Naming Interfaces - Siemens SCALANCE XM-400 Configuration Manual

2.6.2

Naming interfaces

Overview
The device has several types of interface that are addressed in different ways:
● Physical interfaces on the SCALANCE X500:
● Physical interfaces on the SCALANCE XM400:
● Logical interfaces:
Combo ports
Combo port is the name for two communication ports. A combo port has the two following
jacks:
● a fixed RJ-45 port
● an SFP transceiver slot that can be equipped individually
Of these two ports, only one can ever be active.
You can set the active port with the command
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface
Configuration Manual, 05/2014, C79000-G8976-C252-07
– Permanently installed interfaces
The interfaces permanently installed on the SCALANCE X500 are called module 0.
– Interfaces of modules
The slots for modules are called module 1 followed by numbers. The numbering range
depends on the hardware configuration. The numbering is fixed and does not depend
on the number of modules being used.
Each module has 4 ports numbered 1 to 4.
The port name is made up of the module number and the port number, for example 0/1 is
module 0, port 1.
– Interfaces of the basic device
The interfaces of the basic device SCALANCE XM400 are called module 1.
– Interfaces of extenders
The port extenders are called module 2 and module 3 starting from the basic device.
The number of port extenders depends on the number of ports of the basic device.
The port name is made up of the module number and the port number, for example 1/5 is
module 1, port 5.
– VLAN
To be able to use a VLAN, create it with the
– The device supports up to 40 OSPF interfaces and 127 VLAN ports.
– Aggregated links, aggregated ports, port channel, etherchannel
These terms are used for the same function:
Several ports or connections between two devices are logically bundled together
(aggregated) to achieve a higher data transmission rate and a lower failure risk.
2.6 Addresses and interface names
command.
vlan
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media-type
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