pieces of information about
every IP route:
 Destination network and subnet mask
 Gateway, or next hop
 Metric
For indirect routes, the gateway is usually the IP address (in the same VLAN) of the
neighboring Layer 3 switch or router that can forward packets to the destination
network. For example, in the 5406zl switch's IP route entries show here, the gateway
for the 10.1.30.0 network is 10.1.30.1, the IP address of the 8212zl switch on the
VLAN.
For direct routes, the gateway on HP ProCurve switches is the VLAN ID that is
associated with the route. For example, in the 5400zl switch’s IP route entries shown
here, the gateway for the 10.1.20.0 network is VLAN 20.
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