in-path interface mgmt-interface enable

Configuration Mode Commands : SteelHead Configuration Commands : Management In-Path Interface Commands : in-path interface mgmt-interface enable

Enables a management in-path (MIP) interface.

Syntax

[no] in-path interface <interface> mgmt-interface enable

Parameters

MIP interface. For example, inpath0_0.

Usage

In a typical in-path deployment, optimized and pass-through traffic flows through the SteelHead LAN and WAN interfaces and Riverbed network management traffic flows through the auxiliary interface. You can also use the auxiliary interface to connect the appliance to a non-Riverbed network management device. Some deployments do not allow access to the auxiliary management interface when plugged into a private subnet with a separate IP address space. In this type of deployment you cannot use the auxiliary interface to manage the SteelHead.

RiOS v6.1 provides a way to configure a secondary MIP interface that you can reach through the physical in-path LAN and WAN interfaces. Configuring a secondary MIP interface is a way to manage SteelHeads from a private network while maintaining a logical separation of network traffic. This configuration eliminates the need to deploy a switch or borrow a switchport. You can configure one MIP interface for each LAN and WAN interface pair.

A MIP interface is accessible from both the LAN and WAN side and you can reach it even when:

• the primary interface is unavailable.

• the optimization service is not running.

• the (logical) in-path interface fails.

A MIP interface is not accessible if the (physical) LAN and WAN interfaces fail.

For details, see the Management Console online help or the SteelHead Management Console User’s Guide.

Note: You cannot reach a MIP interface when Link State Propagation (LSP) is also enabled and the corresponding in-path interface fails. In physical in-path deployments, LSP shortens the recovery time of a link failure. LSP communicates link status between the devices connected to the SteelHead and is enabled by default in RiOS v6.0 and later.

The no command option disables the management in-path (MIP) interface.

Note: This command requires you to also configure in-path interface mgmt-interface ip and in-path interface mgmt-interface vlan.

Example

amnesiac (config) # in-path interface inpath0_0 mgmt-interface enable

Product

SteelHead CX, SteelHead EX, SteelHead-v, SteelHead-c

Related Commands

in-path interface mgmt-interface ip, in-path interface mgmt-interface vlan, show in-path mgmt-interface