hello folks,
I am managing a fas 2240 and I dont understand some sentance displayed by the filer.
When I display th result of the command ifconfig -a, il appears a sentence at the of 2 interfaces status.
The following is the result of the command and I don't understand the terme "NOT IN USE"....what this mean?
primesB> ifconfig -a
e0a: flags=0x89f0c867<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM,VLAN> mtu 9000
ether 02:a0:98:53:1f:b2 (auto-1000t-fd-up) flowcontrol full
trunked vif0
e0b: flags=0x89f0c867<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM,VLAN> mtu 9000
ether 02:a0:98:53:1f:b2 (auto-1000t-fd-up) flowcontrol full
trunked vif0
e0c: flags=0x170c866<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 1500
ether 00:a0:98:53:1f:b4 (auto-unknown-down) flowcontrol full
e0d: flags=0x170c866<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 1500
ether 00:a0:98:53:1f:b5 (auto-unknown-down) flowcontrol full
e0M: flags=0x2b4c867<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM,MGMT_PORT> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.4.11 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.4.255 noddns
ether 00:a0:98:53:1f:b7 (auto-100tx-fd-up) flowcontrol full
e0P: flags=0x2b4c867<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM,ACP_PORT> mtu 1500 PRIVATE
inet 192.168.3.131 netmask 0xfffffc00 broadcast 192.168.3.255 noddns
ether 00:a0:98:53:1f:b6 (auto-100tx-fd-up) flowcontrol full
lo: flags=0x1b48049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 8160
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 127.0.0.1
ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 (VIA Provider)
losk: flags=0x40a400c9<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 9188
inet 127.0.20.1 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 127.0.20.1
vif0: flags=0xa2f0c862<BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM,VLAN> mtu 9000
ether 02:a0:98:53:1f:b2 (Enabled interface groups)
vif0-52: flags=0x2b4c863<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 1500
inet 10.0.2.252 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.2.255
partner vif0-52 (not in use)
ether 02:a0:98:53:1f:b2 (Enabled interface groups)
nfo enabled
vif0-53: flags=0x2b4c863<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,TCPCKSUM> mtu 9000
inet 10.0.3.252 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.0.3.255
partner vif0-53 (not in use)
ether 02:a0:98:53:1f:b2 (Enabled interface groups)
nfo enabled
Thanks for your comments!