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Each interface has two types of properties assigned to it: physical properties and logical properties. Physical properties are tied to the entire physical port, whereas logical properties affect only that logical portion of the interface represented by unit numbers or channel numbers.
A physical property on an interface is any property that should be assigned to the entire physical port. Depending on the interface media, a large range of properties can be configured, but they can be divided into a few major categories: