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Dell Unity™ Family Unisphere® Command Line Interface User Guide

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Create interfaces

Create an interface.

Format

/net/if create [ -async ] [-vlanId <value>] -type { iscsi | replication} -port <value> -addr <value> [-netmask <value>] [-gateway <value>]

Action qualifier

Qualifier	Description
-async	Run the creation operation in asynchronous mode.
-type	Specify the interface type. Value is one of the following: iscsi — Interface for iSCSI storage. replication — Interface for replication-related data or management traffic.
-port	Specify the ID of the SP port or link aggregation that will use the interface. NOTE:For systems with two SPs, a file interface is created on a pair of symmetric Ethernet ports rather than on a single specified port. Its current port is defined by NAS server SP and may differ from the specified port. For example, if the user specifies port spa_eth2, but the NAS server is on SP B, the interface is created on port spb_eth2.
-vlanId	Specify the virtual LAN (VLAN) ID for the interface. The interface uses the ID to accept packets that have VLAN tags. The value range is 1–4095. NOTE:If no VLAN ID is specified, which is the default, packets do not have VLAN tags. The Unisphere online help provides more details about VLANs.
-addr	Specify the IP address for the interface. The prefix length should be appended to the IPv6 address and, if omitted, will default to 64. For IPv4 addresses, the default length is 24. The IPv4 netmask may be specified in address attribute after slash.
-netmask	Specify the subnet mask for the interface. NOTE:This qualifier is not required if the prefix length is specified in the -addr attribute.
-gateway	Specify the gateway for the interface. NOTE:This qualifier configures the default gateway for the specified port’s SP.

Example

The following command creates a replication interface. The interface receives the ID IF_1:

uemcli -d 10.0.0.1 -u Local/joe -p MyPassword456! /net/if create -type replication -port eth1_spb -addr 10.0.0.1 -netmask 255.255.255.0 -gateway 10.0.0.1

Storage system address: 10.0.0.1
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

ID = IF_1
Operation completed successfully.