Dell PowerConnect 8024 - Page 546

546 Configuring Routing
Figure 9-27. RIP Configuration
The RIP Configuration page contains the following fields:
• RIP Admin Mode — Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down menu. If you select Enable, RIP is
enabled for the switch. The default is Disable.
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Split Horizon Mode — Select None, Simple, or Poison Reverse from the drop-down menu. The
default is Simple. Split horizon is a technique for avoiding problems caused by including routes in
updates sent to the router from which the route was originally learned. The options are:
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None — No special processing for this case.
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Simple — A route is not included in updates sent to the router from which it was learned.
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Poison Reverse — A route is included in updates sent to the router from which it was learned, but
the metric is set to infinity.
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Auto Summary Mode — Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down menu. If you select Enable,
groups of adjacent routes are summarized into single entries, in order to reduce the total number of
entries. The default is Enable.
•
Host Routes Accept Mode — Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down menu. If you select
Enable, the router accepts host routes. The default is Enable.
•
Global Route Changes — Displays the number of route changes made to the IP Route Database by
RIP. This does not include the refresh of a route's age.
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Global Queries — Displays the number of responses sent to RIP queries from other systems.
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Default Information Originate — Enable or Disable Default Route Advertise.
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Default Metric — Sets a default for the metric of redistributed routes.This field displays the default
metric if one has already been set, or blank if not configured earlier. Valid values are 1 to 15.