Table 27: Interface Name Information
Interface Name Part
Meaning
type
Type of network medium
that can connect to this
interface.
FPC
Number of the Flexible
PIM concentrator (FPC)
on which the physical
interface is located.
PIM
Number of the PIM
on which the physical
interface is located. For
Services Router interfaces,
the FPC and PIM are the
same physical unit, so the
PIM has no number of its
own.
port
Number of the port on a
PIM on which the physical
interface is located.
Possible Values
dsc—Virtual interface that discards packets.
e1—E1 WAN interface.
fe—Fast Ethernet LAN interface.
gr, gre—Generic routing encapsulation (GRE) interface for
tunnel services. This interface is internally generated and
not configurable.
ip, ipip—IP-over-IP interface. This interface is internally
generated and not configurable.
ls, lsi—Link services interface. This interface is internally
generated and not configurable.
lo—Loopback interface. This interface is internally
generated and also configurable.
mtun—Multicast GRE interface. This interface is internally
generated and not configurable.
pd, pimd—Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM)
decapsulator interface. This interface is internally generated
and not configurable.
pe, pime—PIM encapsulator interface. This interface is
internally generated and not configurable.
se—Serial interface (including RS-232, RS-422/449, RS-530,
V.35, and X.21 interfaces).
t1—T1 WAN interface.
t3—T3 (also known as DS3) WAN interface.
tap—This interface is internally generated and not
configurable.
On a J2300 router, always 0.
On a J4300 or J6300 router, a value from 0 through 6.
Always 0.
Either 0 or 1.
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