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DC-RIP

RIP Software

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What is RIP?

DC-RIP is a portable source code implementation of the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) protocol designed explicitly to support the scalability, availability and functional requirements of OEMs building devices for next generation networks.

DC-RIP is a component of Metaswitch's IP Routing product suite, and shares its Common Architecture. It is available for both IPv4 and IPv6 networks.

DC-RIP has comprehensive support for the relevant standards, with management interfaces and a design suited for the most demanding applications. Further details are provided below.

The DC-RIP stack architecture splits the product into modular components. This allows these components to be distributed onto line cards and supports multiple instances as required for virtual routers and VPNs.


DC-RIP Features

RIP Protocol Function

The DC-RIP software product includes the following RIP protocol function.

  • Full implementation of RIP Version 2 (as defined in RFC 2453) and RIPng (as defined in RFC 2080) including
    • Split horizon with Poison Reverse
    • Triggered Updates
    • For RIPv2, authentication through plain text and MD5 (as defined in RFC 2082)
    • Default route configuration
    • Subnet masks and Next Hop addresses.

Management And Integration

  • Fully MIB manageable
    • Support for all RIP tables defined in RFC 1724

  • Easily integrated with SNMP, CORBA, CMIP, Web and other management tools

  • Pre-integrated CLI, XML/Web and SNMP management interfaces available through MINDLink(Metaswitch), an embeddedMIND™ product from our partner GoAhead Software.

  • High availability and fault tolerance in management of configuration information when used with Configuration Safe Store

Carrier Class Design

  • Routing Table Manager
    • Provides common routing table across all IP routing protocols including BGP, OSPF and ISIS
    • Policies for route import/export between IP routing protocols
    • DC-RIP can be used with a third party Routing Table Manager

  • Scalability and distribution
    • Support for thousands of interfaces
    • Support for hundreds of thousands of routes
    • Multiple instances of DC-RIP support Virtual Routers.

  • Redundancy and high availability
    • Integrated with DCL's high availability framework
    • Uninterrupted packet forwarding across hardware or software failures
    • DC-RIP can run independently of DC-RTM and connect to several instances of DC-RTM for redundancy.
    • Availability and fault tolerance in management of configuration information possible with Configuration Safe Store

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