4. Basic Network Configuration
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Procedure 4.2. Basic Network Setup Using the Default IPv4 Addresses
1.
Connect a user PC to the Fast Ethernet port (fe-cm-1) of the RX5000 and configure the PC to be
on the same subnet as the port.
2.
Configure the PC to use the IP address of the Fast Ethernet port as the default gateway
3.
Connect one of the switched ports from any available LMs to a switch typically connecting a LAN
4.
The PCs connected to the switch should be on the same subnet as the switch.
5.
Configure the switch and the PCs behind the switch to use Switch.0001’s IP address (192.168.0.2)
as the default gateway
6.
From the user PC, ping the IP addresses of the PCs behind the switch. Verify the ping is successful.
To configure Dynamic Routing on the unit, see
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To configure Static Routes and Default Gateways, see
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For information related to the Firewall and IP NAT that might be necessary before connecting the unit
to the INTERNET, see
For information on adding VLAN interfaces to Switched Ports (Ethernet Ports on LMs and SM) and
assigning IP addresses to configured VLANs to make them routable, see
Section 5.3, “Adding Interfaces
For information on Dynamic IP address assignment and ProxyARP on switched and non-switched
ports, see
Section 5.3.1.1, “Configuring IP Address Source and ProxyARP for VLAN Interfaces”
Section 5.4.1, “Configuring IP Address Source and ProxyARP for Non-switched Interfaces”
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4.1.3. Configuring an IPv6 Address
IPv6 link local addresses starting with the prefix FE80 are assigned to all routable Ethernet interfaces
in the RX5000. The Link Local addresses are hidden in the Web UI but they are visible from the CLI
(Command Line Interface) using the show interfaces ip command.
To advertise IPv6 link layer addresses to their neighbors on the same link, IPv6 Router Advertisement
in IPv6 Neighbor Discovery must be enabled. For more information on IPv6 fundamentals and Neighbor
Discovery, see
Section 5.1, “IPv6 Fundamentals”
Section 5.2, “IPv6 Neighbor Discovery”
Procedure 4.3. Configuring an IPv6 Address
1.
Enter Edit Private mode.
2.
From the WEB UI Navigate to ip/interface/ipv6.
3.
Click Add address. The Key settings form appears.
4.
In the IPaddress field, type an IPv6 address with a network prefix
5.
Click Commit.
6.
Click Exit Transaction.
7.
To delete an existing IPv6 address, click the delete icon under ip/interface/ipv6.
8.
Refer to steps 3 to 7 to configure a new IPv6 address
4.1.4. Simple Network Setup with IPv6 Addresses
This section describes how to configure a simple network using the factory default IPv6 address.