I Commands

This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS Routing Information Protocol (RIP) commands that begin with I.

ip rip authentication key-chain

To enable authentication for the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Version 2 packets and to specify the set of keys that can be used on an interface, use the ip rip authentication key-chain command. To prevent authentication, use the no form of this command.

ip rip authentication key-chain name-of-chain

no ip rip authentication key-chain [ name-of-chain ]

 
Syntax Description

name-of-chain

Group of valid keys.

 
Command Default

No authentication is provided for RIP packets.

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command does not require a license.


Note Make sure the LAN Base Services license is installed on the switch to enable Layer 3 interfaces.


Examples

This example shows how to configure the interface to accept and send any key that belongs to the key-chain trees:

switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip rip authentication key-chain trees
switch(config-if)#
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

copy running-config startup-config

Saves the configuration to the startup configuration file.

key-chain

Creates a set of keys that can be used by an authentication method.

show ip rip

Displays a summary of RIP information for all RIP instances.

ip rip authentication mode

To specify the type of authentication used in the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) Version 2 packets, use the ip rip authentication mode command. To restore clear text authentication, use the no form of this command.

ip rip authentication mode { text | md5 }

no ip rip authentication mode

 
Syntax Description

text

Specifies the clear text authentication.

md5

Specifies the message Digest 5 (MD5) authentication.

 
Command Default

Clear text authentication is provided for RIP packets if you configured a key chain.

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command does not require a license.


Note Make sure the LAN Base Services license is installed on the switch to enable Layer 3 interfaces.


Examples

This example shows how to configure the interface to use MD5 authentication:

switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip rip authentication mode md5
switch(config-if)#
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

copy running-config startup-config

Saves the configuration to the startup configuration file.

ip rip authentication key-chain

Enables authentication for RIP Version 2 packets and specifies the set of keys that can be used on an interface.

key chain

Enables authentication for routing protocols.

show ip rip

Displays a summary of RIP information for all RIP instances.

ip rip metric-offset

To add an additional value to the incoming IP Routing Information Protocol (RIP) route metric for an interface, use the ip rip metric-offset command. To return the metric to its default value, use the no form of this command.

ip rip metric-offset value

no ip rip metric-offset

 
Syntax Description

value

Value to add to the incoming route metric for an interface. The range is from 1 to 15. The default is 1.

 
Command Default

value : 1

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the ip route metric-offset command to influence which routes are used by Cisco Nexus 6000. This command allows you to add a fixed offset to the route metric of all incoming routes on an interface. For example, if you set the metric-offset to 5 on an interface and the incoming route metric is 5, then Cisco Nexus 6000 adds the route to the route table with a metric of 10.

This command does not require a license.


Note Make sure the LAN Base Services license is installed on the switch to enable Layer 3 interfaces.


Examples

This example shows how to configure a metric offset of 10 for all incoming RIP routes on Ethernet interface 2/1:

switch(config)# interface ethernet 2/1
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip rip metric-offset 10
switch(config-if)#
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

ip rip offset-list

Adds an offset value to incoming RIP route metrics.

ip rip offset-list

To add an offset to incoming and outgoing metrics to routes learned via Routing Information Protocol (RIP), use the ip rip offset-list command. To remove an offset list, use the no form of this command.

ip rip offset-list value

no ip rip offset-list

 
Syntax Description

value

Value to add to the incoming route metric for an interface. The range is from 1 to 15. The default is 1.

 
Command Default

value : 1

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command does not require a license.


Note Make sure the LAN Base Services license is installed on the switch to enable Layer 3 interfaces.


Examples

This example shows how to configure an offset of 10 for all incoming RIP routes on Ethernet interface 2/1:

switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet 2/1
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip rip offset-list 10
switch(config-if)#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

ip rip metric-offset

Adds an offset value to incoming RIP route metrics.

ip rip passive-interface

To suppress the sending of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) updates on an interface, use the ip rip passive-interface command. To unsuppress updates, use the no form of this command.

ip rip passive-interface

no ip rip passive-interface

 
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

 
Command Default

RIP updates are sent on the interface.

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

While RIP stops sending routing updates to the multicast (or broadcast) address on a passive interface, RIP continues to receive and process routing updates from its neighbors on that interface.

This command does not require a license.


Note Make sure the LAN Base Services license is installed on the switch to enable Layer 3 interfaces.


Examples

This example shows how to configure Ethernet 1/2 as a passive interface:

switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip rip passive-interface
switch(config-if)#
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

copy running-config startup-config

Saves the configuration to the startup configuration file.

show ip rip

Displays a summary of RIP information for all RIP instances.

ip rip poison-reverse

To enable poison-reverse processing of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) router updates, use the ip rip poison-reverse command. To disable poison-reverse processing of RIP updates, use the no form of this command.

ip rip poison-reverse

no ip rip poison-reverse

 
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

 
Command Default

Split horizon is always enabled. Poison-reverse processing is disabled.

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the ip rip poison-reverse command to enable poison-reverse processing of RIP router updates. By default, Cisco Nexus 6000 does not advertise RIP routes out the interface over which they were learned (split horizon). If you configure both poison reverse and split horizon, then Cisco Nexus 6000 advertises the learned routes as unreachable over the interface on which the route was learned.

This command does not require a license.


Note Make sure the LAN Base Services license is installed on the switch to enable Layer 3 interfaces.


Examples

This example shows how to enable poison-reverse processing for an interface running RIP:

switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip rip poison-reverse
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

copy running-config startup-config

Saves the configuration to the startup configuration file.

show ip rip

Displays a summary of RIP information for all RIP instances.

ip rip route-filter

To filter the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routes coming in or out of an interface, use the route-filter command. To remove filtering from an interface, use the no form of this command.

ip rip route filter { prefix-list list-name | route-map map-name } { in | out }

no ip rip route filter { prefix-list list-name | route-map map-name } { in | out }

 
Syntax Description

prefix-list list-name

Associates a prefix list to filter RIP packets.

route-map map-name

Associates a route map to set the redistribution policy for RIP.

in

Filters incoming routes.

out

Filters outgoing routes.

 
Command Default

Route filtering is disabled.

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the ip rip route-filter command to filter incoming or outgoing routes on an interface.

This command does not require a license.


Note Make sure the LAN Base Services license is installed on the switch to enable Layer 3 interfaces.


Examples

This example shows how to use a route map to filter routes for a RIP interface:

switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip rip route-filter route-map InRipFilter in
switch(config-if)#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

prefix-list

Creates a prefix list.

route-map

Creates a route map.

 

ip rip summary-address

To configure a summary aggregate address under an interface for the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), use the ip rip summary-address command. To disable summarization of the specified address or subnet, use the no form of this command.

ip rip summary-address ip-prefix / mask

no ip rip summary-address ip-prefix / mask

 
Syntax Description

ip-prefix / length

IP prefix and prefix length to be summarized.

 
Command Default

Disabled

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

The ip rip summary-address command summarizes an address or subnet under a specific interface.

This command does not require a license.


Note Make sure the LAN Base Services license is installed on the switch to enable Layer 3 interfaces.


Examples

This example shows how to configure the summary address 192.0.2.0 that is advertised out Ethernet interface 1/2:

switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip summary-address rip 192.0.2.0/24
switch(config-if)#
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

copy running-config startup-config

Saves the configuration to the startup configuration file.

show ip rip

Displays a summary of RIP information for all RIP instances.

ip router rip

To specify the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) instance for an interface, use the ip router rip command. To return to the default, use the no form of this command.

ip router rip instance-tag

no ip router rip instance-tag

 
Syntax Description

instance-tag

Name of the RIP instance. The instance-tag can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string up to 20 characters.

 
Command Default

None

 
Command Modes

Interface configuration mode

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.0(2)N1(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Before you use this command, make sure that you enable RIP on the switch.

This command requires the LAN Base Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to set the RIP instance for an interface:

switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# ip router rip Enterprise
switch(config-if)#
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

copy running-config startup-config

Saves the configuration to the startup configuration file.

feature rip

Enables RIP on the switch.

show ip rip

Displays a summary of RIP information for all RIP instances.