Configuring the Interfaces
The following sections describe how to configure Gigabit interfaces and also provide examples of configuring the router interfaces:
Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces
SUMMARY STEPS
- enable
- configure terminal
- interface GigabitEthernet slot/subslot/port
- ip address ip-address mask [secondary] dhcp pool
- negotiation auto
- end
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action | Purpose | |
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Step 1 |
enable Example:
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Enables privileged EXEC mode. Enter your password if prompted. |
Step 2 |
configure terminal Example:
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Enters global configuration mode. |
Step 3 |
interface GigabitEthernet slot/subslot/port Example:
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Configures a GigabitEthernet interface.
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Step 4 |
ip address ip-address mask [secondary] dhcp pool Example:
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Assigns an IP address to the GigabitEthernet
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Step 5 |
negotiation auto Example:
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Selects the negotiation mode.
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Step 6 |
end Example:
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Ends the current configuration session and returns to privileged EXEC mode. |
Configuring the Interfaces: Example
The following example shows the interface gigabitEthernet command being used to add the interface and set the IP address. 0/0/0 is the slot/subslot/port. The ports are numbered 0 to 3.
Router# show running-config interface gigabitEthernet 0/0/0
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 71 bytes
!
interface gigabitEthernet0/0/0
no ip address
negotiation auto
end
Router# configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router(config)# interface gigabitEthernet 0/0/0
Viewing a List of All Interfaces: Example
In this example, the show platform software interface summary and show interfaces summary commands are used to display all the interfaces:
Router# show platform software interface summary
Interface IHQ IQD OHQ OQD RXBS RXPS TXBS TXPS TRTL
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* GigabitEthernet0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* GigabitEthernet0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* GigabitEthernet0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* GigabitEthernet0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* GigabitEthernet0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Router# show interfaces summary
*: interface is up
IHQ: pkts in input hold queue IQD: pkts dropped from input queue
OHQ: pkts in output hold queue OQD: pkts dropped from output queue
RXBS: rx rate (bits/sec) RXPS: rx rate (pkts/sec)
TXBS: tx rate (bits/sec) TXPS: tx rate (pkts/sec)
TRTL: throttle count
Interface IHQ IQD OHQ OQD RXBS RXPS TXBS TXPS TRTL
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* GigabitEthernet0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* GigabitEthernet0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* GigabitEthernet0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* GigabitEthernet0/0/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* GigabitEthernet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Viewing Information About an Interface: Example
The following example shows how to display a brief summary of an interface's IP information and status, including the virtual interface bundle information, by using the show ip interface brief command:
Router# show ip interface brief
Interface IP-Address OK? Method Status Protocol
GigabitEthernet0/0/0 10.0.0.1 YES manual down down
GigabitEthernet0/0/1 unassigned YES NVRAM administratively down down
GigabitEthernet0/0/2 10.10.10.1 YES NVRAM up up
GigabitEthernet0/0/3 8.8.8.1 YES NVRAM up up
GigabitEthernet0 172.18.42.33 YES NVRAM up up