Unit-Slot-Port Naming Convention - NETGEAR ProSafe GSM7212 Cli Reference Manual

Command Line Interface Reference for the ProSafe 7200 Series Layer-2 Switches, Software Ver-
Table 2-2. Parameter Descriptions
Parameter
areaid
routerid
Interface or slot/port
Logical Interface
Character strings

2.2.3 Unit-Slot-Port Naming Convention

7200 Series Managed Switch software references physical entities such as cards and ports
by using a Unit-Slot-Port (USP) naming convention. The software also uses this
convention to identify certain logical entities, such as port-channel interfaces.
The slot number has two uses. In the case of physical ports, it identifies the card
containing the ports. In the case of logical and CPU ports it also identifies the type of
interface or port.
Table 2-3. Type of Slots
Slot Type
Physical slot numbers
Logical slot numbers
CPU slot numbers
2-4
Description
Enter area IDs in dotted-decimal notation (for example, 0.0.0.1). An
area ID of 0.0.0.0 is reserved for the backbone. Area IDs have the
same format as IP addresses but are distinct from IP addresses.
You can use the IP network number of the sub-netted network for
the area ID.
Enter the value of <routerid> in dotted-decimal notation, such as
0.0.0.1. A router ID of 0.0.0.0 is invalid.
Valid slot and port number separated by forward slashes. For
example, 0/1 represents slot number 0 and port number 1.
Logical slot and port number. This is applicable in the case of a
port-channel (LAG). You can use the logical slot/port to configure
the port-channel.
Use double quotation marks to identify character strings, for
example, "System Name with Spaces". An empty string ("") is not
valid.
Description
Physical slot numbers begin with zero, and are allocated up to the
maximum number of physical slots.
Logical slots immediately follow physical slots and identify port-
channel (LAG) or router interfaces.
The CPU slots immediately follow the logical slots.
v1.0, March 2006
Overview