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Commands for Configuring Slots and Ports on a Switch
configure ports display-string
configure ports <port_list> display-string <string>
Description
Configures a user-defined string for a port or group of ports.
Syntax Description
Default
N/A.
Usage Guidelines
On a modular switch,
<port_list>
can be a list of slots and ports. For a detailed explanation of port
specification, see “Modular Switch Numerical Ranges” in Chapter 1.
The display string can be up to 15 characters. Display strings do not need to be unique for each
port—you can assign the same string to multiple ports. For example, you could give all the ports that
connected to a particular department a common display string.
The string is displayed in certain commands such as the
show ports information
command.
NOTE
Do not use a port number as a display string. For example, do not assign the display string “2” to port 2.
Example
The following command configures the user-defined string corporate for ports 3, 4, and 5 on slot 1 on a
modular switch:
configure ports 1:3-5 display-string corporate
History
This command was first available in ExtremeWare XOS 10.1.
port_list Specifies one or more ports or slots and ports. On a modular switch, can be a
list of slots and ports. May be in the form 1, 2, 3-5, 2:*, 2:5, 2:6-2:8.
string Specifies a user-defined display string.