Owner's Manual

IP Addressing Commands 159
IP Addressing Commands
ip address
The ip address interface configuration command sets an IP address. To remove an IP address, use
the
no form of this command.
Syntax
ip address ip-address { mask | prefix-length }
no ip address [ ip-address ]
•
ip-address —IP address
•
mask —The IP address network mask
•
prefix-length —The number of bits that comprise the IP address prefix. The prefix length
must be preceded by a forward slash (/). (Range: 0 -32)
Default Configuration
No IP address is defined for interfaces.
Command Mode
Interface configuration (Ethernet, VLAN, port-channel, out-of-band Ethernet)
User Guidelines
Each part of an IP address must start with a number other than zero. For example, IP address
131.108.1.27 is valid, whereas IP addresses 001.100.192.6 and 192.001.10.3 are invalid.
An IP address cannot be configured for a range of interfaces (range context).
Up to 5 IP addresses may be defined on the out-of-band port.
Example
The following example configures VLAN 1 with the IP address 131.108.1.27 and subnet mask
255.255.255.0.
Console (config)# interface vlan 1
Console (config-if)# ip address 131.108.1.27 255.255.255.0