Chapter 7: Second Level Commands June 30, 2006
7-4 SG1-UM-8500-03
<ethernet mode>
The operating mode of the interface to be configured (see Table 7-2).
(mtu)
The maximum transmission unit. Select either:
1500 (default)
1544
Example 1
Example 2
Table 7-1. Configure Ethernet Ports
Host(config)# interface ethernet 0 \ 2 12.3.66.211 255.255.255.0 auto mtu 1500
interface ethernet 0 \ 2 12.3.66.211 255.255.255.0 auto mtu 1500
Note: The system should refuse to assign an address to an Ethernet interface which is in the subnet of the
other Ethernet interface and indicates the reason.
Host(config)# interface ethernet 0\2 192.168.3.5. 255.255.255.0
Operation Error:
ethernet address is not valid
Note: The system should ignore the interface ethernet command if the system is in Ethernet redundancy
mode. It will indicate a command failure to the system log and to the user interface (telnet).
Card Type Slot\Port Slot\Port 2
Gigabit Front I/O 0\1
Gigabit Rear I/O 0\2 0\3
Gigabit Front (PMC) I/O 1\1 1\2