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(config) interface GigabitEthernet
Note This feature is not currently supported for the SCSI or IDE interfaces.
After you define the description for an interface, use the show EXEC commands to display the defined
interface descriptions. Enter the show interface interface type slot/port EXEC command to display the
defined description for a specific interface on the WAE.
Port-Channel (EtherChannel) Interface
EtherChannel for the WAAS software supports the grouping of two same-speed network interfaces into
one virtual interface. This configuration allows you to set or remove a virtual interface that consists of
the two integrated Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. EtherChannel also provides interoperability with Cisco
routers, switches, and other networking devices or hosts supporting EtherChannel, load balancing, and
automatic failure detection and recovery based on the current link status of each interface.
Note You cannot use the inline Ethernet interfaces that are located on the WAE inline network adapter to form
an EtherChannel.
InlineGroup Interface
An InlineGroup interface is a logical grouping of a pair of Ethernet ports that are physically contained
in the optional 4-port inline network adapter card. The inline network adapter is supported on all WAAS
appliance platforms beginning with the WAAS 4.0.7 release. You can have up to two InlineGroup
interfaces, which allows for two bypass-enabled paths for traffic to pass through the WAE appliance,
making multiple-router deployments possible. The InlineGroup interfaces provide failover capability
and can be assigned to any set of VLANs. (For examples of InlineGroup interface configurations, see
the (config-if) inline command.)
You can configure the InlineGroup interface for link speed (bandwidth or autosense) and mode of
operation (half-duplex or full-duplex).
Note We strongly recommend that you do not use half duplex on the WAE, routers, switches, or other devices.
Use of half-duplex impedes system ability to improve performance and should not be used.
Double-check each Cisco WAE interface as well as the port configuration on the adjacent device (router,
switch, firewall, WAE) to verify that full-duplex is configured.
Examples The following example shows how to configure an attribute of an interface with a single CLI command:
WAE(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 1/0 full-duplex
The following example shows that an interface can be configured in a sequence of CLI commands:
WAE(config)# interface GigabitEthernet 1/0
WAE(config-if)# full-duplex
WAE(config-if)# exit
WAE(config)#
The following example shows how to enable a shut down interface:
WAE(config)# no interface GigabitEthernet 1/0 shutdown
The following example shows how to create an EtherChannel. The port channel is port channel 2 and is
assigned an IP address of 10.10.10.10 and a netmask of 255.0.0.0