IP Routing Features 
Overview of IP Routing 
IP Interface Parameters for Routing Switches 
11-2 lists the interface-level IP parameters for routing switches. 
Table 11-2.  IP Interface Parameters – Routing Switches 
Parameter  Description  Default  See page 
IP address  A Layer 3 network interface address; separate IP 
addresses on individual VLAN interfaces. 
None configured  chapter 7 
Metric  A numeric cost the router adds to RIP routes learned 
on the interface.  RIP 
routes. 
1 (one)  11-23 
ICMP Router 
Discovery 
Protocol (IRDP) 
Locally overrides the global IRDP settings. See table 
11-1 on page 11-7 for global IRDP information. 
Disabled  11-71 
IP helper address  The IP address of a UDP application server (such as a 
BootP or DHCP server) or a directed broadcast 
address. IP helper addresses allow the routing switch 
to forward requests for certain UDP applications from 
a client on one sub-net to a server on another subnet. 
None configured  11-74 
This parameter applies only to 
11-9