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Chapter 8: Configuring IP Interfaces for the SSR
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Creating IP Interfaces
Create IP interfaces if you plan to configure the SSR for IP-based unicast or multicast
network traffic.
When you create IP interfaces on the SSR, you provide information about the interface
(such as its name, IP address, netmask, broadcast address, and so on). You also enable or
disable the interface and bind the interface to a single physical port or VLAN. If you want
to apply an existing ACL to an interface, Configuration Expert lets you do so either when
you create the interface or afterwards.
You can bind each IP interface you create to a MAC address as discussed in the
SmartSwitch Router Command Line Interface Reference Manual . Binding an interface to a
MAC address is optional. If you do not bind an interface to a MAC address, the interface
uses the system address.
When creating or monitoring interfaces, you should realize that interfaces bound to a
single port go down when the port goes down but interfaces bound to a VLAN remain up
as long as at least one port in that VLAN remains active. The following table summarizes
this:
The procedure for creating an IP interface depends on whether you are binding that
interface to a single port or a VLAN. Separate discussions on the different procedures
follow.
Creating IP Interfaces Bound to a Single Port
To create an IP interface that you want bound to a single port:
1. Start Configuration Expert if you have not already done so.
2. Open the configuration file you want to modify and then double-click that file’s
Routing Configuration object.
3. Double-click the IP Routing Configuration object.
4. Double-click the IP Interface Configuration object and then click the Configure New
IP interface object.
If Then
The port of a port-bound interface goes
down The interface bound to that port also goes
down
At least one port of a VLAN remains
active The interface bound to the VLAN remains
active
All the ports of a VLAN go down The interface bound to the VLAN also
goes down