Verifying Connectivity - Brocade Communications Systems 5600 Installation Manual

Verifying connectivity

• The Version: line displays the version number of the system that is running. Make sure that the
• The System type: line displays the type of hardware on which the system is running and
• The Boot via: line displays the type of system that is running.
Verifying connectivity
After you confirm that the correct vRouter version is running, you must confirm that the Brocade
vRouter can be accessed on the local network. A quick-and-easy way to do this is to configure an
Ethernet interface on the system and then ping the interface from another host on the network.
NOTE
In the Brocade vRouter, a dataplane interface is an abstraction that represents the underlying physical
or virtual Ethernet interface of the systems. The terms Ethernet interface and dataplane interface are
synonymous in this guide.
To test system connectivity:
1. At the command prompt, enter the commands that are shown in the example, substituting an IP
address from your existing subnet. The example uses the following network and IP address.
• The network is 192.168.1.0/24.
• The IP address of the interface is 192.168.1.81.
Make the appropriate substitutions for your network, as shown in the following example.
vyatta@vyatta:~$ configure
vyatta@vyatta# set interfaces dataplane dp0sN address 192.168.1.81/24
vyatta@vyatta# commit
vyatta@vyatta# save
vyatta@vyatta# exit
vyatta@vyatta:~$
2. From another host on the same subnet, ping the interface to ensure that it is up. From a Linux or
Windows command prompt, enter the following command, substituting the IP address you assigned
to the interface.
ping 192.168.1.81
If the Brocade vRouter can be reached, you see replies from it in response to the pings. If so, your
system is installed and can be accessed on your network.
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displayed result is the version you require.
whether it is in a virtual environment. Make sure that the displayed result is the version you
require.
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