Description
2.6 Interface identifiers and addresses
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface (CLI)
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2.6
Interface identifiers and addresses
2.6.1
Naming interfaces
Addressing interfaces
The devices have several types of interface that are addressed in different ways.
Addressing physical interfaces
The following notation applies to all commands that address a physical interface:
●
Enter the command "
interface
".
●
Specify the interface type
<interface-type>
.
●
After a space, enter the interface identifier,
<interface-id>
.
The interface identifier is made up of the module number and the port number separated
by a slash.
You call a Gigabit Ethernet interface on the second port of module 1 with the following
command:
interface gigabitethernet 1/2
Addressing logical interfaces
The following notation applies to all commands that address a logical interface:
●
Enter the command "
interface
".
●
Enter the keyword for the logical interface.
–
port-channel
(abbreviation:
po
)
–
vlan
●
After a space, enter the number of the interface you assigned when you created it.
–
<port-channel-id(1-8)>
–
<vlan-id(1-4094)>
You call port channels as follows:
interface po 2
You call VLAN ports as follows:
interface vlan 1
Available physical interfaces
Available interface types
SCALANCE XM-400 and SCALANCE XR-500 support the following interface types:
interface-type
Abbreviation/acronym
gigabitethernet
gi
extreme-ethernet
ex