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interface add/edit

interface add - Add a new interface on Sensor Control or on remote device
interface edit - Edit an existing interface attributes on Sensor Control or on remote device

Description:
Configure an IP interface for management and network purposes. Interfaces may be configured to query their configuration via a DHCP server or can be manually configured. The network mask can be configured with the IP address using the address prefix length notation or separately using the netmask keyword.

IPv6: Two IPv6 addresses can be configured (0 and 1). This is different from IPv4 aliases as the index is not specified in the interface name but as a parameter of the address. All IPv6 addresses are over the same interface.

Syntax:

  interface <add|edit> <interface-name> {
            {name <interface-name>} |
            {dhcp {enable|disable}} |
            {dhcp-rt-info {enable|disable}} |
            {dhcp-static {enable|disable}} |
            {dhcp-mode {unicast|broadcast}} |
            {address {<ip-addr>|<ip-addr-prefix>}} |
            {netmask {<subnet-mask>}} |
            {gateway {<ip-addr>}} |
            {icmp_redirect {enable|disable}} |
            {ipv6_enable {enable|disable}} |
            {ipv6_dhcp {disabled|stateless|stateful}} |
            {ipv6_icmp_redirect {enable|disable}} |
            {ipv6_radv {enable|disable}} |
            {ipv6_static {enable|disable}} |
            {ipv6_address <0-1> {<ipv6-addr>/<ipv6-prefixLen>
             [-<ipv6-gateway>]}} |
            {vlan1-id <vlan-id>} |
            {vlan2-id <vlan-id>} |
            {vlan1-ethertype {c-vlan | s-vlan | t-vlan}} |
            {vlan2-ethertype {c-vlan | s-vlan | t-vlan}} |
            {vlan1-priority <0-7>} |
            {vlan2-priority <0-7>} |
            {type {standard | vlan | vlan-in-vlan}} |
            {port <port-name>}
            {state {enable|disable}} |
            {mngt {no|yes}} |
            {force {enable|disable}} }+

  <interface-name> = <string>
  <ip-addr-prefix> = <ip-addr>/{1-32}
  <vlan-id>        = <decimal>
  <port-name>      = <string>

Parameters:

Parameter Description
name Name of a Sensor Control interface defined by system user.
dhcp Enable or disable DHCP.
dhcp-rt-info When DHCP is enabled, use the routing information learned via DHCP. When DHCP is disabled, the default route must use this interface. You therefore cannot create a default route on the other local interfaces. (Sensor Control only.)
dhcp-static Use static IP address until an address is resolved through DHCP. (Sensor Control only.)
Note: This option can only be used when DHCP is enabled.
dhcp-mode Either respond to unicast or broadcast DHCP packets. (Remote devices only.)
address Static interface IPv4 address.
netmask Interface network mask for static IPv4 address.
gateway A default gateway address provides a shortcut to creating a default gateway through the route configuration. Only one default gateway can be set per unit.
icmp_redirect Enable or disable IPv4 ICMP redirects on the interface.
ipv6_enable Enable or disable IPv6 on the interface.
ipv6_dhcp Enable DHCPv6 in stateful or stateless mode or disable it (used if IPv6 is enabled).
ipv6_icmp_redirect Enable or disable IPv6 ICMP redirects on the interface.
ipv6_radv Enable or disable IPv6 router advertisement autoconfiguration (used if IPv6 is enabled).
ipv6_static Enable or disable IPv6 static addresses (used if IPv6 is enabled).
ipv6_address Static interface IPv6 addresses, with prefix and optional default gateway (used if IPv6 and IPv6 static addresses are enabled).
Note: Can be reset by setting the value to ::/0.
type Interface type.
vlan1-id VLAN ID for VLAN interface type (1 - 4094).
vlan2-id VLAN ID used when VLAN-in-VLAN type is chosen (1 - 4094).
vlan1-ethertype EtherType used in the VLAN tag (C-VLAN, S-VLAN or T-VLAN).
vlan2-ethertype EtherType used in the VLAN-in-VLAN tag (C-VLAN, S-VLAN or T-VLAN).
vlan1-priority Set VLAN priority.
vlan2-priority Set VLAN priority in the VLAN-in-VLAN tag.
port-name Name of the port tied to a remote device on which traffic is to be generated.
port Name of the port tied to a remote device on which traffic is to be generated.
state Enable or disable the interface.
mngt Identify the management interface (remote devices only).
force Used to force a change to the interface that the user is currently logged into. (Sensor Control only.)

interface delete

interface delete - Delete an existing interface

Description:
Delete an existing interface or alias. When deleting the interface, if an alias had been previously configured, it will also be deleted.

Syntax:

  interface delete <interface-name>|<alias-name>

  <interface-name>	<string>
  <alias-name>	<string>:0

Parameters:

Parameter Description
interface-name Name of a Sensor Control interface defined by the system user.
alias-name Name of a Sensor Control alias defined by the system user.

interface refresh

interface refresh - Send gratuitous ARP on all interfaces

Description:
Convert IP address into physical address for all interfaces.

Syntax:

Convert IP address into physical address for all interfaces.

interface show/ipv6_show

interface show - Show IPv4 interface configuration
interface ipv6_show - Show IPv6 interface configuration

Description:
This command displays a summary of the configuration for all interfaces in a table format. Specifying an interface or alias name will display the detailed configuration for this interface.

Syntax:

  interface {show|ipv6_show} [<interface-name>|<alias-name>]

Parameters:

Parameter Description
<interface-name> <string>
<alias-name> <string>:0
show To show interface IPv4 related configurations.
ipv6_show To show interface IPv6 related configurations.
Note: Alias name interface should not be used in this case.

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