Tunnel Interface Configuration Mode Commands

Mode

The Tunnel Interface Configuration Mode is used to create and manage the L2TP interface parameters within a specified context.

Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration > Ethernet Interface Configuration

configure > context context_name > interface interface_name tunnel

Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt: 

[context_name]host_name(config-if-tunnel)#

Important

Available commands or keywords/variables vary based on platform type, product version, and installed license(s).

description

Sets the descriptive text for the current interface.

Product

All

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

description  text 
no description

no

Clears the description for the interface.

text

Specifies the descriptive text as an alphanumeric string of 0 through 79 characters.

Usage Guidelines

Set the description to provide useful information on the interface's primary function, services, end users, etc. Any information useful may be provided.

Example

description sampleInterfaceDescriptiveText

end

Exits the current configuration mode and returns to the Exec mode.

Product

All

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

end

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to return to the Exec mode.

exit

Exits the current mode and returns to the parent configuration mode.

Product

All

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

exit

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to return to the parent configuration mode.

ip address

Specifies the primary and optional secondary IPv4 addresses and subnets for this interface.

Product

All

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip address ip_address { mask | /mask } [ secondary ip_address ] [ srp-activate ] 
no ip address ip_address

no

Removes the IPv4 address from this interface.

ip_address { mask | / mask }

Configures the IPv4 address and mask for the interface. ip_address must be entered using IPv4 dotted-decimal notation. IPv4 dotted-decimal or CIDR notation is accepted for the mask.


Important

For IPv4 addresses, 31-bit subnet masks are supported per RFC 3021.

secondary ip_address

Configures a secondary IPv4 address on the interface.


Important

You must configure the primary IPv4 address before you will be allowed to configure a secondary address.

srp-activate

Activates the IP address for Interchassis Session Recovery (ICSR). Enable this IPv4 address when the Service Redundancy Protocol (SRP) determines that this chassis is ACTIVE. Requires an ICSR license on the chassis to activate.

Usage Guidelines

The following command specifies the primary IP address and subnets for this interface.

Example

The following example configures an IPv4 address for this interface: 
ip address 192.154.3.5/24

ip ospf authentication-key

Configures the password for authentication with neighboring Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routers.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf authentication-key [ encrypted ] password auth_key 
no ip ospf authentication-key

no

Deletes the authentication key.

encrypted

Use this keyword if you are pasting a previously encrypted authentication key into the CLI command.

password auth_key

Specifies the password to use for authentication as an alphanumeric string of 1 through 16 characters entered in clear text format.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to set the authentication key used when authenticating with neighboring routers.

Example

To set the authentication key to 123abc, use the following command; 
ip ospf authentication-key password 123abc
Use the following command to delete the authentication key; 
no ip ospf authentication-key

ip ospf authentication-type

Configures the OSPF authentication method to be used with OSPF neighbors over the logical interface.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf authentication-type { message-digest | null | text } 
no ip ospf authentication-type { message-digest | null | text }

no

Disable this function.

message-digest

Uses the message digest (MD) authentication method.

null

Uses no authentication, thus disabling either MD or clear text methods.

text

Uses the clear text authentication method.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to set the type of authentication to use when authenticating with neighboring routers.

Example

To set the authentication type to use clear text, enter the following command; 
ip ospf authentication-type text

ip ospf bfd

Enables or disables OSPF Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) on this interface.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf bfd [ disable ] 
no ip ospf cost

no

Disable this function.

disable

Disables OSPF BFD on this interface.

Usage Guidelines

Enable or disable OSPF Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) on this interface.

Example

Use the following command to enable OSPF BFD; 
ip ospf bfd

ip ospf cost

Configures the cost associated with sending a packet over the OSPF logical interface.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf cost value 
no ip ospf cost

no

Disable this function.

value

Specifies the cost to assign to OSPF packets as an integer from 1 through 65535. Default: 10

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to set the cost associated with routes from the interface.

Example

Use the following command to set the cost to 20 ; 
ip ospf cost 20
Use the following command to disable the cost setting; 
no ip ospf cost

ip ospf dead-interval

Configures the interval that the router should wait, during which time no packets are received and after which the router considers a neighboring router to be off-line.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

[ no ] ip ospf dead-interval seconds

no

Returns the value to its default of 40 seconds.

seconds

Specifies the interval (in seconds) as an integer from 1 through 65535. This number is typical four times the hello-interval. Default: 40

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to set the dead intervals for OSPF communications.

Example

To set the dead-interval to 100 , use the following command; 
ip ospf dead-interval 100

ip ospf hello-interval

Configures the interval (in seconds) between sending OSPF hello packets.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf hello-interval seconds 
no ip ospf hello-interval

no

Returns the value to its default of 10 seconds.

seconds

Specifies the number of seconds between sending hello packets as an integer from 1 through 65535. Default: 10

Usage Guidelines

Specify the interval (in seconds) between sending OSPF hello packets.

Example

To set the hello-interval to 25 , use the following command; 
ip ospf hello-interval 25

ip ospf message-digest-key

Enables or disables the use of MD5-based OSPF authentication.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf message-digest-key key_id md5 [ encrypted ] password authentication_key 
no ip ospf message-digest-key key_id

no

Deletes the key.

message-digest-key key_id

Specifies the key identifier number as an integer from 1 through 255.

encrypted

Use this if you are pasting a previously encrypted authentication key into the CLI command.

password authentication_key

Specifies the password to use for authentication as an alphanumeric string of 1 through 16 characters entered in clear text format.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to create an authentication key that uses MD5-based OSPF authentication.

Example

To create a key with the ID of 25 and a password of 123abc , use the following command; 
ip ospf message-digest-key 25 md5 password 123abc
To delete the same key, enter the following command; 
no ip ospf message-digest-key 25

ip ospf network

Configures the Open Shortest path First (OSPF) network type.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf network { broadcast | non-broadcast | point-to-multipoint | point-to-point } 
no ip ospf network

no

Disable this function.

broadcast

Sets the network type to broadcast.

non-broadcast

Sets the network type to non-broadcast multi access (NBMA).

point-to-multipoint

Sets the network type to point-to-multipoint.

point-to-point

Sets the network type to point-to-point.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to specify the OSPF network type.

Example

To set the OSPF network type to broadcast , enter the following command; 
ip ospf network broadcast
To disable the OSPF network type, enter the following command; 
no ip ospf network

ip ospf priority

Designates the OSPF router priority.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf priority value 
no ip ospf priority value

no

Disable this function.

value

Sets the priority value as an integer from 0 through 255.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to set the OSPF router priority.

Example

To set the priority to 25 , enter the following command: 
ip ospf priority 25
To disable the priority, enter the following command: 
no ip ospf priority

ip ospf retransmit-interval

Configures the interval in (seconds) between LSA (Link State Advertisement) retransmissions.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf retransmit-interval seconds 
no ip ospf retransmit-interval

no

Returns the value to its default of 5 seconds.

seconds

Specifies the number of seconds between LSA (Link State Advertisement) retransmissions as an integer from 1 through 65535. Default: 5

Usage Guidelines

Configure the interval in (seconds) between LSA (Link State Advertisement) retransmissions.

Example

To set the retransmit-interval to 10 , use the following command; 
ip ospf retransmit-interval 10

ip ospf transmit-delay

Configures the interval (in seconds) that the router should wait before transmitting an OSPF packet.

Product

PDSN

HA

GGSN

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

ip ospf transmit-delayseconds 
no ip ospf transmit-delay

no

Returns the value to its default of 1 second.

seconds

Specifies the number of seconds that the router should wait before transmitting a packet as an integer from 1 through 65535. Default: 1

Usage Guidelines

Configure the interval (in seconds) that the router should wait before transmitting an OSPF packet.

Example

To set the transmit-delay to 5 , use the following command; 
ip ospf transmit-delay 5

ip vrf

Associates this interface with a specific Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) table.

Product

All

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

[ no ] ip vrf forwarding vrf_name

no

Removes the specified VRF table from this interface.

vrf_name

Specifies the name of an existing VRF table as an alphanumeric string of 1 through 63 characters.

Use the Context Configuration mode ip vrf forwarding command to preconfigure the VRF name.

Usage Guidelines

The following command specifies a ranged IP address for this interface.

Example

The following example elasticities this interface with VRF named vrf_012: 
ip vrf forwarding vrf_012

ipv6 address

Specifies an IPv6 address and subnet mask.

Product

PDSN

HA

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

[ no ] ipv6 address ipv6_address/mask

no

Removes the IPv6 address from this interface.

ipv6_address / mask

Specifies an individual host IP address to add to this host pool in IPv6 colon-separated-hexadecimal CIDR notation.


Important

On the ASR 5000, routes with IPv6 prefix lengths less than /12 and between the range of /64 and /128 are not supported.

Usage Guidelines

Configures the IPv6 address and subnet mask for a specific interface.

Example

The following example configures an IPv6 address for this interface: 
ipv6 address 2002:0:0:0:0:0:c014:101/128

tunnel-mode

Configures mode (transport protocol) of the tunnel.

Product

All products that support IPSec

Privilege

Security Administrator, Administrator

Syntax

tunnel-mode { gre | ipv6ip }  
default tunnel-mode

default

Sets the default tunnel mode for this interface which is IPv6-to-IPv4 type.

gre

Sets the tunnel interface mode to Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) type and enters the GRE Tunnel Configuration mode, if required.


Important

This keyword is only available if an optional GRE Interface Tunneling license is installed to create IP-GRE tunnels.

ipv6ip

Sets the tunnel interface mode to IPv6-to-IPv4 type and creates the IPv6-to-IPv4 Tunnel Configuration mode, if required. This is the default mode.

Usage Guidelines

Use this command to set the tunnel mode type of GRE or IPv6-to-IPv4 for the tunneling interface. For SaMOG (S2a Mobility Over GTP), use the tunnel-mode gre command to configure a GRE tunnel for the IP-over-GRE feature.

Example

The following example configures GRE tunnel-mode for this interface: 
tunnel-mode gre