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Network interfaces, Changing an interface alias, Adding an interface ip address – SANRAD I3.1.1205 User Manual

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Chapter 10: Routine V-Switch Maintenance

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Network Interfaces

Changing an Interface Alias

All CLI names and

aliases are case

sensitive.

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:

S

WITCH

P

ARAMETER

D

EFINITION

S

TATUS

E

XAMPLE

-if

INTERFACE ALIAS
OR NAME

CURRENT ALIAS OR
NAME OF
INTERFACE

MANDATORY

fc1

If you are working in

a V-Switch cluster,

the interface alias

must be changed on

both V-Switches.

-na

NEW ALIAS

NEW ALIAS OR
NAME OF
INTERFACE

OPTIONAL

DEFAULT

:

DEFAULT
INTERFACE
NAMES

CONS

,

MGMT

,

FC

1,SCSI1,

ETH

1

Storage1

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

a V-Switch cluster,

the interface IP must

be added on both V-

Switches.

You can assign more than one IP address to each network port.

ip config set

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

S

WITCH

P

ARAMETER

D

EFINITION

S

TATUS

E

XAMPLE

Executing this

command on the

same network port

-if

INTERFACE ALIAS

NETWORK
INTERFACE PORT

MANDATORY

ETH

1,

ETH

2,

ETH

3

eth1