Supermicro L2/L3 Switches Configuration Guide
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1.4.1
Description
Supermicro switches allow users to configure a description string for the interfaces. This descriptive
string will be useful to easily identify the interfaces.
Follow the steps below to configure the interface description string.
Step Command
Description
Step 1
configure terminal
Enters the configuration mode.
Step 2
interface <
interface-type
><
interface-id
>
or
interface range
<
interface-type><interface-id> ….
Enters the interface configuration
mode.
interface-type
– may be any of the
following:
gigabitethernet – gi
extreme-ethernet – ex
qx-ethernet – qx
vlan
interface-id
is in
slot/port
format for all
physical interfaces. It may be the VLAN
identifier for VLAN interfaces.
To configure multiple interfaces, use
the “
interface range
…” command. To
provide a range, use a hyphen (-)
between the start and end interface
numbers. E.g.:
int range gi 0/1-10
To provide multiple interfaces or
ranges, separate with a comma (,).
E.g.:
int range gi 0/1-10, gi 0/20
If multiple interfaces are provided, the
next step will perform the particular
configuration on all these interfaces.
Step 3
description <string>
Configures the interface description.