Configuring the WSM using Device Manager

Manually configuring an IP interface

To manually configure an IP interface:

1. From the Device view, select the Web Switching Module.

The Web Switching Module is highlighted.

2. From the Edit menu, select WSM Card > IP Routing.

The IP Routing dialog box opens to the General tab.

3. From the IP Routing dialog box, click the Interfaces tab.

The Interfaces tab opens. Note: If you have many interfaces configured and wish to view a subset of this table, see Filtering table content.

4. From the Interfaces tab, click Insert.
5. The IP Routing, Insert Interfaces dialog box opens.
6. In the BOOTP Relay field, click Disabled to disable DHCP.
7. In the corresponding fields, type the interface number (1- 255), IP address, IP subnet mask, IP broadcast address.
8. To assign a VLAN, in the VLAN field, type the VLAN number, or click Browse to open a selection dialog box of available VLANs.

For more information, see Browsing a read only dialog box.

9. In the State field, click Enabled.
10. Click Insert.

The interface parameters are inserted into the Interfaces tab, and the dialog box closes.

11. From the Interfaces tab, click Set > Apply > Close.

The interface is configured and the dialog box closes.

12. To save the change, right-click the WSM card and choose one of the following from the shortcut menu:
• Save configuration (backup)--Saves changes to the active and backup WSM configuration blocks.
• Save configuration (no backup)--Saves changes to the active WSM configuration block.

See also:

• VLANs and IP interfaces
• About VLANs
• WSM Blade--IP tab fields
• Filtering table content
• Configuring default gateways
• Enabling IP forwarding
• Viewing IP routes
• Configuring domain name system servers
• Defining IP Address Ranges for the Local Route Cache
• Configuring routing information protocol
• Configuring IP forwarding per port
• Configuring static routes
• Configuring virtual router redundancy protocol