8.1.2 Static and dynamic routing

A switch must create a routing table before it can relay packets. The switch uses static routing and dynamic routing to create routing tables.

• Static routing

  A user sets routing information manually using configuration commands.

• Dynamic routing

  The Switch determines how to relay packets based on routing information it receives from other routers in the network. The Switch supports versions 1 and 2 of the RIP protocol (abbreviated hereafter to RIP-1 and RIP-2), version 2 of the OSPF protocol (abbreviated hereafter to OSPF), and version 4 of the BGP protocol (abbreviated hereafter to BGP4).