Adding interfaces to a vif

About adding interfaces

This procedure enables you to add one or more interfaces to a vif. You can add physical interfaces to a vif any time after you create it.

Requirement before adding interfaces

You must configure additional ports on the switch where the new interfaces will be connected. For information about configuring the switch, see your switch vendor's documentation.

The interface to be added to the vif must be configured down using the ifconfig command.

Adding interfaces to a vif

To add one or more interfaces to a vif, complete the following step.

Note
The operation performed using the vif add command is not persistent across reboots unless the command is added to the /etc/rc file.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: vif add vif_name interface_list vif_name is the name of a previously configured vif. interface_list is a list of the interfaces you want to add to the vif. Example You can add the interface e4 to the multimode vif MultiTrunk1 with the following command: vif add MultiTrunk1 e4

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

vif add vif_name interface_list

vif_name is the name of a previously configured vif.

interface_list is a list of the interfaces you want to add to the vif.

Example

You can add the interface e4 to the multimode vif MultiTrunk1 with the following command:

vif add MultiTrunk1 e4