Configuring IP Information
IP Addressing
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• Next Hop — Displays the address to which the packet is forwarded (typically
the address of a neighboring router). This can be either a Link Local or Global
address.
• Metric — Indicates the value used for comparing this route to other routes with
the same destination in the IPv6 route table.
• Route Type — Defines whether the destination is directly attached and the
means by which the entry was learned. The following values are:
-
Local
— Indicates the destination is directly connected. The entry was
added statically. This type of route will typically have a Prefix Length of
64 and no Next Hop address in the Next Hop field.
-
Dynamic
— Indicates the destination is not directly attached. Entry was
learned dynamically via the ICMP protocol.
Layer 2 IP Addressing
The IP address and default gateway can be either dynamically or statically
configured. In Layer 2, a static IP address is configured on the
IPv4 Interface Page
.
The Management VLAN is set to VLAN 1 by default, but can be modified.
When the system is in stacking mode with a Backup Master present, configure the
IP address as a static address. This prevents disconnecting from the network
during a Stacking Master switchover.
Layer 3 IP Addressing
In Layer 3 mode, multiple IP addresses can be configured on ports, LAGs or
VLANS. This provides greater network flexibility than Layer 2 mode where only a
single IP address is configured on VLANs only. A predefined Default Gateway is
not provided in Layer 3. To manage the device remotely, a default route is defined.
The Default Route is the route with the next hop of 0.0.0.0. The Default Route is
defined in the
IP Static Routing Page
.
The IP Addressing section contains the following topics:
• Defining IPv4 Interface (Layer 2)
• Defining IPv4 Interface (Layer 3)
• Enabling ARP Proxy (Layer 3)
• Defining UDP Relay (Layer 3)
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