In this post I’m going to continue to explore the stackable Avaya Ethernet Routing Switches. I’m going to demonstrate how to configure RIP between an Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 4548GT-PWR and an Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 5520-48T-PWR. There’s really not a whole lot to it but there seems to be some demand for these quick little guides so I’m happy to accommodate.
In the diagram to the right you can see that I have both switches connected over VLAN 1 by a MultiLink Trunk. I’m going to create VLAN 25 and VLAN 75 on the ERS 4548 while I create VLAN 100 and VLAN 200 on the ERS 5520. I’ll also announce a default route from the ERS 4548 to the ERS 5520 via RIP.
Ethernet Routing Switch 4548
Let’s start by enabling RIP globally and specify the IP interfaces we’ll want to participate in RIP;
router rip router rip enable network 192.168.1.25 network 192.168.25.1 network 192.168.75.1
Next we’ll configure RIP on VLAN 1 and enable default-supply since this switch will be advertising a default route for the network. We’ll also set the RIP interface to only utilize RIP v2. This will be the interface that will communicate with the ERS 5520 switch.
interface vlan 1 ip rip enable ip rip default-supply enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 exit
Next we’ll configure RIP on VLAN 25 only since we don’t expect to connect any switches or routers to this VLAN we’ll essentially place RIP in a passive mode by disabling listen and supply. In the mindset of being consistent we’ll set the interface to only utilize RIP v2 even though it won’t be transmitting or listening.
interface vlan 25 ip rip enable no ip rip listen enable no ip rip supply enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 exit
We need to repeat the same configuration above but for VLAN 75 since we don’t expect to share any routing information with any switches or routers on VLAN 75.
interface vlan 75 ip rip enable no ip rip listen enable no ip rip supply enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 exit
As I mentioned earlier, we’re going to advertise a default route from the ERS 4548 to the rest of the network. In order to accomplish that task we need a route policy (it’s called a route map on the stackable switches but a route policy on the chassis switches). We need to make sure that we match 0.0.0.0/0 and not just inject 0.0.0.0/0. This approach will allow RIP to stop advertising 0.0.0.0/0 if the route disappears from the routing table on our originating switch. In the examples below there will be a static default route to 0.0.0.0/0 via 192.168.1.1.
ip prefix-list default_route 0.0.0.0/0 route-map rip_pol_1 1 route-map rip_pol_1 1 enable route-map rip_pol_1 permit 1 enable route-map rip_pol_1 permit 1 match network default_route
Now that we have the route-map we need to apply it to the RIP interface on VLAN 1 since that’s the interface that will be communicating with the ERS 5520.
interface vlan 1 ip rip out-policy rip_pol_1 exit
Ethernet Routing Switch 5520
Let’s start by enabling RIP globally and specify the IP interfaces we’ll want to participate in RIP;
router rip router rip enable network 192.168.1.50 network 192.168.100.1 network 192.168.200.1
Next we’ll configure RIP on VLAN 1 and enable default-listen since this switch will be learning a default route from the ERS 4548 on this interface. We’ll also set the RIP interface to only utilize RIP v2.
interface vlan 1 ip rip enable ip rip default-listen enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 exit
Next we’ll configure RIP on VLAN 100 only since we don’t expect to connect any switches or routers to this VLAN we’ll essentially place RIP in a passive mode by disabling listen and supply. In the mindset of being consistent we’ll set the interface to only utilize RIP v2 even though it won’t be transmitting or listening.
interface vlan 100 ip rip enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 no ip rip listen enable no ip rip supply enable exit
We need to repeat the same configuration above but for VLAN 200 since we don’t expect to share any routing information with any switches or routers on VLAN 200.
interface vlan 200 ip rip enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 no ip rip listen enable no ip rip supply enable exit
Those are the commands that you’ll need to get both switches exchanging dynamic routing information via RIP v2.
Ethernet Routing Switch 4548 (show commands)
Here are some operational commands that can be used to check the status of RIP and the routing table.
4548GT-PWR#show ip rip
Default Import Metric: 8
Domain:
HoldDown Time: 120
Queries: 1
Rip: Enabled
Route Changes: 8
Timeout Interval: 180
Update Time: 30You can see below the status of the RIP interface on VLAN 1, notice the status of Dflt Supply is set to true and the policy ‘RIP Out Policy’ is applied that we previously configured.
4548GT-PWR(config)#show ip rip interface vlan 1 IP Address Enable Send Receive Advertise When Down --------------- ------ -------------- ------------ ------------------- 192.168.1.25 true ripVersion2 rip2 false RIP Dflt Dflt Trigger AutoAgg IP Address Cost Supply Listen Update Enable Supply Listen Poison Proxy --------------- ---- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------ ------ ------ ----- 192.168.1.25 1 true false false false true false false false IP Address RIP In Policy --------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- 192.168.1.25 IP Address RIP Out Policy --------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- 192.168.1.25 rip_pol_1 IP Address Holddown Timeout --------------- -------- ------- 192.168.1.25 120 180
Finally the routing table for the ERS 4548, you can see the static default route (notice the S for static) and you can see the two RIP routes (notice the R for RIP).
4548GT-PWR#show ip route =============================================================================== Ip Route =============================================================================== DST MASK NEXT COST VLAN PORT PROT TYPE PRF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 1 1 1 S IB 5 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.25 1 1 ---- C DB 0 192.168.25.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.25.1 1 25 ---- C DB 0 192.168.75.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.75.1 1 75 ---- C DB 0 192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.50 2 1 T#1 R IB 100 192.168.200.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.50 2 1 T#1 R IB 100 Total Routes: 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPE Legend: I=Indirect Route, D=Direct Route, A=Alternative Route, B=Best Route, U=Unresolv ed Route, N=Not in HW
Here’s the configuration we used on the ERS 4548 in this post.
4548GT-PWR#show running-config module l3-protocols ! Embedded ASCII Configuration Generator Script ! Model = Ethernet Routing Switch 4548GT-PWR ! Software version = v5.4.1.012 ! ! Displaying only parameters different to default !================================================ enable configure terminal ! ! *** L3 Protocols *** ! ! --- Proxy ARP --- ! --- UDP Broadcast Forwarding --- ! --- Route Policies --- ip prefix-list "default_route" 0.0.0.0/0 route-map "rip_pol_1" 1 route-map "rip_pol_1" 1 enable route-map "rip_pol_1" 1 match network "default_route" ! --- OSPF --- ! --- RIP --- router rip router rip enable exit enable configure terminal interface vlan 1 ip rip default-supply enable ip rip out-policy "rip_pol_1" ip rip enable exit interface vlan 25 no ip rip listen enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 no ip rip supply enable ip rip enable exit interface vlan 75 no ip rip listen enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 no ip rip supply enable ip rip enable exit
Ethernet Routing Switch 5520 (show commands)
Here are some operational commands that can be used to check the status of RIP and the routing table.
5520-48T-PWR#show ip rip Default Import Metric: 8 Domain: HoldDown Time: 120 Queries: 1 Rip: Enabled Route Changes: 6 Timeout Interval: 180 Update Time: 30
You can see below the status of the RIP interface on VLAN 1, notice the status of Dflt Listen is set to true.
5520-48T-PWR#show ip rip interface vlan 1 IP Address Enable Send Receive Advertise When Down --------------- ------ -------------- ------------ ------------------- 192.168.1.50 true ripVersion2 rip2 false RIP Dflt Dflt Trigger AutoAgg IP Address Cost Supply Listen Update Enable Supply Listen Poison Proxy --------------- ---- ------ ------ ------- ------- ------ ------ ------ ----- 192.168.1.50 1 false true false false true true false false IP Address RIP In Policy --------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- 192.168.1.50 IP Address RIP Out Policy --------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- 192.168.1.50 IP Address Holddown Timeout --------------- -------- ------- 192.168.1.50 120 180
Finally the routing table for the ERS 4548, you can see the two RIP routes (notice the R for RIP).
5520-48T-PWR#show ip route =============================================================================== Ip Route =============================================================================== DST MASK NEXT COST VLAN PORT PROT TYPE PRF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.25 2 1 T#1 R IB 100 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.50 1 1 ---- C DB 0 192.168.25.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.25 2 1 T#1 R IB 100 192.168.75.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.25 2 1 T#1 R IB 100 192.168.100.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.100.1 1 100 ---- C DB 0 192.168.200.0 255.255.255.0 192.168.200.1 1 200 ---- C DB 0 Total Routes: 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TYPE Legend: I=Indirect Route, D=Direct Route, A=Alternative Route, B=Best Route, E=Ecmp Route, U=Unresolved Route, N=Not in HW
Here’s the configuration we used on the ERS 5520 in this post.
5520-48T-PWR#show running-config module l3-protocols ! Embedded ASCII Configuration Generator Script ! Model = Ethernet Routing Switch 5520-48T-PWR ! Software version = v6.2.1.002 ! ! Displaying only parameters different to default !================================================ enable configure terminal ! ! *** L3 Protocols *** ! ! --- Proxy ARP --- ! --- UDP Broadcast Forwarding --- ! --- VRRP --- ! --- Route Policies --- ! --- OSPF --- ! --- RIP --- router rip router rip enable exit enable configure terminal interface vlan 1 ip rip default-listen enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 ip rip enable exit interface vlan 100 no ip rip listen enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 no ip rip supply enable ip rip enable exit interface vlan 200 no ip rip listen enable ip rip receive version rip2 ip rip send version rip2 no ip rip supply enable ip rip enable exit
Cheers!
In the text “I’m going to create VLAN 25 and VLAN 75 on the ERS 4548 while I create VLAN 100 and VLAN 100 on the ERS 5520.” should read “I’m going to create VLAN 25 and VLAN 75 on the ERS 4548 while I create VLAN 100 and VLAN 200 on the ERS 5520.” Just a very minor, other than that the article is fantastic, Michael.
Chris
Avaya ER
Thanks for the correction Chris!
Cheers!
Hello Michael,
As always, thank you for providing such great information. I was surprised by the route-map policy. We have never used such a policy, and I wonder what kind of problems that this might cause me. We have two ERS5632FDs, one at each of our main buildings, a four PP1612G that makeup our main network, with one of the ERS56FDs acting as the main routing switch for all of our VLANs. I understand that this is hardly the most effective use of these devices, but that is the config that I am working with. Any guidance you can give me to learn more about the use of RIP route-map/policy would be greatly appreciated. Best always, Sean
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