F3215-HP Load Balancing Module Network Management Configuration Guide-6PW101

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Configuring interfaces ················································································································································· 1
Overview ············································································································································································ 1
Managing interfaces in the web interface ····················································································································· 2
Displaying the information and statistics of an interface ····················································································· 2
Creating an interface ··············································································································································· 3
Modifying interface information ····························································································································· 5
Interface management configuration example ······································································································ 7
Managing interfaces at the CLI ···································································································································· 11
Performing general configurations ······················································································································ 11
Configuring a Layer 2 Ethernet interface or subinterface ················································································· 16
Configuring a Layer 3 Ethernet interface or subinterface ················································································· 18
Configuring a loopback interface ······················································································································· 18
Configuring the null interface ······························································································································· 19
Displaying and maintaining interfaces ··············································································································· 20
Bulk configuring interfaces ········································································································································ 21
Configuration guidelines ··············································································································································· 21
Configuration procedure ··············································································································································· 21
Configuring IPv4 addressing ····································································································································· 23
Overview ········································································································································································· 23
IP address classes ·················································································································································· 23
Special IP addresses ············································································································································· 24
Subnetting and masking ······································································································································· 24
Assigning an IP address to an interface ······················································································································ 25
Configuration guidelines ······································································································································ 25
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 25
Displaying and maintaining IP addressing ················································································································· 25
Configuration example ·················································································································································· 26
Network requirements ··········································································································································· 26
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 26
Configuring the MAC address table ························································································································ 28
Overview ········································································································································································· 28
How a MAC address table entry is created ······································································································· 28
Types of MAC address table entries ··················································································································· 29
Configuring a MAC address entry in the Web interface ·························································································· 29
Adding a MAC address entry ······························································································································ 29
Setting the aging time for MAC address entries ································································································ 30
MAC address table configuration example ······································································································· 31
Configuring a MAC address entry at the CLI ············································································································· 33
Configuring static, dynamic, and blackhole MAC address table entries ······················································· 33
Configuring the aging timer for dynamic MAC address entries ······································································ 34
Displaying and maintaining MAC address tables ····························································································· 34
MAC address table configuration example ······································································································· 35
Configuring Layer 2 forwarding ······························································································································· 37
Configuring normal Layer 2 forwarding ······················································································································ 37
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 37
Displaying and maintaining normal Layer 2 forwarding ·················································································· 37
Configuring inline Layer 2 forwarding ························································································································ 37