Switch User Manual

IP routing conﬁguration using the Java Device Manager 267

Route Policy conﬁguration

The Route Policy tab is used to conﬁgure route policies on the switch.

Route policies are created and then applied to switch in either an accept

(in), announce (out), or redistribution capacity.

To conﬁgure route policies on the switch, perform the following procedure:

Step Action

Select IP Routing > Policy from the Device Manager menu. The

Policy dialog will open with the Preﬁx List tab selected. Select the

Route Policy tab. This tab is illustrated below.

Policy dialog - Route Policy tab

Using the ﬁelds provided, conﬁgure the route policy. These ﬁelds

are described in the following tab.

Route Policy tab ﬁelds

Field Description

Id The index value used to uniquely identify a group

of policies.

SequenceNumber The secondary index value assigned to individual

policies inside a larger policy group.

Name The name associated with this policy.

Enable Indicates whether the policy is enabled. Disabled

policies should not be used for routing.

Mode Speciﬁes the action to be taken when this policy

is selected for a speciﬁc route. A value of permit

indicates that the route will be used while deny

indicates that the route will be ignored.

MatchProtocol Select the appropriate protocol (RIP, Static,

Direct, OSPF or Any). If conﬁgured, matches the

protocol through which the route is learned. This

ﬁeld is used only for RIP announce purposes.

MatchNetwork If conﬁgured, the switch matches the destination

network against the contents of the speciﬁed

preﬁx list.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Conﬁguration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.1 27 August 2007