HP 2910AL - Manual (Page 180)

Configuring IP Addressing
Loopback Interfaces
■ You can use a loopback interface to establish a Telnet session, ping the
switch, and access the switch through SNMP, SSH, and HTTP (web
interface).
■ A loopback IP address can be used by routing protocols.
Configuring a Loopback Interface
To configure a loopback interface, enter the interface loopback command at
the global configuration level of the CLI:
Syntax: [no] interface loopback <number>
Creates a loopback interface, where is a value from
1 to 7. Use the no form of the command to remove the loopback
interface.
Note: You cannot remove the default loopback interface
(number 0) with IP address 127.0.0.1.
You can configure up to thirty-two IP addresses on a loopback interface. To
configure an IP address for the loopback interface, enter the
ip address < ip­
address > command at the loopback interface configuration level as shown in
the following example.
Note that when you configure an IP address for a loopback interface, you do
not specify a network mask. The default subnet mask 255.255.255.255 is used.
ProCurve(config)# interface loopback 1
ProCurve (lo1)# ip address 10.1.1.1
Figure 8-6. Example of a Loopback Interface Configuration
N o t e s ■ You can configure a loopback interface only from the CLI; you cannot
configure a loopback interface from the web management or Menu inter­
face.
■ Loopback interfaces share the same IP address space with VLAN config­
urations. The maximum number of IP addresses supported on a switch is
2048, which includes all IP addresses configured for both VLANs and
loopback interfaces (except for the default loopback IP address
127.0.0.1).
■ Each IP address that you configure on a loopback interface must be
unique in the switch. This means that the address cannot be used by a
VLAN interface or another loopback interface.
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