| Certification Program Name: | IPv4 - RIP v2 - Routing Protocol Support |
| Certification Program ID: | 10606 |
| Certification Program Category: | Switch Interoperability |
| Description: | This verfies that the switches exchange IPv4 routing table information via RIP 2. |
| Interpretation: | Devices earning this certification have demonstrated the ability to share routing information via RIP 2 with all possible vendor combinations.
2007 Certified Product Set:
3Com Switch 4500G
3Com Switch 5500G-EI
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-P24X
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 9800
Cisco Catalyst 6509-E
Enterasys Matrix™ N-DFE
Enterasys Matrix™ X
Extreme Summit X450a-24t
Extreme BlackDiamond 8806
Foundry FastIron Edge X424 Premium
Foundry FastIron SX 800
Foundry NetIron MLX-4
Foundry BigIron RX-4
IBM Nortel Layer 2-3 GbE Switch Module
IBM Nortel 10Gb Uplink Ethernet Switch Module
IBM Nortel 10Gb Ethernet Switch Module
HP GbE2c L2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem
2004 Product Set:
Cisco Systems: Catalyst
6509
Extreme: BlackDiamond 10808
Foundry: FastIron Edge
9604
Foundry: BigIron MG8
HP: ProCurve 5308
2003 Product Set:
Cisco Systems: Catalyst 6500
Enterasys Matrix N3
Foundry FastIron Edge 9604
Nortel Passport 1424T
Nortel Passport 8600 |
| Product Applicability: | This certification is applicable to all LAN switches that have implemented IPv4 support. It is an optional component of the 2003/2004 Switch Interoperability Study. |
| Testing Overview: | The two switches under test will be configured for RIP 2 and no static routes. The Tolly Group engineer will validate that no static route entries appear and that routing tables are empty at the beginning of the test. Thereafter, The Tolly Group will validate successful forwarding of traffic and will confirm that each switch shows appropriate routing information in its IP routing table.
An in-line analyzer will be used to validate the routing table updates via RIP version 2.
Results will be represented in a Pass/Fail format.
Note: To ensure that subnet information is forwarded and interpreted correctly for this test (thereby confirming operation of RIP 2), engineers will use a different set of IP addresses. Specifically, the “private” network interface will be configured for 10.x.x.1 with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. The “common” network interface will be configured for 10.100.100.x with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0. |