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The IP address is assigned even if the above validation procedure concludes
that the IP address in question is not unique, but a SYSLOG message is
generated.
In addition to the above validation procedure every time a switch receives an
ARP request with a sender IP address that is equal to its IP address defined on
the input interface it sends a SYSLOG message informing of IP duplication,
containing the sender IP and MAC addresses, from the received ARP
message.
To assign an IP address to an interface, and to define subnets to which traffic
can be routed:
1
Click System > IP Addressing > IPv4 Interface Parameters in the tree
view to display the
IP Interface Parameters: Summary page.
Figure 9-15. IPv4 Interface Parameters: Summary