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Parameters
The following conventions apply to the parameters:
•Parameters are order dependent.
•Parameters are displayed in this document in bold italic font, which must be replaced with a name or number.
•To use spaces as part of a name parameter, enclose it in double quotes, for example, “System Name with Space”.
•Parameters may be required or optional, and may have a list of choices.
—<parameter> The angle brackets indicate that the parameter is required and you must enter a value in place of the brackets and text.
—[parameter] The square brackets indicate that the parameter is optional and you may choose to enter a value in place of the brackets and text.
—choice1/choice2 Enter one and only one of the values listed.
Values
Some parameters are used frequently. This section explains the format you should use when providing values for them.
ipaddr | Enter a valid IP address made up of four decimal digits ranging from 0 to 255. The |
| default for all IP addresses consists of zeros (that is, 0.0.0.0). The interface IP |
| address of 0.0.0.0 is invalid. In some cases, you can also enter the IP address as a |
| |
macAddr | The MAC address format is six hexadecimal numbers separated by hyphens, for |
| example |
port | This is used to identify a physical interface, in the form of bay.port for an I/O |
| module bay and ext.port for an external port. You enter a name and number |
| separated by a period, for example: |
| bay.1 |
| identifies I/O module bay 1 |
| ext.4 identifies external port 4 |
listofports | This is a |
| ext.port,ext.port. Port lists must NOT contain spaces and each interface must have |
| its prefix specified (for example: bay.10,ext.2,bay.1) |
logical port | This is used to identify a logical interface – a Link Aggregation Group or a VLAN. |
| You enter a name and number separated by a period, for example: |
| lag.3 |
| identifies LAG 3 |
| vlan.2 |
| identifies VLAN 2 |
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