Interface Identifiers And Addresses; Naming Interfaces - Siemens SCALANCE XM-400 Configuration Manual

2.6

Interface identifiers and addresses

2.6.1

Naming interfaces

Addressing interfaces
The devices have several types of interface that are addressed in different ways.
Addressing physical interfaces
The following notation applies to all commands that address a physical interface:
● Enter the command "
● Specify the interface type
● After a space, enter the interface identifier,
<interface-id>
The interface identifier is made up of the module number and the port number separated
by a slash.
You call a Gigabit Ethernet interface on the second port of module 1 with the following
command:
Addressing logical interfaces
The following notation applies to all commands that address a logical interface:
● Enter the command "
● Enter the keyword for the logical interface.
–
–
● After a space, enter the number of the interface you assigned when you created it.
–
–
You call port channels as follows:
You call VLAN ports as follows:
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface (CLI)
Configuration Manual, 11/2015, C79000-G8976-C252-10
interface
<interface-type>
.
interface gigabitethernet 1/2
interface
(abbreviation:
port-channel
vlan
<port-channel-id(1-8)>
<vlan-id(1-4094)>
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".
.
".
)
po
interface po 2
interface vlan 1
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