Dell PowerConnect 8024 User Manual page 546

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.
• 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:
– None — No special processing for this case.
– Simple — A route is not included in updates sent to the router from which it was learned.
Poison Reverse — A route is included in updates sent to the router from which it was learned, but
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the metric is set to infinity.
• 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.
• Global Queries — Displays the number of responses sent to RIP queries from other systems.
• Default Information Originate — Enable or Disable Default Route Advertise.
Default Metric — Sets a default for the metric of redistributed routes.This field displays the default
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metric if one has already been set, or blank if not configured earlier. Valid values are 1 to 15.
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