Switch User Manual

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ip address parameters

Parameter Description

<A.B.C.D> The IP address to attach to the VLAN.

<W.X.Y.Z> The subnet mask to attach to the VLAN

<1 - 256>

The MAC offset value. Specify the value 1 for the

Management VLAN only.

secondary Use this option to set up a secondary IP interface

on a VLAN. You can have a maximum of eight

secondary IP interfaces for every primary and

the pr imary must be set up before any secondary

interfaces are conﬁgured.

no ip address command

The no ip address command disables routing on a VLAN.

The syntax for the no ip address command is:

no ip address <A.B.C.D> <W.X.Y.Z >

The following table describes the parameters for this command.

no ip address parameters

Parameter Description

<A.B.C.D> The IP address to disable routing on.

<W.X.Y.Z > The subnet mask to disable routing on.

The no ip address command is executed in the Interface Conﬁguration

command mode.

Multinetting

To add a secondary IP interface to a VLAN, known as Multinetting, use the

following procedure:

Adding secondary IP interfaces

Step Action

Put the switch into interface mode for the speciﬁc VLAN.

interface vlan <vlan #>

Create a primary interface before adding secondary interfaces (if a

primary interface has not yet been created).

ip address <ip address> <mask> [<mac offset>]

Deﬁne a secondary IP interface on the VLAN.

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series

Conﬁguration-IP Routing Protocols

NN47200-503 03.01 Standard

5.1 27 August 2007