3-4 CHAPTER 3: CONFIGURING MANAGEMENT ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM

Broadcast Address

The system uses the IP address when it broadcasts packets to other stations on the same subnet. In particular, the system uses this address for sending RIP updates. By default, the system uses a directed broadcast (all 1s in

the host field).

Cost

The system uses this number, between 1 and 15, when calculating route metrics. Unless your network has special requirements, you should assign a cost of 1 to all interfaces.

Ports

Top-Level Menu

 

 

system

 

 

 

 

ethernet

interface

 

 

fddi

route

display

bridge

arp

define

ip

rip

modify

snmp

ping

remove

analyzer

statistics

 

 

script

 

 

 

 

logout

 

 

 

 

A single interface might contain several bridge ports. All of the ports corresponding to one interface share the same IP address, subnet mask, broadcast address, and cost. The Switch 2200 contains 17 ports: 1 FDDI and 16 Ethernet.

Be sure that the port to which your management station is attached is included in an interface.

Displaying Interfaces

You can display a table that shows all IP interfaces configured for the system, including their parameter settings.

To display IP interface information, enter the following command from the Administration Console top-level menu:

ip interface display

As shown in this example, the current configuration is displayed.

It contains IP forwarding and RIP information as well as the IP interface information.

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