> # Configuring the Default Gateway

> ## Detailed Steps

> To configure an IP route, follow these steps:

> 1. Select Switches > Interfaces > Management, and select IP in the Physical Attributes pane.
> 2. Click the Route tab in the information pane.

> You see the IP route window showing the switch name, destination, mask, gateway, metric, interface, and active status of each IP route.

> 3. Click the Create Row icon to add a new IP route.
> 4. Complete the fields in this window.
> - Enter the switch name in the Switch field.
> - Configure a static route, by entering the destination network ID and subnet mask in the Routedest and Mask fields.
> - Configure a default gateway by entering the IP address of the seed switch in the Gateway field.
> - Set the Metric and Interface fields.

> Note With Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(1) and later, CPP interfaces also are available for selection when you create a new IP route.

> 5. Click the Create icon.

> To configure an IP route or identify the default gateway using Device Manager, follow these steps:

> 1. Choose IP > Routes.

> You see the IP Routes window.

> 2. Create a new IP route or identify the default gateway on a switch by clicking Create.
> 3. Complete the fields in this window.
> - Enter the switch name in the Switch field.
> - Configure a static route, by entering the destination network ID and subnet mask in the Routedest and Mask fields.
> - Configure a default gateway by entering the IP address of the seed switch in the Gateway field.
> 4. Set the Metric and Interface fields.

> Note With Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(1) and later, CPP interfaces also are available for selection when you create a new IP route.

> If you choose the CPP interface, the switch uses the input CPP-assigned IP address and mask to generate the IP route prefix.

> 5. Click Create to add the IP route.

> Note You cannot delete the switch-generated IP route for the CPP interface. If you try to delete the IP route for the CPP interface, SNMP displays this error message:
> ip: route type not supported.

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