Displaying and Modifying Interface Configuration Information

Use the Interface Configuration window to display or modify the configuration of one or more interfaces on the VNswitch. You can also use this window to display detailed statistics for each of the interfaces.

Displaying Interface Details

The Interface Configuration window shows the following information about each interface on the VNswitch module:

  • Interface number

  • Interface name

  • Type of interface

  • MAC address of the interface

  • Status of the interface, for example, whether the interface is functioning

  • State of the interface, for example, whether the interface is enabled or disabled

To display more detailed configuration information and statistics for an interface, click the Details button associated with the interface.

Configuring an Interface

To configure an interface, click the Details button to display the interface's Configuration and Status window. From this window, you can enable or disable the interface and (in some cases) make other configuration changes.

Note:   The Configuration and Status windows for the VNbus and VLAN interfaces do not allow any configuration changes.  The windows for these two types of interfaces provide status information only. To make configuration changes to the VNbus interface, click Bridging > By Port in the application tree, then select the port associated with the VNbus. To make configuration changes to the VLAN interface, click Bridging > VSD Configuration in the application tree.

Procedure:

Step Action
1 Click the Details button associated with the interface.
2 Scroll to the bottom of the window to access the Interface Configuration drop-down boxes.
3 Modify the configuration, as necessary.

For more information, click the Help button at the bottom of the Configuration and Status window.

Field Descriptions

Ifc.# Interface number associated with the interface.
Name Name of the interface. Only the interface names associated with a particular model are displayed. For example, the VNswitch 900EE includes only VNbus and Ethernet names (and optionally, VLAN names), and does not display other interface names (such as ATM, FDDI, and so forth).

Following are the possible values of the Name field:

  • VNbus
  • Eth (Ethernet)
  • E100 (Fast Ethernet)
  • FDDI
  • ALEC (ATM LAN Emulation Client)
  • AEBT (ATM Ethernet bridge tunnel)
  • AEFT (ATM FDDI bridge tunnel)
  • Any name (any name of a configured VLAN)
Type Type of interface. Only the interface types associated with a particular model are displayed. For example, the VNswitch 900EE includes only VNBUS and Ethernet types (and optionally, VLAN), and does not display other interface types.

Following are the possible values of the Type field:

  • VNBUS
  • Ethernet/IEEE 802.3
  • Fast Ethernet (Copper MAU)
  • Fast Ethernet (Fiber MAU)
  • Fast Ethernet (No MAU)
  • FDDI
  • ATM-LEC
  • ATM E Bridge Tunnel
  • ATM F Bridge Tunnel)
  • VLAN
MAC Address MAC address of the interface.
Status Status of the interface. Following are the possible values of this field:
  • Up -- The interface is connected and operational.
  • Down -- The interface is not operational and failed self-test.
  • Testing -- The interface is in the process of completing a self-test.
  • Not present -- Power-up (restart) diagnostics detected a fault on the interface.
State State of the interface: Enabled or Disabled.