Ip Address - Cisco ME 3400 Command Reference Manual

ip address

ip address
Use the ip address interface configuration command to set an IP address for the Layer 2 switch or to set
an IP address for each switch virtual interface (SVI) or routed port on the Layer 3 switch. Use the no
form of this command to remove an IP address or to disable IP processing.
You can configure routed ports and SVIs only when the switch is running the metro IP access image.
Note
Syntax Description
ip-address
subnet-mask
secondary
Defaults No IP address is defined.
Command Modes Interface configuration
Command History Release
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Usage Guidelines If you remove the switch IP address through a Telnet session, your connection to the switch will be lost.
Hosts can find subnet masks using the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Mask Request
message. Routers respond to this request with an ICMP Mask Reply message.
You can disable IP processing on a particular interface by removing its IP address with the no ip address
command. If the switch detects another host using one of its IP addresses, it will send an error message
to the console.
You can use the optional keyword secondary to specify an unlimited number of secondary addresses.
Secondary addresses are treated like primary addresses, except the system never generates datagrams
other than routing updates with secondary source addresses. IP broadcasts and ARP requests are handled
properly, as are interface routes in the IP routing table.
Note If any router on a network segment uses a secondary address, all other devices on that same segment
must also use a secondary address from the same network or subnet. Inconsistent use of secondary
addresses on a network segment can very quickly cause routing loops.
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ip address ip-address subnet-mask [secondary]
no ip address [ip-address subnet-mask] [secondary]
IP address.
Mask for the associated IP subnet.
(Optional) Specifies that the configured address is a secondary IP address. If
this keyword is omitted, the configured address is the primary IP address.
Modification
This command was introduced.
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