In EcoSGE logic the network interfaces are represented by interface type objects.

Interface names begin with the prefix, depending on the transmitter type:

• names of interfaces with installed SFP+ optical modules prefixed with te, for example, te10;
• the name of «copper» 1GbE Interfaces begin with the prefix ge, for example, ge3.

Titles in the system match the names of network interfaces presented in section "Hardware".

The list of interfaces and their status may be found in the system interfaces branch of configuration tree.

EcoSGE:1:system.interfaces# !

interfaces

{

  ge1 up

  ge2 up

  ge3 up

  ge4 up

  ge5 up

  ge6 up

  te7 up

  te8 up

}

In EcoSGE, you can enable or disable interfaces without going into the interface settings section to make the appropriate changes (enable | disable) and then apply configuration changes with the apply command. To enable the interface, use the commandinterface <INTERFACE_NAME> up. To disable the interface use the command interface <INTERFACE_NAME> down.

The interface can be assigned a description. To do this, go to the configuration context of this interface and enter the description <DESCR> command, where DESCR is a description with a length of 1 to 240 characters.

Example:

2:6:system.interfaces.ge1# description connect to router

2:6:system.interfaces.ge1# ls

enable

description "connect to router"

The output of the show interface brief displays only the first 50 characters of the description..

2:53:# show interface brief

 Interface      MAC-Address         MTU        Speed      Status      Loading(rx/tx)      Description

    mng      00:71:00:C0:9E:00     1518       1 Gbps      active           -              -

    ge1      00:71:00:C0:9E:01     1522       1 Gbps      active           -              connect to router

    ge2      00:71:00:C0:9E:02     1522       1 Gbps      active          0/0             -

    ge3      00:71:00:C0:9E:03     1522       1 Gbps      active          0/0             -

    ge4      00:71:00:C0:9E:04     1522       1 Gbps      active          0/0             -

    ge5      00:71:00:C0:9E:05     1522       1 Gbps      active          0/0             -

Display in the show interface ge1 command:

2:54:# show interface ge1  

Interface name: ge1

Description: connect to router

L2MTU: 1522

Packets droped because of L2MTU: 0

MAC address: 00:71:00:C0:9E:01

Link state: active

Link speed: 1 Gbps

Bytes In: 0

Bytes Out: 3060

Packets In: 0

Packets Out: 36

Errors In: 0

Errors Out: 0

Interface "on a stick"

EcoNAT supports the interface "on a stick" mode (LAN and WAN to one port).
To enable the functional, required an appropriate license (see section "Getting help").

In the configuration section interfaces of the configuration tree, the "on a stick" mode is enabled and the interface settings for this mode are stored. This mode is applied directly to all EcoNAT interfaces.

system.interfaces# show
 interface_mode onstick
 ge1
 {
   enable
   vlan_local 10
   vlan_global 20
   description ""
 }

ge2
 {
   enable   
   vlan_local 10
   vlan_global 20

   description ""
 }

...

interface_mode

geN

enable/disable

vlan_local

vlan_global

description

To use the "on a stick" mode, one need to specify the vlan_mode vlan in the nat_defaults section (see the "Pools and ACLs" section) to enable support for tagged traffic.

It is possible that on a router connected to the EcoNAT, you will need two static ARP entries for each VLAN interface: local and global, respectively. This situation can occur if one MAC address is allocated on the connected router for both VLAN interfaces of the same port or group of ports that are connected to the LAG.

Show interface commands

To view a summary of the state of the interfaces, use the show interface brief command. The command displays a table on the console, where the Status column shows the current status of the interface:

• active – interface in active state,
• down – the interface is not connected,
• disabled – the interface is disabled through EcoNAT CLI.

MyEcoNAT:2:# interface ge6 up

MyEcoNAT:3:# interface ge6 down

MyEcoNAT:4:# show interface brief

 Interface      MAC-Address        MTU         Speed      Status      Loading(rx/tx)

    mng      00:0D:48:31:EB:54    1518      100 Mbps     active           -

    ge1      00:0D:48:31:EB:53    1522    unknown/error   down            -

    ge2      00:0D:48:31:EB:52    1522    unknown/error   down            -

    ge3      00:0D:48:31:EB:51    1522    unknown/error   down            -

    ge4      00:0D:48:31:EB:50    1522    unknown/error   down            -

    ge5      00:0D:48:31:EB:4F    1522    unknown/error   down            -

    ge6      00:0D:48:31:EB:4E    1522    unknown/error   down            -

    te7      00:0D:48:31:EB:4D    1522       10 Gbps     active         70/100

    te8      00:0D:48:31:EB:4C    1522       10 Gbps     active         100/75

    te9      00:0D:48:31:EB:4B    1522       10 Gbps     active         88/100

    te10     00:0D:48:31:EB:4A    1522       10 Gbps     active         100/94

    te11     00:0D:48:31:EB:49    1522       10 Gbps     active         35/34

    te12     00:0D:48:31:EB:48    1522       10 Gbps     active         33/44

MyEcoNAT:5:> show interface all

Interface name: ge1

L2MTU: 1522
Packets droped because of L2MTU: 0 

MAC address: 00:0D:48:28:1A:6D

Link state: active

Link speed: 100 Mbps

Bytes In: 5730486

Bytes Out: 111945

Packets In: 93360

Packets Out: 1317

Errors In: 0

Errors Out: 0

Broadcast Packets Received: 2526

Multicast Packets Received: 0

Valid Packets Received: 552239826119

Packets Received [64 Bytes]: 12168186116

Packets Received [65-127 Bytes]: 69833219845

Packets Received [128-255 Bytes]: 18352133279

Packets Received [256-511 Bytes]: 8100120469

Packets Received [512-1023 Bytes]: 9285356600

Packets Received [1024 to Max Bytes]: 435328201814

Receive Oversize Count: 0 

Interface name: ge2

MTU: 1522
...

MyEcoNAT:6:# show interface all transceiver

Interface name: te1

Module Vendor Name: OEM

Module Part Number: SFP+-10G-LR

Module Serial Number: P1309040348

Module Revision: A

Module Manufactoring Date: 130904

Module supports DDM: yes

Module temperature: 39.00 C

Module voltage: 3.25 Volt

Module TX power: 0.69 mW (-1.60 dBm)

Module RX power: 0.28 mW (-5.50 dBm)

Interface name: te2

Module Vendor Name: OEM

Module Part Number: SFP+-10G-LR

Module Serial Number: P1309040335

Module Revision: A

Module Manufactoring Date: 130904

Module supports DDM: yes

Module temperature: 37.00 C

Module voltage: 3.25 Volt

Module TX power: 0.61 mW (-2.12 dBm)

Module RX power: 0.30 mW (-5.13 dBm)

Interface name: ge3

SFP details are not accessible, code -14

…

You may also select a specific interface to display information about the relevant SFP module. Example: show interface te18 transceiver.

For viewing the MNG interface status use the show interface mng command.

MyEcoNAT:7:#  show interface mng

Managment interface name: mng

MTU: 1500

MAC address: 00:0D:48:28:1A:6E

Link state: active

Link speed: 100 Mbps

Bytes In: 62190

Bytes Out: 101668

Packets In: 710

Packets Out: 967

Errors In: 0

Errors Out: 0

Multicast: 7

For viewing ARP information use the show arp all command or show arp <INTERFACE> command (for the certain interface). This command shows the interface MAC address, virtual channel information (merged logging interfaces - EcoNAT EtherChannel) and the log server information.

Example.

MyEcoNAT:7:# show arp te18

Interface te18 neighbour:

      Interface MAC          = 00:0D:48:31:EB:42

   EcoNAT EtherChannel:

      EtherChannel IP        = 172.16.5.253

      EtherChannel MAC       = 00:0D:48:31:EB:4E

   connection log server 0:

      target ip (network)    = 172.16.5.254

      target ip (link level) = 172.16.5.254

      target MAC (linklevel) = 00:00:00:00:00:00

      Last ARP reply: never