Operator`s manual
Table Of Contents
- RS 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide
- Notices
- Table of Contents
- 1 About This Guide
- 2 Introduction
- 3 Hardware Installation
- 3.1 Safety Considerations
- 3.2 Hardware Specifications
- 3.3 Installing the Hardware
- 3.3.1 Verifying Your Shipment
- 3.3.2 Installing the Chassis
- 3.3.3 Installing an AC Power Supply
- 3.3.4 Installing a DC Power Supply
- 3.3.5 Installing the Control Module
- 3.3.6 Installing the Switching Fabric Module (RS8600 only)
- 3.3.7 Installing Line Cards
- 3.3.8 Installing GBIC Modules into Line Cards
- 3.3.9 Installing ATM Physical Media Cards (PHYs)
- 3.3.10 Multi-rate WAN Line Card and WICs
- 3.3.11 SRP Line Cards and Bridge Mate Module
- 3.3.12 Installing SFP Transceivers
- 3.3.13 Attaching the Network Cables to Line Cards
- 4 Initial Configuration
- 4.1 Powering on the RS8000/8600
- 4.2 Starting the Command Line Interface
- 4.3 Configuration Changes and Saving the Configuration File
- 4.4 Setting the Basic System Information
- 4.5 Setting Up Passwords
- 4.6 Setting Up SNMP
- 4.7 Setting the DNS Domain Name and Address
- 4.8 Setting the SYSLOG Parameters
- 4.9 Using Redundant Control Modules
- 5 Managing Software
- Appendix A Troubleshooting
- Appendix B International SaFety Information
- Index
Riverstone Networks RS 8000/8600 Switch Router Getting Started Guide 2-5
Introduction Software Overview
Note
All other protocols that require routing must be tunneled using IP.
By default, the RS uses one MAC address for all interfaces. The RS can be configured to have a separate MAC address
for each IP interface and a separate MAC address for each IPX interface. When the RS receives a packet whose
destination MAC address is one of the router’s IP or IPX interface MAC addresses, the line card that received the
packet from the network uses information in the line card’s L3 lookup tables (or information supplied by the Control
Module) to route the packet to its IP destination(s). (See Section 2.4.4, "Control Module" for information about the
Control Module.)
You can add secondary IP addresses to the same IP interface, however, you can create only one IP and IPX interface
on a single port or VLAN. When you add an interface to a set of ports, you are adding a VLAN to those ports. Ports
that contain IP and IPX interfaces can still perform layer-2 bridging.
IP Routing
The RS supports the following IP unicast routing protocols:
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RIP v1 and RIP v2
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OSPF v2
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BGP 2,3,4
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IS-IS
IP interfaces do not use a specific routing protocol by default. When you configure an interface for routing, you also
specify the routing protocol that the interface will use.
IP Multicast Routing
The RS supports the following IP multicast routing protocols:
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IGMP
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DVMRP
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GARP/GVRP
The RS does not use a specific IP multicast routing protocol by default. When you configure an interface for IP
multicast, you also specify the routing protocol you want the interface to use.
IPX Routing
The RS supports the following IPX routing protocols:
IPX RIP – a version of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) tailored for IPX
IPX SAP – the Service Advertisement Protocol, which allows hosts attached to an IPX network to reach printers, file
servers, and other services
By default, IPX routing is enabled on the RS when an IPX interface is created.