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IP routing conﬁguration examples 205

In the conﬁguration example illustrated below, the following command would

enable two OSPF ECMP paths on router R1:

5530-24TFD(config)#ospf maximum-path 2

ECMP conﬁguration example

Use the following commands to enable ECMP on each of the supported

protocols:

• OSPF

ospf maximum-path <path_count>

• RIP

rip maximum-path <path_count>

• Static Routes

maximum-path <path_count>

In all commands above, the <path_count> parameter represents the

number of ECMP paths allotted. This is a value between 1 and 4. The

default is 1.

Displaying the IP routing table

After ECMP conﬁguration is complete, verify the ECMP paths in the routing

table using the show ip route command. The following example displays

the output for this command:

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Conﬁguration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.1 27 August 2007