Introduction 31Routing FeaturesVLAN RoutingThe PowerConnect 6200 Series software supports VLAN routing. You can also configure the software toallow traffic on a VLAN to be treated as if the VLAN were a router port.Routing Information Protocol (RIP)The route configuration and route preference features have the following changes:• You can configure static reject routes (see Static Reject Routes).• The default values for route preferences have changed.• OSPF Type-1 and OSPF Type-2 routes are now classified as OSPF External routes.OSPF ConfigurationThe Maximum Paths field allows OSPF to report a maximum of 4 paths for a given destination.The following fields have been added for OSPF configuration options:• Opaque LSA Status• AS_OPAQUE LSA Count• AS_OPAQUE LSA Checksum• External LSDB Limit• AutoCost Reference Bandwidth• Default Passive Setting• Stub Area Type of Service• NSSA InformationThe OSPF Link State Database page has been updated to display external LSDB table information andAS opaque LSDB table information (in addition to OSPF link state information).IP ConfigurationThe switch IP configuration settings have been enhanced to allow you to enable or disable the generationof the following types of ICMP messages:• ICMP Echo Replies• ICMP Redirects• ICMP Rate Limit Interval• ICMP Rate Limit Burst Size