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C

HAPTER

16: I

NTERNET

P

ROTOCOL

(IP)

Options

Prompt

Description

Possible Values [Default]

IP address

IP address of the interface, chosen
from the range of addresses that
the central agency assigned to your
organization. This address is specific
to your network and system.

A valid IP address
in the range of
addresses that
are assigned to
your
organization

Subnet mask

32-bit number that uses the same
format and representation as an IP
address. The subnet mask
determines which bits in the IP
address are interpreted as the
network number, the subnetwork
number, and the host number.
Each IP address bit that corresponds
to a 1 in the subnet mask is in the
network/subnetwork part of the
address. Each IP address bit that
corresponds to a 0 is in the host
part of the IP address.

A valid subnet
mask in
accordance with
the bits that are
used for network
number,
subnetwork, and
host number

Depends
on
specified IP
address

Interface type

Whether to use router port-based
routing or VLAN-based routing.

port

vlan

vlan

VLAN mode
(for router
port-based
routing)

Whether the system removes all
VLANs and recreates the default
VLAN to enable port-based routing.

n (no)

y (yes)

y

Bridge port (for
router
port-based
routing)

Port to use for port-based routing
(may designate only one port).

1 – n

? (for a list of
selectable
ports)

VLAN interface
index (for
VLAN-based
routing)

Index number of the IP VLAN that is
associated with the IP interface; for
a VLAN-based IP interface, you
must assign this number. (Not
applicable if you have more than
one VLAN)

A selectable
VLAN index

? (for a list of
selectable
VLAN
indexes)

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