Configuring Irdp - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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Configuring forwarding parameters
Specify an access list number for <num>.
The IP receive ACL is applied globally to all interfaces on the device.
Displaying IP receive access list
To determine if IP receive access list has been configured on the device, enter the following
command.
BigIron RX# show access-list bindings
L4 configuration:
ip receive access-list 101

Configuring IRDP

The device uses ICMP Router Discovery Protocol (IRDP) to advertise the IP addresses of its router
interfaces to directly attached hosts. IRDP is disabled by default. You can enable it globally or on
individual port:
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NOTE
You can configure IRDP parameters only an individual port basis. To do so, IRDP must be disabled
globally and enabled only on individual ports. You cannot configure IRDP parameters if the feature
is globally enabled.
When IRDP is enabled, the device periodically sends Router Advertisement messages out the IP
interfaces on which the feature is enabled. The messages advertise the device's IP addresses to
directly attached hosts who listen for the messages. In addition, hosts can be configured to query
the device for the information by sending Router Solicitation messages.
Some types of hosts use the Router Solicitation messages to discover their default gateway. When
IRDP is enabled, the device responds to the Router Solicitation messages. Some clients interpret
this response to mean that the device is the default gateway. If another router is actually the
default gateway for these clients, leave IRDP disabled on the device.
IRDP uses the following parameters. If you enable IRDP on individual ports rather than globally,
you can configure these parameters on an individual port basis using:
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BigIron RX(config)# ip receive access-list 10
Syntax: [no] ip receive access-list <num>
If you enable IRDP globally, all ports use the default values for the IRDP parameters.
If you leave IRDP disabled globally but enable it on individual ports, you also can configure the
IRDP parameters on an individual port basis.
Packet type – The device can send Router Advertisement messages as IP broadcasts or as IP
multicasts addressed to IP multicast group 224.0.0.1. The packet type is IP broadcast.
Maximum message interval and minimum message interval – When IRDP is enabled, the
device sends the Router Advertisement messages every 450 – 600 seconds by default. The
time within this interval that the device selects is random for each message and is not affected
by traffic loads or other network factors. The random interval minimizes the probability that a
host will receive Router Advertisement messages from other routers at the same time. The
interval on each IRDP-enabled device interface is independent of the interval on other
IRDP-enabled interfaces. The default maximum message interval is 600 seconds. The default
minimum message interval is 450 seconds.
BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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