Command Manual – Routing Protocol 
Quidway S8500 Series Routing Switches  Chapter 1  Static Route Configuration Commands
 
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Field  Description 
Route state description: 
ActiveU  Valid unicast route. U stands for unicast. 
Blackhole 
Blackhole route is similar to Reject route, but it will not 
send the ICMP unreachable message to the source end 
Delete  The route is deleted 
Gateway  Indicates that the route is not directly reachable 
Hidden 
The route exists, but it is unavailable temporarily for 
some reasons (e.g., configured policy or interface is 
Down). Moreover, you do not wish to delete it. 
Therefore, you need to hide it, so as to restore it again 
later  
Holddown 
Holddown is one kind of route redistribution policy 
adopted by some distance-vector (D-V) routing 
protocols (e.g., RIP), through which these routing 
protocols can avoid the flooding of error routes and 
deliver the routing unreachable message accurately. 
For example, the RIP imports a certain route every a 
period of time regardless of whether the actually found 
routes destined for the same destination change. For 
more details, refer to the specific routing protocols.  
Int 
The route is discovered by interior gateway protocol 
(IGP). 
NoAdvise 
The routing protocol does not import NoAdvise route 
when it imports routes based on the policy.  
NotInstall 
The routing protocol generally selects the route with the 
highest precedence from its routing table, then places it 
in its core routing table and imports it. Although the 
NotInstall route cannot be placed in the core routing 
table, it is possibly that it is selected and imported.  
Reject 
Unlike the normal routes, the Reject route will discard 
the packets that select it as their route, and the router 
will send ICMP unreachable message to the source 
end. Reject route is usually used for the network test  
Retain 
When the routes from the core routing table are 
deleted, the routes with the Retain flag will not be 
deleted. Using this function you can set the Retain flag 
for some static routes, so that they can exist in the core 
routing table.  
Static 
The route with Static flag will not be cleared from the 
routing table after you save it and reboot the router. 
Generally, the static route configured manually in the 
router belongs to a Static route. 
State 
Unicast Unicast route