Routing between 2 switches

looks like you will want to review chapter 5
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/switches/5500/DUA1715-0BAA01.pdf

That's what I tried to follow with no luck,

[Test Switch 10.10A]ip route-static 10.12.1.1 255.255.255.0 10.10.1.1 -

[Test Switch 10.12B]ip route-static 10.10.1.1 255.255.255.0 10.12.1.1 -

Duplicate gateway or interface...

I'm clearly missing something.

IP Correction to previouse post.

[Test Switch 10.10A]ip route-static 10.12.1.0 255.255.255.0 10.12.1.1 -

[Test Switch 10.12B]ip route-static 10.10.1.0 255.255.255.0 10.10.1.1 -

Not sure what that would do... tried it anyways, but no go.

The gateway depicts the ip. It will only ever be either 255 or 0. So a gateway of 255.255.255.0 will mean that the only change in the ip is where the 0 lies. So the first 3 sets of your ip should always be the same, then the only digits that change in this case is the last quartlet.

basst42 did you read page 423?

3Create the XRN Distributed Fabric as follows:
■Switch 5500 Family — via the two SFP ports (27/28 or 51/52 depending on type of Switch), however, before connecting up, enable the Fabric ports on the Switch units using the instructions in the “Creating an XRN Distributed Fabric” Chapter in the Getting Started Guide that accompanies your Switch.

if you look at page 147 the manual gives you an example of routing between two switches.