Foundry Networks LS 648, LS 624 manual Configuring IP Addresses, Devices Running Layer 2 Software

Connecting Network Devices and Checking Connectivity

Configuring IP Addresses

You must configure at least one IP address using the serial connection to the CLI before you can manage the system using the other management interfaces. In addition, Foundry routers require an IP subnet address for the subnet in which you plan to place them in your network.

Foundry devices support both classical IP network masks (Class A, B, and C subnet masks, and so on) and Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) network prefix masks.

•To enter a classical network mask, enter the mask in IP address format. For example, enter “209.157.22.99 255.255.255.0” for an IP address with a Class-C subnet mask.

•To enter a prefix number for a network mask, enter a forward slash ( / ) and the number of bits in the mask immediately after the IP address. For example, enter “209.157.22.99/24” for an IP address that has a network mask with 24 significant (“mask”) bits.

By default, the CLI displays network masks in classical IP address format (example: 255.255.255.0). You can change the display to the prefix format. See the Foundry FastIron X-Series Configuration Guide or the Foundry Enterprise Configuration and Management Guide.

NOTE: If your network uses a BootStrap Protocol (BootP) server or a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, you can allow the Foundry device to obtain IP addresses for the hosts on the network.

Devices Running Layer 2 Software

To configure an IP Address on a device running Layer 2 software:

1.At the opening CLI prompt, enter enable.

FLS648 Switch> enable

2.Enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level prompt (for example, FLS648 Switch#), then press Enter. This command erases the factory test configuration if still present:

FLS648 Switch# erase startup-config

CAUTION: Use the erase startup-configcommand only for new systems. If you enter this command on a system you have already configured, the command erases the configuration. If you accidentally do erase the configuration on a configured system, enter the write memory command to save the running configuration to the startup-config file.

3.Access the configuration level of the CLI by entering the following command:

FLS648	Switch# configure terminal	Privileged EXEC Level
FLS648	Switch(config)#	Global CONFIG Level

4.Configure the IP address and mask for the switch.

FLS648 Switch(config)# ip address 192.22.3.44 255.255.255.0

5.Set a default gateway address for the switch.

FLS648 Switch(config)# ip default-gateway 192.22.3.1

NOTE: You do not need to assign a default gateway address for single subnet networks.

Syntax: enable [<password>]

Syntax: configure terminal

Syntax: [no] ip address <ip-addr> <ip-mask> or

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