Document Outline

• Contents
• Preface
  • Document conventions
    • Text formatting conventions
    • Command syntax conventions
    • Notes, cautions, and warnings
  • Brocade resources
  • Contacting Brocade Technical Support
  • Document feedback
• Configuring Basic Features
  • Configuring basic system parameters
    • Entering system administration information
    • Configuring Simple Network Management (SNMP) parameters
    • Configuring SNMP version 3 traps
    • Configuring an interface as the source for all Telnet packets
    • Cancelling an outbound Telnet session
    • Configuring an interface as the source for all TFTP packets
    • Configuring CLI banners
    • Configuring terminal display
    • Checking the length of terminal displays
  • Configuring basic port parameters
    • Assigning a port name
    • Disabling or re-enabling a port
  • Configuring basic Layer 2 parameters
    • Changing the MAC age time
    • Configuring static MAC entries
    • Enabling port-based VLANs
  • Configuring static MAC addresses
    • Displaying mac addresses
  • Configuring system parameter settings
• Configuring Basic Layer 3
  • Configuring basic Layer 3 overview
  • Adding a static IP route
  • Disabling Layer 2 switching
    • Adding a static ARP entry
  • Additional features
• Configuring Virtual LANs (VLANs)
  • Overview
    • Types of VLANs supported
    • Default VLAN
    • 802.1q tagging
    • Virtual routing interfaces
    • VLAN and virtual routing interface groups
    • Dynamic, static, and excluded port membership
    • Summary of VLAN configuration rules
  • Routing between VLANs
    • Virtual routing interfaces
    • Bridging and routing the same protocol simultaneously on the same device
    • Routing between VLANs using virtual routing interfaces
    • Dynamic port assignment
    • Assigning a different VLAN ID to the default VLAN
    • Configuring port-based VLANs
    • Modifying a port-based VLAN
  • Configuring IP subnet VLANs
    • Configuration example
    • Configuring an IP subnet VLAN with dynamic ports
  • Configuring the same IP subnet address on multiple port-based VLANs
  • Configuring a virtual routing interface and assigning an IP address on a port-based VLAN
    • Allocating memory for more VLANs or virtual routing interfaces
  • Displaying VLAN information
    • Displaying system-wide VLAN information
    • Displaying VLAN information for specific ports
    • Using show run to display VLAN information
• Configuring IP
  • Basic configuration
  • Overview
    • IP interfaces
    • IP access policies
  • Basic IP parameters and defaults
    • When parameter changes take effect
    • IP global parameters
    • IP interface parameters
  • Configuring IP parameters
    • Configuring IP addresses
    • Configuring Domain Name Server (DNS) resolver
    • Changing the router ID
    • Specifying a single source interface for Telnet, TACACS/TACACS+, or RADIUS packets
    • Configuring ARP parameters
    • Configuring forwarding parameters
    • Disabling ICMP messages
    • Disabling ICMP redirect messages
    • Configuring static routes
    • Configuring a default network route
    • Configuring IP load sharing
    • Configuring UDP broadcast and IP helper parameters
    • Configuring BootP/DHCP forwarding parameters
  • Displaying IP configuration information and statistics
    • Changing the network mask display to prefix format
    • Displaying IP information
• Rate Limiting
  • Overview
    • Feature Support
    • Configuring rate limiting on ingress traffic
    • Displaying rate limit configuration
    • Clearing rate limit statistics
    • VLAN rate limiting
    • Configuring VLAN rate limiting
    • Displaying VLAN rate limiting information
    • Clearing VLAN rate limiting statistics
• Configuring OSPF
  • Overview of OSPF
    • Designated routers in multi-access networks
    • Designated router election in multi-access networks
    • OSPF RFC 1583 and 2178 compliance
    • Reduction of equivalent AS External LSAs
    • Dynamic OSPF activation and configuration
    • Dynamic OSPF memory
  • Configuring OSPF
    • Configuration rules
    • OSPF parameters
    • Enable OSPF on the router
    • Assign OSPF areas
    • Assigning an area range (optional)
    • Assigning interfaces to an area
    • Modify interface defaults
    • Change the timer for OSPF authentication changes
    • Block flooding of outbound LSAs on specific OSPF interfaces
    • Assign virtual links
    • Modify virtual link parameters
    • Changing the reference bandwidth for the cost on OSPF interfaces
    • Define redistribution filters
    • Prevent specific OSPF routes from being installed in the IP route table
    • Modify default metric for redistribution
    • Enable route redistribution
    • Disable or re-enable load sharing
    • Configure external route summarization
    • Configure default route origination
    • Modify SPF Timers
    • Modify redistribution metric type
    • Modify administrative distance
    • Configure OSPF group Link State Advertisement (LSA) pacing
    • Modify OSPF traps generated
    • Modify OSPF standard compliance setting
    • Modify exit overflow interval
    • Specifying types of OSPF Syslog messages to log
  • Displaying OSPF information
    • Displaying general OSPF configuration information
    • Displaying CPU utilization statistics
    • Displaying OSPF area information
    • Displaying OSPF neighbor information
    • Displaying OSPF interface information
    • Displaying OSPF route information
    • Displaying OSPF external link state information
    • Displaying OSPF link state information
    • Displaying the data in an LSA
    • Displaying OSPF virtual neighbor information
    • Displaying OSPF virtual link information
    • Displaying OSPF ABR and ASBR information
    • Displaying OSPF trap status
• Configuring OSPFv3
  • Overview
  • Differences between OSPFv2 and OSPFv3
  • Link state advertisement types for OSPFv3
  • Configuring OSPFv3
  • Enabling OSPFv3
    • Assigning OSPFv3 areas
    • Assigning interfaces to an area
    • Changing the reference bandwidth for the cost on OSPFv3 interfaces
    • Redistributing routes into OSPFv3
    • Filtering OSPFv3 routes
    • Configuring default route origination
    • Modifying Shortest Path First timers
    • Modifying administrative distance
    • Configuring the OSPFv3 LSA pacing interval
    • Modifying exit overflow interval
    • Modifying external link state database limit
    • Modifying OSPFv3 interface defaults
    • Disabling or re-enabling event logging
    • IPsec for OSPFv3
    • Configuring IPsec for OSPFv3
    • IPsec examples
  • Displaying OSPFv3 information
    • Displaying OSPFv3 area information
    • Displaying OSPFv3 database information
    • Displaying OSPFv3 interface information
    • Displaying OSPFv3 memory usage
    • Displaying OSPFv3 neighbor information
    • Displaying routes redistributed into OSPFv3
    • Displaying OSPFv3 route information
    • Displaying OSPFv3 SPF information
• Configuring BGP4 (IPv4)
  • Overview of BGP4
    • Relationship between the BGP4 route table and the IP route table
    • How BGP4 selects a path for a route
    • BGP4 message types
  • Implementation of BGP4
    • BGP4 neighbor local AS
    • BGP4 null0 routing
  • Configuring BGP4
  • Enabling and disabling BGP4
    • Disabling BGP4
  • Entering and exiting the address family configuration level
  • Aggregating routes advertised to BGP4 neighbors
  • Configuring the device to always compare Multi-Exit Discriminators
  • Disabling or re-enabling comparison of the AS-Path length
  • Redistributing IBGP routes
  • Enabling or disabling comparison of device IDs
  • Four-byte Autonomous System Numbers (AS4)
    • Enabling AS4 numbers
  • Specifying a maximum AS path length
    • Setting a global maximum AS path limit
    • Setting a maximum AS path limit for a neighbor
  • BGP4 max-as error messages
  • Configuring route flap dampening
  • Originating the default route
  • Changing the default local preference
  • Changing the default metric used for redistribution
  • Changing the default metric used for route cost
  • Changing administrative distances
  • Requiring the first AS to be the neighbor AS
    • Enabling fast external fallover
  • Setting the local AS number
  • Configuring BGP4 multipath load sharing
    • Customizing BGP4 multipath load sharing
    • Enhancements to BGP4 load sharing
    • Configuring a static BGP4 network
  • Configuring paths without MEDs as the least favorable
  • Configuring BGP4 neighbors
    • Auto shutdown of BGP4 neighbors on initial configuration
    • Removing route dampening from suppressed routes
    • Administratively shutting down a session with a BGP4 neighbor
    • Encrypting BGP4 MD5 authentication keys
  • Specifying a list of networks to advertise
  • Using the IP default route as a valid next-hop for a BGP4 route
  • Enabling next-hop recursion
  • Modifying redistribution parameters
  • Using a table map to set the tag value
  • Changing the Keep Alive Time and Hold Time
  • Changing the BGP4 next-hop update timer
  • Changing the device ID
  • Adding a loopback interface
  • Changing the maximum number of paths for BGP4 load sharing
  • Filtering
    • Filtering AS-paths
    • Filtering communities
    • Defining and applying IP prefix lists
    • Defining neighbor distribute lists
    • Defining route maps
    • Dynamic route filter update
    • Configuring route flap dampening
    • Updating route information and resetting a neighbor session
    • Clearing traffic counters
    • Clearing route flap dampening statistics
    • Removing route flap dampening
    • Clearing diagnostic buffers
    • Configuring BGP4 null0 routing
  • Displaying BGP4 information
    • Displaying summary BGP4 information
    • Displaying the active BGP4 configuration
    • Displaying summary neighbor information
    • Displaying BGP4 neighbor information
    • Displaying summary route information
    • Displaying the BGP4 route table
    • Displaying BGP4 route-attribute entries
    • Displaying the routes BGP4 has placed in the IP route table
    • Displaying route flap dampening statistics
    • Displaying the active route map configuration
    • Displaying AS4 details
• Configuring BGP4+
  • Address family configuration level
  • Configuring BGP4+
    • Enabling BGP4+
    • Configuring BGP4+ neighbors using global or site-local IPv6 addresses
    • Adding BGP4+ neighbors using link-local addresses
    • Advertising the default BGP4+ route
    • Importing routes into BGP4+
    • Redistributing prefixes into BGP4+
    • Aggregating routes advertised to BGP4 neighbors
    • Using route maps
  • Clearing BGP4+ information
    • Removing route flap dampening
    • Clearing route flap dampening statistics
    • Clearing BGP4+ local route information
    • Clearing BGP4+ neighbor information
    • Clearing and resetting BGP4+ routes in the IPv6 route table
    • Clearing traffic counters for all BGP4+ neighbors
  • Displaying BGP4+ information
    • Displaying the BGP4+ route table
    • Displaying BGP4+ route information
    • Displaying BGP4+ route-attribute entries
    • Displaying the BGP4+ running configuration
    • Displaying dampened BGP4+ paths
    • Displaying filtered-out BGP4+ routes
    • Displaying route flap dampening statistics
    • Displaying BGP4+ neighbor information
    • Displaying BGP4+ summary