Siemens SCALANCE XM-400 Configuration Manual page 32

General information
2.6 Addresses and interface names
Naming the interface in the
If you call up the
mode, enter the interface you want to configure.
The interfaces are addressed with commands with the syntax
<interface-id>
VLAN and port channel interfaces are selected using the number that you assigned in the
vlan
interface-type
●
extreme-ethernet
●
gigabit-ethernet
●
vlan
The interface ID is represented as follows:
● The short form
ethernet
● Enter a blank followed by the slot and port number of the Interface separated by a slash.
The permitted ranges of values depend on the hardware configuration in your device.
This notation also applies to other commands that address an Interface.
Examples
You call a gigabit Ethernet interface in the second port of slot 1 with the
command. For Fast Ethernet use
Port channel ports are called as follows:
VLAN ports are called as follows:
Identification of the interfaces in the command prompt of the Interface configuration mode
Since you configure precisely one of the existing interfaces in the Interface configuration
mode, the command prompt shows not only the mode but also the name of this interface.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli(config-if-$$$)#
The placeholder
Type of interface
cpu0
vlan
port-channel
gigabitethernet
extreme-ethernet
Router-Port
The placeholders
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command and in other commands
interface
interface
. Note the section below for more information on the notation of the address.
or command.
channel-group
can have the following values:
stands for
gi
.
is replaced by the following name of the interface:
$$$
or denote the numbering of the interface.
$ $-$
command to configure an interface in the Global configuration
gigabit-ethernet
.
fa
interface po1
interface vlan 2
Command prompt
cli(config-if-cpu0)#
cli(config-if-vlan-$)#
cli(config-if-po-$)#
cli(config-if-Gi$-$)#
cli(config-if-Ex$-$)#
cli(config-RPort-Gi$-$)#
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interface <interface-type>
and the short form stands for
ex
interface gi 1/2
extreme-