Enterasys Networks X-Pedition 2000 - Manual (Page 21)

Enterasys X-Pedition 2000 Getting Started Guide 5
Features
• Internet Protocol (IP) – the protocol switching and routing devices use for moving traffic
within the Internet and within many corporate intranets.
• Internet Packet Exchange (IPX) – a protocol by Novell used in Netware products.
Note: All other protocols that require routing must be tunneled using IP.
By default, the XP-2000 uses one MAC address for all interfaces. The XP-2000 can be configured
to have a separate MAC address for each IP interface and a separate MAC address for each IPX
interface. When the XP-2000 receives a packet whose destination MAC address is one of the XP-
2000’s IP or IPX interface MAC addresses, the port that received the packet from the network uses
information in the module’s L3 lookup tables (or information supplied by the motherboard) to route
the packet to its IP destination(s).
You can create only one IP and IPX interface on a single port or VLAN. You can add secondary IP
addresses to the same IP interface. 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 XP-2000 supports the following IP unicast routing protocols:
• RIP v1 and RIP v2
• OSPF v2
• BGP v2/v3/v4
IP interfaces do not use a specific routing protocol by default. When you configure an interface for
routing, you also specify the routing protocol the interface will use.
IP Multicast Routing
The XP-2000 supports the following IP multicast routing protocols:
• IGMP v1 and IGMP v2
• DVMRP v3
The XP-2000 does not use a specific IP Multicast routing protocol by default. Configuring an
interface for IP Multicast also specifies its routing protocol.
IPX Routing
The XP-2000 supports the following IPX routing protocols:
• IPX RIP – a version of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) tailored for IPX