Installation Guide

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4. Configure the IP address and subnet mask for Ethernet interface 1/1 by entering the following commands.
device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1
device(config-if-e10000-1/1)# ip address 192.22.3.44 255.255.255.0
Syntax: enable [
password
]
Syntax: configure terminal
Syntax: [no] ip address
ip-addrip-mask
[ secondary ]
or
Syntax: [no] ip address
ip-addr/mask-bits
[ secondary ]
Use the
secondary
parameter if you have already configured an IP address within the same sub-net on the interface.
Enabling and disabling the interfaces
By default, all router interfaces are disabled. To enable an interface, enter the enable command at the appropriate interface configuration
level of the CLI. For example, to enable the management interface, enter the enable command at the management interface
configuration level of the CLI.
device(config-if-mgmt-1)# enable
You can disable each of these interfaces using the disable command at the appropriate interface configuration level of the CLI. For
example, to disable the management port, enter the disable command at the management interface configuration level of the CLI.
device(config-if-mgmt-1)# disable
Understanding management port functions
The management port performs specific functions and is subject to some limitations, as described.
Because the management port allows you to configure, monitor, and manage routers only, this port has the same limited
functionality as an IP host port.
You cannot enable and run routing protocols on the management port.
You cannot configure routes from the management interface.
The management port uses static IP routes from the interface routing tables.
If you configure the redistribution of static or directly connected routes for a particular routing protocol, the protocol
redistributes routes associated with the interface module ports, but not the routes associated with the management port.
To display configuration information and statistics about the management port, enter the show interface management 1 command at any
CLI level.
Connecting the router to a network device
You can connect a router to another Ethernet network device. Brocade MLXe Series routers support connections to other vendors’
devices as well as Brocade network devices.
The Ethernet interface modules available with Brocade MLXe Series are described in Connecting the router to a network device. These
include XFP fiber, SFP and SFP+ fiber, and RJ45 copper interfaces. Details regarding the SFP, SFP+, and XFP fiber-optic transceivers
supported for these interface modules are also described.
To connect a router to another network device, you must do the following.
Connecting a Router to a Network Device
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