Allied Telesis AR700 SERIES Software Release 2.7.1 - Manual (Page 65)

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Naming Interfaces
When you configure an interface, and configure routing over that interface,
you can refer to a physical interface by its simple name or its fully qualified
name.
The simple name for an interface is the interface type, followed by the interface
number. The interface type is an abbreviation of the full name of the interface
(see
Table 7 on page 65 ). The fully qualified name for expansion option ports
includes the expansion bay and the number of the interface within the bay.
When you use commands with a physical interface as a parameter, you have
the option to use either the simple name or the fully qualified name of the
interface.
For examples of valid simple names and the equivalent fully qualified names
see the Interfaces chapter in the Software Reference.
To display a summary of all the interfaces on the router, enter the command:
show interface
Ethernet Ports
An Ethernet interface on the router is automatically configured by the software
modules when the router starts up. No user configuration of the Ethernet
interfaces is required, except to enable other software modules to use the
interface. This is achieved by adding a software module interface and using the
clause INTERFACE=ethn
, where n is the number of the Ethernet interface
being configured . For example, to add a logical interface to the IP module,
enter the command:
add ip interface=eth0 ipaddress={ipadd|dhcp}
Table 7: Interface type names.
Type Description
Physical interfaces
PORT Ethernet switch port interface, numbered from 1
ASYN Asynchronous interface
BRI Basic Rate ISDN interface
ETH Ethernet interface (excluding switch ports)
PRI Primary Rate ISDN interface
SYN Synchronous interface
Logical interfaces
VLAN Virtual LAN interface over switch ports, numbered from 1
FR Frame Relay interface
LAPB X.25 LAPB interface
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol interface
X25C X.25 DCE interface
X25T X.25 DTE interface