Configuring IP interfaces

To configure an IP interface, perform the following steps.

Click Configure on the left pane and select IP .
Click Interface .

The IP Interface window is displayed as shown in the figure below.

Figure 111 IP Interface window
Select a Unit ID from the Select Unit ID list and click Display to view the IP properties table.
Click Modify.
The IP Interface window is displayed in which stack unit and ports can be specified.
Figure 112 Configuring an IP interface
Select a Unit ID from the Select Unit list and click Get Ports to retrieve the list of ports corresponding to the selected Unit ID.
A message is displayed to indicate that the operation does not change the running configuration.
Select the format of the Layer 2 packets in the Encapsulation list.
Type the maximum size of the IP packet when encapsulated in a Layer 2 packet, in the MTU field.
Type the cost in the Metric field.
Click Disable or Enable for Directed Broadcast Forward .
Click Apply to configure the IP interface to the specified port or click Apply To All Ports to configure the IP interface on all the ports.

The message The change has been made is displayed. To display the configured IP interface, click Show . To reset the data entered in the configuration pane, click Reset .