Brocade NetIron CER 2000 Series Hardware Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) - Manual (Page 38)

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IP address configuration
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Assigning an IP address to an interface, virtual
interface, or loopback
As you have done with other devices, you must assign an IP address to each interface and virtual
interface over which user packets are routed. You can also assign an IP address to a loopback
interface, which is generally used for testing and diagnostic purposes.
You must use the serial connection to assign the first IP address. For subsequent addresses, you
also can use the CLI through Telnet. You can use Brocade Network Advisor to assign IP addresses
to virtual routing interfaces only.
By default, you can configure up to 24 IP interfaces on each interface, virtual interface, and
loopback interface.
For example, to assign the IP address 192.22.3.44 and sub-net mask 255.255.255.0 to Ethernet
interface 1/1, do the following.
1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter enable.
Brocade> enable
2. Enter the following command at the Privileged EXEC level prompt, then press Enter. This
command erases the factory test configuration if still present.
Brocade# erase startup-config
CAUTION
Use the erase startup-config command only for new systems. If you enter this command on a
system you have already configured, the command erases the configuration. If you accidentally
erase the configuration on a configured system, enter the write memory command to save the
running configuration to the startup-config file.
3. Access the configuration level of the CLI by entering the following command.
Brocade# configure terminal
Brocade(config)#
4. Configure the IP address and sub-net mask for Ethernet interface 1/1 by entering the following
commands.
Brocade(config)# interface ethernet 1/1
Brocade(config-if-e10000-1/1)# ip address 192.22.3.44 255.255.255.0
Syntax: enable [password]
Syntax: configure terminal
Syntax: [no] ip address ip-addr ip-mask [secondary]
or
Syntax: [no] ip address ip-addr/mask-bits [secondary]
Use the secondary parameter if you have already configured an IP address within the same sub-net
on the interface.