HP VPN Firewall Appliances Network Management Configuration Guide

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Item Descri
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VID
Set the VLAN ID associated with the subinterface.
This parameter is available on a subinterface of a Layer 3 Ethernet
interface and a RAGG interface in the previous step.
MTU Set the MTU of the interface.
TCP MSS Set the maximum segment size for TCP on the interface.
IP Config
Set how the interface obtains an IP address:
• None—Does not set an IP address for the interface.
• Static Address—Manually assigns an IP address to the interface. After
selecting this option, you need to manually set the IP Address and Mask
items.
• DHCP—The interface gets an IP address through DHCP.
• BOOTP—The interface gets an IP address through BOOTP.
• PPP Negotiate—The interface gets an IP address through PPP
negotiation.
• Unnumbered—The interface borrows the IP address of another
interface on the same device. After selecting this option, you need to
set the Unnumbered Interface item.
IP Address
After you select the Static Address option for the IP Config configuration
item, you must set the primary IP address and mask, and secondary IP
addresses and masks for the interface.
The primary and secondary IP addresses cannot be 0.0.0.0.
For a loopback interface, the mask is fixed to 32 bits and is not
configurable.
Mask
Secondary IP Address
Mask
Unnumbered Interface
After you select the Unnumbered option for the IP Config configuration
item, choose the interface whose IP address you want to borrow from the
Unnumbered Interface list.
Modifying interface information
1. Select Device Management > Interface from the navigation tree.
2. Click the icon for an interface to enter the page for modifying the information of the interface.