SANRAD V-Switch manual Changing an Interface Alias, Adding an Interface IP Address, Interface set

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Changing an Interface Alias

You can change the alias of a V-Switch interface for user convenience. Leaving the new alias field blank will return the alias to its default setting

interface set

You need to define two parameters to change an interface alias:

If you are working in

aV-Switch cluster, the interface alias

must be changed on both V-Switches.

SWITCH	PARAMETER	DEFINITION	STATUS	EXAMPLE
-if	INTERFACE ALIAS	CURRENT ALIAS OR	MANDATORY	fc1
	OR NAME	NAME OF
		INTERFACE
-na	NEW ALIAS	NEW ALIAS OR	OPTIONAL	Storage1
		NAME OF	DEFAULT:
		INTERFACE	DEFAULT
			INTERFACE
			NAMES – CONS,
			MGMT,
			FC1,SCSI1,ETH1

Example:

The storage interface, fc1 is renamed to Storage 1.

interface set –if fc1 –na Storage1

	Adding an Interface IP Address
If you are working in	You can assign more than one IP address to each network port.
a V-Switch cluster,	ip config set
the interface IP must

be added on both V-

Switches. You need to define three parameters to configure each network port:

	SWITCH	PARAMETER	DEFINITION	STATUS	EXAMPLE
Executing this
	-if	INTERFACE ALIAS	NETWORK	MANDATORY	eth1
command on the			INTERFACE PORT	ETH1, ETH2,
same network port				ETH3
with a different IP	-ip	IP ADDRESS	IP ADDRESS	MANDATORY	212.199.43.57
address will not reset			ASSIGNING TO THE
the network port			INTERFACE PORT
address. It will add	-im	IP MASK	IP NET MASK	OPTIONAL
another IP address to
the network port				DEFAULT:
				255.255.255.0
	-act	ACTIVITY	IF IP ADDRESS IS	OPTIONAL	1
			ACTIVE TO EXPOSE	DEFAULT: 1
			VOLUMES. USE	(ACTIVE).
			INACTIVE STATUS	2(INACTIVE)
			TO ALLOW
			FAILOVER.

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