Enabling Or Disabling Layer 2 Switching - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

Information for the configurable tables appears under the columns shown in bold type. To simplify
configuration, the command parameter you enter to configure the table is used for the table name.
For example, to increase the capacity of the IP route table, enter the following commands.
BigIron RX(config)# system-max ip-route 120000
BigIron RX(config)# write memory
BigIron RX(config)# exit
BigIron RX# reload
NOTE
If you enter a value that is not within the valid range of values, the CLI will display the valid range for
you.
To increase the number of IP subnet interfaces you can configure on each port on a device from 24
to 64, then increase the total number of IP interfaces you can configure from 256 to 512, enter the
following commands.
BigIron RX(config)# system-max subnet-per-interface 64
BigIron RX(config)# write memory
BigIron RX(config)# exit
BigIron RX# reload
Syntax: system-max subnet-per-interface <num>
The <num> parameter specifies the maximum number of subnet addresses per port and can be
from 1 – 64. The default is 24.
Syntax: system-max subnet-per-system <num>
The <num> parameter specifies the maximum number of subnet addresses for the entire device
and can be from 1 – 512. The default is 256.
BigIron RX(config)# system-max subnet-per-system 512
BigIron RX(config)# write memory
BigIron RX(config)# exit
BigIron RX# reload
To increase the size of the IP route table for static routes, enter the following command.
BigIron RX(config)# system-max ip-static-route 8192
Syntax: system-max ip-static-route <num>
The maximum number of static routes you can define is 4096.
NOTE
You must reload the software for the change to take effect.

Enabling or disabling Layer 2 switching

By default, device supports Layer 2 switching and switches the routing protocols that are not
supported. You can disable Layer 2 switching globally or on individual ports.
NOTE
Make sure you really want to disable all Layer 2 switching operations before actually disabling it.
Consult your reseller or Brocade for information.
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