Help for MVS Stack Interface-Gateway Selection

This help page explains the display of basic information about all of the gateway links found in the ipForwardingTable (RFC1354) for the selected Interface. Further detailed information about a gateway link can be found by selecting the corresponding radio button and clicking on the View Details button.

Gateway Routes for Interface

This is the interface number of the selected Interface from the previous screen.

IP Address

This is the IP address of the selected Interface from the previous screen.

Select

Select the radio button to view details on the corresponding gateway.

Destination

The first four octets after ipForward taken from the MIB object name. For exaple if the ipForward index is ipForwardIndex.9.67.50.1.2.0.0.0.0.0. The destination IP address of this route would be 9.67.50.1. An entry with a value of 0.0.0.0 is considered a default route.

Next Hop

The last four octets in the example above = 0.0.0.0. On remote routes, the address of the next system enroute; Otherwise, 0.0.0.0.

Routing Protocol

The routing mechanism from which this route was learned. Inclusion of values for gateway routing protocols is not intended to imply that hosts should support those protocols. The routing protocol can be one of the following values:

View Details

Click on the View Details button for information about the selected gateway. The IP address for that gateway is displayed on the button.