Configuring Network Interfaces
Interfaces configure IP addresses via datalinks. They support the following:
For information on how to configure network interfaces, see Configuring Network Interfaces (CLI).
The following interface settings are available:
Table 18 Interface Settings
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Name
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Custom name for the interface
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Enable Interface
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Enable this interface to be used for IP traffic. If an interface
is disabled, the appliance will no longer send or receive IP traffic
over it, or make use of any IP addresses configured on it. At
present, disabling an active IP interface in an IPMP group will not
trigger activation of a standby interface.
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Allow Administration
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Allow connections to the appliance administration BUI or CLI over
this interface. If your network environment included a separate
administration network, this could be enabled for the administration
network only to improve security
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IPv4 Configure with
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Either "Static Address List" manually entered, or "DHCP" for
dynamically requested
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IPv4 Address/Mask
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One or more IPv4 addresses in CIDR notation
(192.168.1.1/24)
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IPv6 Configure with
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Either "Static Address List" manually entered, or "IPv6
AutoConfiguration" to use automatically generated link-local address
(and site-local if an IPv6 router responds)
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IPv6 Address/Mask
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One or more IPv6 addresses in CIDR notation
(1080::8:800:200C:417A/32)
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Directly Reachable Network(s)
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Directly reachable subnet(s), expressed as an IP address and mask
in CIDR notation, that the local IP address is not a member of, but
to which the datalink of its interface is physically connected. This
improves scalability by conserving IP addresses, and could ease
traffic congestion through core switches and routers.
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IP MultiPathing Group
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Configure IP multipathing, where a pool of datalinks can be used
for redundancy
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