09-09-2014 03:13 AM - edited 03-10-2019 12:17 AM
Hi Expert,
How to distinguish physical interface and logical interface(subinterface) in Cisco Router/Switch? Can you please specify a formal way for this if have?
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09-09-2014 06:39 PM
A physical interface will be numbered with the same interface name as is printed on the physical port. For example "GigabitEthernet 0/1" corresponds to port 1 on module 0 (or the base unit).
A logical interface can be a subinterface on a routed port and will have a dot (".") preceding the subinterface number (ex. GigabitEthernet 0/1.1). It can also be a loopback or virtual interface (on a router this could also include interfaces like tunnel and virtual tunnel or VTI types). A switch can also have VLAN type logical interfaces (e.g. interface vlan 1) which are used as layer 3 virtual interfaces.
09-09-2014 06:39 PM
A physical interface will be numbered with the same interface name as is printed on the physical port. For example "GigabitEthernet 0/1" corresponds to port 1 on module 0 (or the base unit).
A logical interface can be a subinterface on a routed port and will have a dot (".") preceding the subinterface number (ex. GigabitEthernet 0/1.1). It can also be a loopback or virtual interface (on a router this could also include interfaces like tunnel and virtual tunnel or VTI types). A switch can also have VLAN type logical interfaces (e.g. interface vlan 1) which are used as layer 3 virtual interfaces.
09-09-2014 06:39 PM
Hi Marvin,
Thanks for your reply. It really helps!
09-09-2014 07:40 PM
Hi, Marvin:
For logical interface, is there any way to know the relationship between physical interface and logical interface?
09-09-2014 08:23 PM
There may or may not be a relationship.
If it is a subinterface, then the logical subinterface will have the same name (in the part preceding the dot) as the physical interface.
If its a virtual interface type then it's independent of the device's physical interfaces. In fact, that's the primary purpose of using loopback interface types - they can be always up and reachable independent of any particular physical interface.
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