Configuring Ip; Overview Of Configuring Ip; The Ip Packet Flow - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

Configuring IP

Overview of configuring IP

The Internet Protocol (IP) is enabled by default. This chapter describes how to configure IP
parameters on the device.

The IP packet flow

Figure 5
FIGURE 5
Figure 5
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Shows how an IP packet moves through a device.
IP Packet flow through a device
IP ACLs
Incoming
(hardware)
Port
Permit
PBR
(hardware)
Yes
No
Next Hop
Table
(hardware)
IP Routing
(hardware)
Match Forward to CPU
Shows the following packet flow:
Deny
Drop
Lowest
Metric
Directly
connected
host
No Match
forwarding
cache
(software)
ECMP and
Trunk Load
Balancing
(hardware)
Outgoing
Port
ARP
Static ARP
Table
Table
(software)
Lowest
IP Route
Admin.
Table
Distance
(software)
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RIP
OSPF
BGP4
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