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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-18089-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter 11 I Commands
interface
interface
To configure an interface on the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of switches, use the
interface
command in
configuration mode.
interface
{
cpp
|
fc
|
fc-tunnel
|
fcip
|
gigabitethernet
|
iscsi
|
mgmt
|
port-channel
|
svc
|
vsan
}
Note
On a Cisco Fabric Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem and on a Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM
BladeCenter, the syntax differs as follows:
interface
{
bay
port
| ext
port
}
Syntax Description
Defaults
Disabled.
Command Modes
Configuration mode.
Command History
bay
port
| ext
port
(Optional) Configures a a Fibre Channel interface on a port on a Cisco Fabric
Switch for HP c-Class BladeSystem or on a Cisco Fabric Switch for IBM
BladeCenter. The range is 0 to 48.
cpp
Configures a Control Plane Process (CPP) interface.
fc
(Optional) Configures a Fiber Channel interface on an MDS 9000 Family
switch—see the
interface fc
command.
fc-tunnel
Configures a Fiber Channel link interface—see the
interface fc-tunnel
command.
fcip
Configures a Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP) interface—see the
interface fcip
command.
gigabitethernet
Configures a Gigabit Ethernet interface—see the
interface gigabitethernet
command.
iscsi
Configures an iSCSI interface—see the
interface iscsi
command.
mgmt
Configures a management interface—see the
interface mgmt
command.
port-channel
Configures a PortChannel interface—see the
interface port-channel
command.
svc
Configures a SAN Volume Controller (SVC) interface for the Caching
Services Module (CSM)—see the
interface svc
command.
vsan
Configures a VSAN interface—see the
interface vsan
command.
Release
Modification
1.0(2)
This command was introduced.
3.1(2)
Added the
bay
|
port
option.