Ip Address - HP A5120 EI Series Command Reference Manual

Field
Description

ip address

Syntax
ip address ip-address { mask-length | mask } [ sub ]
undo ip address [ ip-address { mask-length | mask } [ sub ] ]
View
Interface view
Default level
2: System level
Parameters
ip-address: Specifies the IP address of an interface, in dotted decimal notation.
mask-length: Specifies the subnet mask length, the number of consecutive ones in the mask.
mask: Specifies the subnet mask in dotted decimal notation.
sub: Specifies the secondary IP address for the interface.
Description
Use the ip address command to assign an IP address and mask to the interface.
Use the undo ip address command to remove all IP addresses from the interface.
Use the undo ip address ip-address { mask | mask-length } command to remove the primary IP address.
Use the undo ip address ip-address { mask | mask-length } sub command to remove a secondary IP
address.
By default, no IP address is assigned to any interface.
When assigning IP addresses to an interface, consider the following:
You can assign only one primary IP address to an interface.
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The primary and secondary IP addresses can be located in the same network segment.
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Before removing the primary IP address, remove all secondary IP addresses.
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You cannot assign a secondary IP address to the interface that is configured to borrow an IP
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address through IP unnumbered or obtain one through BOOTP, or DHCP.
Related commands: display ip interface.
Examples
# Assign VLAN-interface 1 a primary IP address 129.12.0.1 and a secondary IP address 202.38.160.1,
with subnet masks being 255.255.255.0.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface vlan-interface 1
[Sysname-Vlan-interface1] ip address 129.12.0.1 255.255.255.0
Description
Interface description information, for which up to 12 characters can be
displayed. If there are more than 12 characters, only the first nine characters
are displayed.
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