Assigning an IP address to a management interface
Instead of assigning a global IP address to the router for system management purposes, you must assign an IP address to the active
management module. If the active management module becomes unavailable and the redundant module becomes the active module,
the IP address is automatically assigned to the new active management module.
For example, to assign the IP address 10.0.1.1 to the management module, use these steps.
1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter enable .
device# enable
2. Enter the erase
startup-cong command at the Privileged EXEC level prompt (for example, device#), then press Enter. This
command erases the factory test conguration if it is still present.
device# erase startup-config
After entering this command, perform a reload on the system.
CAUTION
Use the erase startup-cong command only for new systems. If you enter this command on a system you have
already congured, the command erases the conguration. If you accidentally do erase the conguration on a
congured system, enter the write memory command to save the running conguration to the startup-cong le.
3. Access the conguration level of the CLI by entering the congure terminal command.
device# configure terminal
device(config)#
4. Congure the IP address and mask for the management interface by entering these commands.
device(config)# interface management 1
device(config-if-mgmt-1)# ip address 10.0.1.1 255.255.255.0
or
Assigning IP addresses to an interface, virtual interface,or loopback
interface
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
rst IP address. For subsequent addresses, you can also use the CLI through Telnet or
the Web management interface. Use Brocade Network Advisor to assign IP addresses to virtual routing interfaces only.
By default, you can congure up to 24 IP addresses on each interface, virtual interface, and loopback interface.
For example, to assign the IP address 192.22.3.44 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0 to Ethernet interface 1/1, do the following.
1. At the opening CLI prompt, enter enable .
device# enable
Conguring IP addresses
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