Chapter 1

Network Interface Configuration

About this chapter  

This chapter discusses the types of interfaces supported on the filer; how the interfaces are named; the ifconfig command,and how you can use this command to configure the network interfaces on your filer; and the ifstat command, and how you can use this command to obtain detailed statistics on various interfaces supported on your filer.

Topics in this chapter  

This chapter discusses the following topics:

• Understanding filer network interfaces
• Understanding jumbo frames
• Using the ifconfig command
• Changing an interface address
• Configuring an alias for an interface
• Configuring a media type on an Ethernet interface
• Configuring flow control
• Setting the MTU on an interface
• Changing the interface status
• Viewing interface configuration
• Displaying network interface statistics

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