Configuring an IP Address for an Interface

This section describes how to configure an IP address for an interface using the edit-config:merge method.

**Table 1** Configuring an IP Address for an Interface
Operation	XPATH
edit-config:merge	/ietf-interfaces:interfaces/interface/ietf-ip:ipv4/address

Data requirement

Item	Data	Description
IP address of an interface	10.1.1.1	Indicates that the IP address of the interface is 10.1.1.1.
Mask length	24	Indicates that the mask length is 24.

Request example

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc message-id="3" xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0">
  <edit-config>
    <target>
      <running/>
    </target>
    <config>
      <if:interfaces xmlns:if="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-interfaces">
        <if:interface>
          <if:name>Vlanif101</if:name>
          <if:type xmlns:iana-if-type="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:iana-if-type">iana-if-type:propVirtual</if:type>
          <ip:ipv4 xmlns:ip="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:ietf-ip">
            <ip:address>
              <ip:ip>10.1.1.1</ip:ip>
              <ip:prefix-length>24</ip:prefix-length>
            </ip:address>
          </ip:ipv4>
        </if:interface>
      </if:interfaces>
    </config>
  </edit-config>
</rpc>

Response example

Sample of successful response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="3">
  <ok/>
</rpc-reply>

Sample of failed response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="3">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-message>parse rpc config error.</error-message>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>