Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Configuring Routing

The Router Best Routes Table page displays the following fields:

Total Number of Routes — The total number of routes in the route table.

Network Address — The IP route prefix for the destination.

Subnet Mask — Also referred to as the subnet/network mask, this indicates the portion of the IP

interface address that identifies the attached network.

Protocol — This field tells which protocol created the specified route. The possibilities are one of the

following:

Local

Static

Default

OSPF Intra

OSPF Inter

OSPF Type-1

OSPF Type-2

RIP

Next Hop Interface — The outgoing router interface to use when forwarding traffic to the destination.

Next Hop IP Address — The outgoing router IP address to use when forwarding traffic to the next

router (if any) in the path towards the destination. The next router is always one of the adjacent

neighbors or the IP address of the local interface for a directly attached network.

Displaying the Best Routes Table using the CLI Command

For information about the CLI command that performs this function, see the following chapter in the

CLI Reference Guide:

• IP Routing Commands

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