Irdp Configuration Example - HP A5120 EI Series Configuration Manual

To do...
Enable IRDP on the interface
Configure the preference of
advertised IP addresses
Set the lifetime of advertised IP
addresses
Set the minimum advertising
interval
Set the maximum advertising
interval
Configure the multicast address
(224.0.0.1) as the destination IP
address of RAs
Specify an proxy-advertised IP
address and its preference
NOTE:
IRDP configuration takes effect only when IRDP is enabled.

IRDP configuration example

Network requirements
Host A and Host B that run Linux operating systems reside in the internal network of a company. Switch A
and Switch B serve as the egress routers and connect to external networks 192.168.1.0/24 and
192.168.2.0/24 respectively.
Configure Switch A as the default router of the hosts. The packets to the external networks can be
properly routed.
Use the command...
ip irdp
ip irdp preference
preference-value
ip irdp lifetime life-number
ip irdp minadvinterval min-
value
ip irdp maxadvinterval max-
value
ip irdp multicast
ip irdp address ip-address
preference
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Remarks
Required
Disabled by default.
Optional
The preference defaults to 0.
The specified preference applies to all
advertised IP addresses, including the
primary IP address and the manually
configured secondary IP addresses of
the interface.
Optional
1800 seconds by default.
The specified lifetime applies to all
advertised IP addresses, including the IP
address of the interface and proxy-
advertised IP addresses on the interface.
Optional
450 seconds by default.
Optional
600 seconds by default.
Optional
By default, RAs use the broadcast
address 255.255.255.255 as the
destination IP address.
Optional