User manual

5 Logical interface configuration
Nortel Secure Router 8000 Series
Configuration -WAN Access
5-14 Nortel Networks Inc. Issue 5.3 (
30 March 2009)
Configuration procedures
No. Procedure
1 Creating a loopback interface and configuring its IP address
2 Checking the configuration
5.5.2 Creating a loopback interface and configuring its IP address
Do as follows on the routers:
Step 1 Run:
system-view
The system view appears.
Step 2 Run:
interface loopback loopback-number
The command creates a loopback interface.
Step 3 Run:
ip address ip-address { mask | mask-length }
The command configures the IP address of the loopback interface.
The number of loopback interface ranges from 0 to 1023. You can create up to 1024 loopback
interfaces.
You can create or delete loopback interface dynamically. Once you create a loopback interface,
it stays Up until you delete it.
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5.5.3 Checking the configuration
Run the following commands to check the previous configuration.
Action Command
Check the status of a
loopback interface.
display interface loopback [ loopback-number ] [ | { begin |
exclude | include } regular-expression ]
Run the display interface loopback command to view that the link layer protocol status of
the interface is Up.
<Quidway> display interface loopback 1
LoopBack1 current state : UP
Line protocol current state :UP (spoofing)
Description : Huawei, Quidway Series, LoopBack1 Interface
The Maximum Transmit Unit is 1500 bytes