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Foundry Configuration Guide for the FESX, FSX, and FWSX
16 - 12 © Foundry Networks, Inc. December 2005
Maximum
BootP relay
hops
The maximum number of hops away a BootP server
can be located from a router and still be used by the
router’s clients for network booting.
Four 16-50
Domain name
for Domain
Name Server
(DNS) resolver
A domain name (example: foundry.router.com) you
can use in place of an IP address for certain
operations such as IP pings, trace routes, and Telnet
management connections to the router.
None configured 16-19
DNS default
gateway
addresses
A list of gateways attached to the router through
which clients attached to the router can reach DNSs.
None configured 16-19
IP load sharing AFoundry feature that enables the router to balance
traffic to a specific destination across multiple equal-
cost paths.
Load sharing uses a simple round-robin mechanism
and is based on destination address.
Note: Load sharing is sometimes called Equal Cost
Multi Path (ECMP).
Enabled 16-41
Maximum IP
load sharing
paths
The maximum number of equal-cost paths across
which the Layer 3 Switch is allowed to distribute
traffic.
Four 16-43
Origination of
default routes
You can enable a router to originate default routes for
the following route exchange protocols, on an
individual protocol basis:
•RIP
• OSPF
•BGP4
Disabled 17-8
20-31
21-26
Default network
route
The router uses the default network route if the IP
route table does not contain a route to the destination
and also does not contain an explicit default route
(0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 or 0.0.0.0/0).
None configured 16-39
Static route An IP route you place in the IP route table. No entries 16-32
Source interface The IP address the router uses as the source address
for Telnet, RADIUS, or TACACS/TACACS+ packets
originated by the router. The router can select the
source address based on either of the following:
• The lowest-numbered IP address on the interface
the packet is sent on.
• The lowest-numbered IP address on a specific
interface. The address is used as the source for
all packets of the specified type regardless of
interface the packet is sent on.
The lowest-numbered
IP address on the
interface the packet is
sent on.
16-24
Table 16.2: IP Global Parameters – Layer 3 Switches (Continued)
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BrandFoundry Networks
ModelFESX
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