Ethernet interface management

Help is available on the command-line interface for the Interface object. To get help, pass the Interface object as an argument to the help() function, as shown in the following example:

>>> help(deployer.ethernet.interface)

Interface object has the following attributes:

defaultipv6gateway

The default gateway associated with this interface. The string value must be an IPv6 address expressed in dotted decimal notation, as shown in the following example:

"192.168.1.1"."

defaultgateway

The default gateway associated with this interface. The string value must be an IP address expressed in dotted decimal notation, as shown in the following example:

"192.168.1.1"."

enabled

A Boolean flag that indicates whether the interface is enabled. This attribute can be set to enable or disable the interface.

id

The identifier assigned to the interface. The command-line interface has the following Ethernet interfaces with identifiers:

• eth0
• eth1
• eth2
• eth3
• eth4
• eth5
• eth6
• eth7
• eth8
• eth9
• mgt0
• mgt1

The identifiers are assigned by the Cloud Pak System and cannot be changed.

ipv6address

A string value that specifies the IPv6 address and subnet mask assigned to the interface. The string must be of the form "<dotted_decimal_address>/<subnet_mask_length>", as shown in the following example:

"192.168.1.0/24"."

ipaddress

A string value that specifies the IP address and subnet mask assigned to the interface. The string must be of the form "<dotted_decimal_address>/<subnet_mask_length>", as shown in the following example:

"192.168.1.0/24"."

mode

The Ethernet mode used by the interface. This attribute must have one of the following string values:

• Auto
• 10baseT-HD
• 10baseT-FD
• 100baseTx-HD
• 100baseTx-FD
• 1000baseTx-FD

mtu

The maximum transmission unit to be used with the interface, expressed as a string.

Help is available on the command-line interface for the Interfaces object. To get help, pass the Interfaces object as an argument to the help() function, as shown in the following example:

>>> help(deployer.ethernet.interfaces)