HP 5500 Ei 5500 Si Switch Series Configuration Guide

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Static routes are easy to configure and require less system resources. They work well in small and stable 
networks. In networks where topology changes may occur frequently, using a dynamic routing protocol 
is better. 
To display brief information about a routing table, use the display ip routing-table command, as shown 
in the following example: 
 display ip routing-table 
Routing Tables: Public 
         Destinations : 7       Routes : 7 
 
Destination/Mask    Proto  Pre  Cost         NextHop...

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Criterion Categories 
Routing algorithm 
• Distance-vector protocols —RIP and BGP. BGP is also considered a path-vector 
protocol. 
•  Link-state protocols —OSPF and IS-IS. 
Destination address 
type • Unicast routing protocols —RIP, OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS. 
• Multicast routing protocols —PIM-SM and PIM-DM (For more information, see  IP 
Multicast Configuration Guide ). 
IP version • IPv4 routing protocols —RIP, OSPF, BGP, and IS-IS. 
• IPv6 routing protocols —RIPng, OSPFv3, IPv6 BGP, and IPv6 IS-IS....

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Static routing/IPv6 static routing, RIP/RIPng, OSPF/OSPFv3, BGP/IPv6 BGP, and IS-IS/IPv6 IS-IS 
supports ECMP load sharing. 
The load sharing function is available only on the HP 5500 EI Switch series. 
Route backup 
Route backup can improve network availability. Among mul t i p l e  ro u t e s  t o  t h e  s a m e  d e s t i n a t i o n,  t h e  ro u t e  
with the highest preference is the main route and all others are backup routes. 
The router forwards matching packets through the main route. When...

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Task Command Remarks 
Display routing information 
permitted by an IPv4 prefix list. display ip routing-table 
[ vpn-instance 
vpn-instance-name  ] ip-prefix 
ip-prefix-name  [ verbose ] [ | { begin | 
exclude  | include  } regular-expression ] 
 
Available in any view  
Display routes of a routing 
protocol.
  display ip routing-table
 [ vpn-instance 
vpn-instance-name  ] protocol protocol 
[  inactive  | verbose  ] [ | { begin | exclude  
|  include  } regular-expression ] [ |  { begin 
|  exclude...

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Configuring static routing 
Hardware compatibility 
The HP 5500 SI Switch Series does not support VPN and BFD related parameters or FRR. 
Introduction 
Static route 
Static routes are manually configured. If a networks top o l o g y  i s  s i m p l e,  yo u  o n l y  n e e d  t o  c o n f i g u re  s t a t i c  
routes for the network to work properly. The proper configuration and usage of static routes can improve 
network performance and ensure bandwidth for important network applications.  
The...

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{ If the output interface is a Null 0 interface, no next hop address is required.  
{ If you specify a broadcast interface (such as an  Ethernet interface or VLAN interface) as the 
output interface, you must specify the corresponding next hop for the output interface.  
•   Other attributes 
You can configure different priorities for different static routes so that route management policies 
can be more flexible. For example, specifying the same priority for different routes to the same 
destination...

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Step Command Remarks 
2.  Configure a static 
route.  
• Approach 1:  
ip  route-static  dest-address  { mask | 
mask-length  } { next-hop-address  [ track 
track-entry-number ] |  interface-type 
interface-number [ next-hop-address  ] | 
vpn-instance  d-vpn-instance-name 
next-hop-address  [ track track-entry-numbe r ] } 
[  preference  preference-value  ] [ tag tag-value ] 
[ permanent  ] [ description  description-text  ] 
• Approach 2:  
ip route-static  vpn-instance  
s-vpn-instance-nam e&...

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Step Command Remarks 
4.  Enter system view. 
system-view  N/A 
5.  Configure a static 
route and enable 
BFD control packet 
mode for it. 
• Approach 1: 
ip route-static  dest-address { mask |  mask-length  } 
i nterface-type  interface-number next-hop-address  bfd  
control-packet  [ preference preference-value  ] [ tag 
tag-value  ] [ description  description-text  ] 
•  Approach 2: 
ip route-static vpn-instance  s-vpn-instance-name& 
dest-address  {  mask  |  mask-length  }  interface-type...

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Step Command Remarks 
3.  Enable BFD echo 
packet mode for 
static routes. 
• Approach 1: 
ip route-static  dest-address { mask |  mask-length  } 
interface-type  interface-number next-hop-address  bfd  
echo-packet [ preference  preference-value ] [ tag tag-value  ] 
[ description  description-text  ]  
•  Approach 2: 
ip route-static vpn-instance  s-vpn-instance-name& 
dest-address  {  mask  |  mask-length  }  interface-type 
interface-number next-hop-address  bfd  echo-packet 
[  preference...

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Step Command Remarks 
1.  Enter system view. 
system-view  N/A 
2.  Configure the source address 
of echo packets.  bfd echo-source-ip 
ip-address Not configured by default. 
3.  Configure static route FRR.  ip route-static
 [ vpn-instance 
vpn-instance-name  ] fast-reroute 
route-policy  route-policy-name  Not configured by default. 
 
Displaying and maintaining static routes 
 
Task Command Remarks 
Display information of static 
routes.
  display ip routing-table
 protocol  static  [ inactive |...