RackSwitch G8000 Application Guide
Chapter 8: Basic IP Routing
123BMD00041, November 2008
Example of Subnet Routing
Consider the role of the G8000 in the following configuration example:
Figure 8-2 Switch-Based Routing Topology
The switch connects the Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet trunks from various switched sub-
nets throughout one building. Common servers are placed on another subnet attached to the
switch. A primary and backup router are attached to the switch on yet another subnet.
Without Layer 3 IP routing on the switch, cross-subnet communication is relayed to the default
gateway (in this case, the router) for the next level of routing intelligence. The router fills in the
necessary address information and sends the data back to the switch, which then relays the
packet to the proper destination subnet using Layer 2 switching.
With Layer 3 IP routing in place on the switch, routing between different IP subnets can be
accomplished entirely within the switch. This leaves the routers free to handle inbound and
outbound traffic for this group of subnets.
Default router:
205.21.17.1
Server subnet 1:
100.20.10.2-254
Server subnet 2:
131.15.15.2-254
Server subnet 3:
206.30.15.2-254
10GbE (port 49)
IF 1
VLAN 1
IF 2
VLAN 2
IF 3
VLAN 3
IF 4
VLAN 4
