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Passport 8250 Command Line Interface Guide R2.2
For details on the ibconfig parameters, see “Ibconfig command parameters”
(page 53).
Procedure
1 Configure the ATM uplink port for in-band management:
ibconfig [set]
2 For the vpi parameter, enter a VPI number.
3 For the vci parameter, enter a VCI number.
4 For the ip parameter, enter the IP address of the Passport 8250 and the
subnet mask.
Table 7
Ibconfig command parameters
Parameter Definition
vpi The virtual path identifier (VPI) number assigned to in-band
management over the ATM uplink port.
See “VPI/VCI assignments” (page 36) for the rules on using VPI
numbers.
vci The virtual channel identifier (VCI) number assigned to in-band
management over the ATM uplink port.
See “VPI/VCI assignments” (page 36) for the rules on using
VCI numbers.
ip The IP address and subnet mask of the Passport 8250 device
denoted as <IP address>:<subnet mask>.
The network portion of the in-band IP address is different from
the network portion of the ethernet IP address.
See NTP 241-5101-200, Passport 8250 Installation Guide for
information on the boot parameters.
enabled Enable or disable in-band management on the ATM uplink port.
Accepted values are yes or no. The default value is no.
Note: If the enabled parameter is set to no while connected
through the in-band, the TELNET session to the CLI is
terminated. After five minutes, you can log into the CLI again
through the serial port or a TELNET session over the ethernet
port.