Dell PowerConnect 6248 User's Guide - Page 561

• RIP Route Redistribution Configuration • RIP Route Redistribution Summary RIP Configuration Use the RIP Configuration page to enable and configure or disable RIP in Global mode. To display the page, click Routing →RIP →Configuration in the tree view. Figure 9-28. RIP Configuration The RIP Configuration page contains the following fields: • RIP Admin Mode - Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down menu. If you select Enable, RIP is enabled for the switch. The default is Disable. • Split Horizon Mode - Select None, Simple, or Poison Reverse from the drop-down menu. The default is Simple. Split horizon is a technique for avoiding problems caused by including routes in updates sent to the router from which the route was originally learned. The options are: - None - No special processing for this case. - Simple - A route is not included in updates sent to the router from which it was learned. - Poison Reverse - A route is included in updates sent to the router from which it was learned, but the metric is set to infinity. • Auto Summary Mode - Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down menu. If you select Enable, groups of adjacent routes are summarized into single entries, in order to reduce the total number of entries. The default is Enable. • Host Routes Accept Mode - Select Enable or Disable from the drop-down menu. If you select Enable, the router accepts host routes. The default is Enable. Configuring Routing 561