Aliases

This section shows you how to configure an alias in the Gaia Portal Web interface for the Check Point Gaia operating system. and Gaia Clish The name of the default command line shell in Check Point Gaia operating system. This is a restricted shell (role-based administration controls the number of commands available in the shell)..

Interface aliases let you assign more than one IPv4 address to physical or virtual interfaces (Bonds, Bridges, VLANs, and Loopbacks).

Notes:

ClusterXL does not support aliases.
You cannot change settings of an existing interface alias.

Configuring Aliases in Gaia Portal

Adding an interface alias

Step	Instructions
1	In the navigation tree, click Network Management > Network Interfaces.
2	Click Add > Alias.
3	On the IPv4 tab, enter the IPv4 address and subnet mask.
4	On the Alias tab, select the applicable interface, to which this alias is assigned.
5	Click OK.

Note - The new alias interface name is automatically created by adding a sequence number to the interface name. For example, the name of first alias added to eth1 is eth1:1. The second alias added is eth1:2, and so on.

Deleting an interface alias

Step	Instructions
1	In the navigation tree, click Network Management > Network Interfaces.
2	Select an interface alias and click Delete.
3	Click OK, when the confirmation message shows.

Configuring Aliases in Gaia Clish

Syntax

Important - After you add, configure, or delete features, run the "save config" command to save the settings permanently.

Parameters

CLI Parameters

Parameter	Description
`<Name of Interface>`	Specifies the name of the interface, on which to create an alias IPv4 address
`<IPv4 Address>`	Assigns the alias IPv4 address
`<Mask Length>`	Configures alias IPv4 subnet mask length using the CIDR notation (integer between 2 and 32)
`<Name of Alias Interface>`	Specifies the name of the alias interface in the format `<IF>:XX`, where `XX` is the automatically assigned sequence number