Reference Guide
IPFC address for virtual fabric ID 123: 11.1.2.3/24
IPFC address for virtual fabric ID 45: 13.1.2.4/20
Slot 7
eth0: 11.1.2.4/24
Gateway: 11.1.2.1
Backplane IP address of CP0 : 10.0.0.5
Backplane IP address of CP1 : 10.0.0.6
IPv6 Autoconfiguration Enabled: Yes
Local IPv6 Addresses:
sw 0 stateless fd00:60:69bc:70:260:69ff:fe00:2/64 preferred
sw 0 stateless fec0:60:69bc:70:260:69ff:fe00:2/64 preferred
cp 0 stateless fd00:60:69bc:70:260:69ff:fe00:197/64 preferred
cp 0 stateless fec0:60:69bc:70:260:69ff:fe00:197/64 preferred
cp 1 stateless fd00:60:69bc:70:260:69ff:fe00:196/64 preferred
cp 1 stateless fec0:60:69bc:70:260:69ff:fe00:196/64 preferred
IPv6 Gateways:
cp 0 fe80:60:69bc:70::3
cp 0 fe80:60:69bc:70::2
cp 0 fe80:60:69bc:70::1
cp 1 fe80:60:69bc:70::3
If the Ethernet IP address, subnet mask, and gateway address are displayed, then the network interface is configured. Verify the
information on your switch is correct. If DHCP is enabled, the network interface information was acquired from the DHCP
server.
NOTE
You can use either IPv4 or IPv6 with a classless inter-domain routing (CIDR) block notation (also known as a
network
prefix length
) to set up your IP addresses.
Resetting the management network interface error counters
Fabric OS supports resetting the management network interface error counters only on Brocade 7840 Extension Switch and Gen-6
devices.
1. To reset the error counters, run the ethIf -–resetError command.
switch:admin> ethif --reseterror eth0
Statistics cleared for eth0
2. To display the error counters, run the ethIf –-show command.
switch:admin> ethif --show eth0
Static Ethernet addresses
Use static Ethernet network interface addresses in environments where DHCP service is not available. To use static addresses for the
Ethernet interface, you must first disable DHCP. You can enter static Ethernet information and disable DHCP at the same time. For more
information, refer to DHCP activation on page 51.
If you choose not to use DHCP or to specify an IP address for your switch Ethernet interface, you can do so by entering "none" or
"0.0.0.0" in the Ethernet IP address field.
On an application blade, configure the two external Ethernet interfaces to two different subnets. If two subnets are not present, configure
one of the interfaces and leave the other unconfigured. Otherwise, the following message displays and blade status may go into a faulty
state after a reboot.
Neighbor table overflow.
print: 54 messages suppressed
Performing Basic Configuration Tasks
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