Router Discovery Help

Help for Router Discovery Configuration

Selection Criteria

• Slot/Port - Select the router interface for which data is to be configured.

Configurable Data

• Advertise Mode - Select enable or disable from the pulldown menu. If you select enable, Router Advertisements will be transmitted from the selected interface.
• Advertise Address - Enter the IP Address to be used to advertise the router.
• Maximum Advertise Interval - Enter the maximum time (in seconds) allowed between router advertisements sent from the interface.
• Minimum Advertise Interval - Enter the minimum time (in seconds) allowed between router advertisements sent from the interface.
• Advertise Lifetime - Enter the value (in seconds) to be used as the lifetime field in router advertisements sent from the interface. This is the maximum length of time that the advertised addresses are to be considered as valid router addresses by hosts.
• Preference Level - Specify the preference level of the router as a default router relative to other routers on the same subnet. Higher numbered addresses are preferred. You must enter an integer.

Command Buttons

• Submit - Send the updated configuration to the switch. Configuration changes take effect immediately. The changes will not be retained across a power cycle unless a save is performed.

Help for Router Discovery Status

Non-Configurable Data

• Slot/Port - The router interface for which data is displayed.
• Advertise Mode - The values are enable or disable. Enable denotes that Router Discovery is enabled on that interface.
• Advertise Address - The IP Address used to advertise the router.
• Maximum Advertise Interval - The maximum time (in seconds) allowed between router advertisements sent from the interface.
• Minimum Advertise Interval - The minimum time (in seconds) allowed between router advertisements sent from the interface.
• Advertise Lifetime - The value (in seconds) used as the lifetime field in router advertisements sent from the interface. This is the maximum length of time that the advertised addresses are to be considered as valid router addresses by hosts.
• Preference Level - The preference level of the router as a default router relative to other routers on the same subnet. Higher numbered addresses are preferred.