Table 121 L3 Configuration Menu options

Command

Description

 

 

*frwd

Displays the IP Forwarding Menu.

 

 

*nwf <1-256>

Displays the Network Filter Configuration Menu.

 

 

*rmap <1-32>

Displays the Route Map Menu.

 

 

*rip

Displays the Routing Interface Protocol Menu.

 

 

*ospf

Displays the OSPF Menu.

 

 

igmp

Displays the IGMP Menu.

 

 

dns

Displays the IP Domain Name System Menu.

 

 

*bootp

Displays the Bootstrap Protocol Menu.

 

 

*vrrp

Displays the Virtual Router Redundancy Configuration Menu.

 

 

cur

Displays the current IP configuration.

* indicates menus that are available only on the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch.

IP interface configuration

Command: /cfg/l3/if <1-256>

[IP Interface

1

Menu]

addr

- Set IP address

mask

- Set subnet mask

vlan

- Set VLAN number

ena

- Enable IP interface

dis

- Disable IP interface

del

- Delete IP interface

cur

- Display current interface configuration

 

 

 

The switch can be configured with up to 256 IP interfaces. Each IP interface represents the switch on an IP subnet on your network. The IP Interface option is disabled by default.

The following table describes the IP Interface Configuration Menu options.

Table 122 IP Interface Configuration Menu options

Command

Description

 

 

 

addr <IP address>

Configures the IP address of the switch interface, using dotted decimal notation. For

 

example, 192.2.14.101

 

 

 

mask <IP subnet mask>

Configures the IP subnet address mask for the interface using dotted decimal

 

notation. For example, 255.255.255.0

 

 

 

vlan <1-4095>

Configures the VLAN number for this interface. Each interface can belong to one

 

VLAN, though any VLAN can have multiple IP interfaces in it.

 

 

 

ena

Enables this IP interface.

 

 

 

dis

Disables this IP interface.

 

 

 

del

Removes this IP interface.

 

 

 

cur

Displays the current interface settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: If you enter an IP address for interface 1, you are prompted to change the BOOTP setting.

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HP GbE2c manual IP interface configuration, Addr IP address, Mask IP subnet mask

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