Motorola WS5100 manual 5.6.1Editing the Properties of a GRE Tunnel, address

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Interface IP	Displays the network IP address used to route GRE packets to their destination
	address.
Admin Status	Displays the status of a tunnel as either the active tunnel used currently for the switch or
	disabled.
Operation Status	Displays the status of tunnels as either the active (in use) or disabled.

3.Highlight an existing tunnel and click the Edit button to modify the properties of the tunnel. For more information, see Editing the Properties of a GRE Tunnel on page 5-44.

4.Highlight an existing tunnel and click the Delete button to remove it from the list of tunnels available to the switch.

5.Click the Add button at the bottom of the screen to define the properties of a new tunnel. For more information, see Adding a New GRE Tunnel on page 5-45.

6.Highlight an existing tunnel and click the Startup button to make the selected tunnel active for the switch. Activating a new tunnel disables the previously enabled tunnel.

7.Highlight the active tunnel and click the Shutdown button to disable the selected tunnel.

5.6.1Editing the Properties of a GRE Tunnel

Existing GRE tunnels can be selected and their properties modified as the source, end point or other existing tunnel information requires modification.

To edit the properties of an existing tunnel:

1.Select Services > GRE Tunnels from the main menu tree.

2.Highlight an existing tunnel and click the Edit button.

3.Refer to the following within the Edit screen and revise those properties necessary to re-create a functional tunnel

Name	Displays the read-only numerical name associated with the tunnel. To create a tunnel using
	a new name, you must click the Add button and configure a new GRE tunnel.
Source IP	Modify the IP address used in the src-IP field of the IP header when packets are originated
	by the switch and sent out through the tunnel interface. This would default to the
	management VLAN's IP address.