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Multicast protocols:
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Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
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Protocol Independent Multicast Dense (PIM-DM)
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Protocol Independent Multicast Sparse (PIM-SM)
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Router redundancy protocols:
–
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Extended (VRRP-E)
–
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
IP interfaces
NOTE
This section describes IPv4 addresses. For information about IPv6 addresses on FastIron X Series devices, refer to the "IPv6
addressing overview" section in the
FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide
.
Brocade Layer 3 switches and Layer 2 switches allow you to configure IP addresses. On Layer 3 switches, IP addresses are associated
with individual interfaces. On Layer 2 switches, a single IP address serves as the management access address for the entire device.
All Brocade Layer 3 switches and Layer 2 switches support configuration and display of IP addresses in classical subnet format (for
example, 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0) and Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) format (for example, 192.168.1.1/24). You can use
either format when configuring IP address information. IP addresses are displayed in classical subnet format by default but you can
change the display format to CIDR. Refer to
Changing the network mask display to prefix format
Layer 3 switches
Brocade Layer 3 switches allow you to configure IP addresses on the following types of interfaces:
•
Ethernet ports
•
Virtual routing interfaces (used by VLANs to route among one another)
•
Loopback interfaces
•
GRE tunnels
Each IP address on a Layer 3 switch must be in a different subnet. You can have only one interface that is in a given subnet. For example,
you can configure IP addresses 192.168.1.1/24 and 192.168.2.1/24 on the same Layer 3 switch, but you cannot configure
192.168.1.1/24 and 192.168.1.2/24 on the same Layer 3 switch.
You can configure multiple IP addresses on the same interface.
The number of IP addresses you can configure on an individual interface depends on the Layer 3 switch model. To display the maximum
number of IP addresses and other system parameters you can configure on a Layer 3 switch, refer to "Displaying and modifying system
parameter default settings" section in the
FastIron Ethernet Switch Platform and Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide
.
You can use any of the IP addresses you configure on the Layer 3 switch for Telnet, Web management, or SNMP access.
Layer 2 switches
You can configure an IP address on a Brocade Layer 2 switch for management access to the Layer 2 switch. An IP address is required
for Telnet access, Web management access, and SNMP access.
You also can specify the default gateway for forwarding traffic to other subnets.
IP configuration overview
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