Managing the IBM WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance Ethernet interfaces

During the initial serial connection, you configured the mgmt Ethernet interface to connect your appliance to your network. You can define additional private Ethernet ports in the user interface.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the Appliance administration permission to perform these steps.

About this task

Your appliance has four Ethernet interfaces that can be managed by WebSphere® DataPower® XC10 Appliance, although you are only required to connect one Ethernet interface.
Figure 1. Diagram of the front of the applianceA picture of the front of the appliance. Each component is labeled with a letter.
  • mgmt (L)
  • eth0 (M)
  • eth1 (O)
  • eth2 (N)
Note: If you are using eth1 or eth2, then your switch must be enabled for auto-negotiation.

Ethernet interfaces must be configured on the same network and must be reachable. If you choose to configure additional network interface cards (NIC), each NIC that is configured provides one extra gigabit of bandwidth. The total amount of bandwidth is limited by the network capacity. To monitor your Ethernet interfaces status, see Monitoring your Ethernet interface status details using a serial connection.

If you edit the Ethernet interfaces for a stand-alone appliance, you must clear the configuration and restart the appliance after changing the settings. If the appliance is in a collective, you cannot update the Ethernet interfaces.

Procedure

  1. Edit the Ethernet interfaces on a stand-alone appliance. Navigate to the Settings panel.
    • From the menu bar at the top of the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance user interface, navigate to Appliance > Settings.
    • From the Home panel, click the Customize settings link in the Step 1: Set up the appliance section.
  2. Expand Ethernet Interfaces.
  3. Enable or disable an Ethernet interface by selecting or clearing the Enabled check box. The mgmt interface cannot be disabled.
  4. Change the IP address/mask. Enter the IP address and the subnet mask in the following format <ip_address>/<subnet_mask>. The subnet mask must be entered using Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) notation. Example: 255.255.255.0 in long notation is 24 in CIDR notation.
  5. Change the Default gateway. The appliance uses source-based routing, not destination-based routing. A packet goes out to the destination on the same interface on which it was received. Each interface has its own routing table that is separate from the other interfaces. For each interface that needs to reach destinations beyond the local subnet, provide a default route that is directly reachable from that interface.
  6. Change the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU). This field specifies the maximum size in bytes that a protocol data unit can be when communicating using an Ethernet interface. The default value is 1500 bytes, which is also the maximum allowable value for this field.
  7. Change the Mode. The following Ethernet modes are available for your Ethernet interfaces:
    • Auto
    • 10baseT-HD
    • 10baseT-FD
    • 100baseTx-HD
    • 100baseTx-FD
    • 1000baseTx-FD
  8. Clear the configuration. To clear the configuration, use the clear-all command in the command line interface.
  9. Restart the appliance. A restart is required for the WebSphere DataPower XC10 Appliance processes to bind to the Ethernet interface. You can restart the appliance with the device restart command in the command line interface..