The management interface can be used to gain remote management access to the switch. The management interface is accessible using the “mgmt” VRF and is separate from the data plane interfaces, which are in the “default” VRF.
Alternatively, a loopback interface can be configured to be used as management interface.
Address Mode
Admin State
Mac Address
IPv4 address/subnet-mask
Default gateway IPv4
IPv6 address/prefix
IPv6 link local address/prefix: fe10::96f1:28ff:fe1d:a901/64
Default gateway IPv6
Primary Nameserver
Secondary Nameserver
:
: 10.110.135.51
: 10.110.135.52
: dhcp
: up
: 94:f1:28:1d:a9:01
: 10.93.61.227/21
: 10.93.56.1
Enable/disable the management interface:
switch(config)# interface mgmt
switch(config-if-mgmt)# no shutdown
switch(config)# interface mgmt
switch(config-if-mgmt)# shutdown
Assign an IP address to the interface:
switch(config-if-mgmt)# ip <dhcp|static IP-ADDR>
Show commands to validate functionality:
show interface mgmt
show interface loopback 0
Create and configure loopback interface:
switch(config)# interface loopback 0
8325-Core1(config-loopback-if)# ip address <IP-ADDR>