Routed interfaces

For platforms 8400 and 83xx: By default, all interfaces are configured as routed interfaces with support for both IPv4 and IPv6.

For platforms 6400 and 6300: By default, all interfaces are configured as access ports on VLAN 1

Configuration Commands

Give an interface an IP address:

switch(config-if)# <ip|ipv6> address IP-ADDR/<SUBNET|PREFIX>

Show commands to validate functionality:

show <ip|ipv6> interface IFACE

Expected Results

  1. Administrators are able to configure an IP address on the interface
  2. Administrators can configure an IP address on the connected network client
  3. The interface is up, and you can validate the IP address and subnet are correct
  4. Administrators can ping from the switch to the client and from the client to the switch

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