In-band Management Interface

NOTEs:

Only the L3 VLAN interfaces/loopback interface/routed interface/sub-interface in the default VRF can be set as the in-band management ports. If an L3 interface has been set as an in-band management port, it can only stay in the default VRF, but not any user-defined VRFs.

By default, the user cannot remotely log in and manage the switch through an L3 VLAN interface, a loopback interface, a routed interface or a sub-interface. You need to enable the in-band management function by using the following commands to perform the SSH, TELNET, SNMP and HTTP services through the L3 interface in the default VRF:

set system inband vlan-interface <vlan-interface-name>

set system inband loopback <ip-address>

set system inband routed-interface <routed-interface-name>

For example,

Set the L3 VLAN interface VLAN400 in the default VRF as the in-band management port.

admin@Xorplus# set system inband vlan-interface VLAN400
admin@Xorplus# commit

Set the loopback interface IP in the default VRF as the in-band management IP.

admin@Xorplus# set system inband loopback 192.168.10.1
admin@Xorplus# commit

Set the routed interface rif-ge3 in the default VRF as the in-band management port.

admin@Xorplus# set system inband routed-interface rif-ge3
admin@Xorplus# commit

In-band management provides a method of access to the switch even if the Ethernet0/1 interface is down.