Enabling and disabling routing mechanisms

Controlling routing

Both the fast path mechanism and the routed daemon are enabled by default in Data ONTAP. To enable or disable these routing mechanisms, use the command line or FilerView methods described below.

Note
If you disable both fast path and routed, you must be prepared to configure routing manually; see About routing in Data ONTAP.

Turning fast path on or off

To turn fast path on or off, complete the following step. (You cannot turn fast path on or off in FilerView.)

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command at the filer command line: options ip.fastpath.enable {on\|off}

Note
You can use the -x option with the netstat command to see if the fast path mechanism is enabled for a specific connection.

Turning routed on or off at the command line

To turn the routed daemon on or off, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command at the filer command line: routed {on\|off}

Note
If you use the command-line method, you must also edit the /etc/rc file in the root volume to specify the same routed daemon behavior across filer reboots.

Turning routed on or off with FilerView

To turn the routed daemon on or off with FilerView, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	In FilerView, click Network in the list on the left.
2	In the list under Network, click Configure.
3	Select Yes (for on) or No (for off) in the Routed Enabled drop-down list, then click Apply.

Note
If you make changes to routed configuration in FilerView, the changes are saved automatically in the /etc/rc file and therefore become persistent across reboots.