Device Online Help

Editing ports

When using the view and edit options, keep in mind these points:

• If you disable options for an interface, the option tabs that are not applicable are not available for selection from the Edit menu.
• Some option tabs are available when you edit multiple ports, even though the options are not applicable.
• Similarly, some configuration parameters are visible even though the parameters do not apply to the selected ports.
• When the option does not apply for a given port, the message NoSuchObjects is displayed.

To edit a single port or multiple ports:

On the device view, select a port and do one of the following:

From the toolbar, click the Edit button.

Note: When editing a single port, option tabs that are not applicable will not be available for selection. When editing multiple ports, some option tabs are not available, and some option tabs will be available even though the options are not applicable. When the option does not apply for a given port, NoSuchObject is displayed.

The following sections discuss the different port editing dialog boxes and tabs with descriptions of the fields:

• Configuring an IP address
• Configuring ARP
• Configuring DHCP
• Configuring DVMRP
• Configuring IGMP
• Graphing OSPF statistics
• Configuring RIP
• Graphing VRRP statistics

• Reference for the Passport 8000 Series Management Software Switching Operations, Release 3.1