Extreme Networks Summit1 - Manual (Page 131)

S UMMIT S WITCH I NSTALLATION AND U SER G UIDE 9-1
9 IP Unicast Routing
This chapter describes how to configure IP routing on the Summit. It 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
RFC 1256 — ICMP Router Discovery Messages
RFC 1812 — Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers
For more information on routing protocols, refer to Chapter 10 .
O VERVIEW OF IP U NICAST R OUTING
The Summit provides full Layer 3, IP unicast routing. It exchanges routing information
with other routers on the network using either the Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
or the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol. The Summit dynamically builds and
maintains a routing table, and determines the best path for each of its routes.
Each host using the IP unicast routing functionality of the Summit must have a unique
IP address assigned. In addition, the default gateway assigned to the host must be the
IP address of the Summit router interface.
RIP and OSPF are described in Chapter 10.
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