Switch User Manual

210 IP Routing Conﬁguration and Management

Globals tab ﬁelds

Field Description

Forwarding Indicates whether the switch is forwarding

datagrams received by it but not addressed to

it. Generally, IP routers forward datagrams but

IP hosts do not (except those source-routed

through the host).

DefaultTTL Default value inserted into the Time-To-Live

ﬁeld of the IP header of datagrams originated

at this entity, whenever a TTL value is not

supplied by the transport layer protocol.

Default value is 64.

ReasmTimeout Maximum number of seconds that received

fragments are held while they await reassembly

at this entity. Default value is 60.

ARPLifeTime The lifetime in minutes of an ARP entry within

the system.

Click Apply.

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Addresses tab

The Addresses tab displays IP information for the switch. To view the

information on this tab, follow this procedure:

Step Action

Open the IP screen by selecting IP Routing > IP from the menu.

Select the Addresses tab. This tab is illustrated below.

Addresses tab

The Addresses tab is a read-only tab. Click Refresh to immediately

refresh the information it displays. The ﬁelds on this tab are outlined

in the following table.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Conﬁguration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.1 27 August 2007