CLI Guide

Usage Information When creating an interface range, interfaces appear in the order they are entered;
they are not sorted. The command verifies that interfaces are present (physical) or
configured (logical). Important things to remember:
• Bulk configuration is created if at least one interface is valid.
• Non-existing interfaces are excluded from the bulk configuration with a
warning message.
• The interface range prompt includes interface types with slot/port information
for valid interfaces. The prompt allows for a maximum of 32 characters. If the
bulk configuration exceeds 32 characters, it is represented by an ellipsis ( ... ).
• When the interface range prompt has multiple port ranges, the smaller port
range is excluded from the prompt.
• If overlapping port ranges are specified, the port range is extended to the
smallest start port and the biggest end port.
Example-Bulk
Configuration
Warning Message
Dell(conf)#interface range tengig 0/1 - 2 , tengig 0/4 ,
tengig 0/7
, fa 0/0
% Warning: Non-existing ports (not configured) are ignored by
interface-range
Example-Interface
Range prompt with
Multiple Ports
Dell(conf)#interface range tengig 0/1 - 2 , tengig 0/3 - 5
Dell(conf-if-range-te-0/1-5)#
Example-Interface
Range prompt
Overlapping Port
Ranges
Dell(conf)#interface range tengig 0/1 - 2 , tengig 0/1 - 5
Dell(conf-if-range-te-0/1-5)#
Only VLAN and port-channel interfaces created using the interface vlan and
vlan tagged commands can be used in the interface range command.
Use the show running-config command to display the VLAN and port-channel
interfaces. VLAN or port-channel interfaces that are not displayed in the
show
running-config command cannot be used with the bulk configuration feature
of the interface range command. You cannot create virtual interfaces (VLAN,
Port-channel) using the interface range command.
NOTE: If a range has VLAN, physical, and port-channel interfaces, only
commands related to physical interfaces can be bulk configured. To configure
commands specific to VLAN or port-channel, only those respective interfaces
should be configured in a particular range.
Example-Single
Range Bulk
Configuration
Dell(conf)# interface range tengigabitethernet 0/1 - 5
Dell(conf-if-range-te-0/1-5)# no shutdown
Dell(conf-if-range-te-0/1-5)#
Example-Multiple
Range Bulk
Configuration with
VLAN and port
channel
The following example shows how to use commas to add VLAN and port-channel
interfaces to the range.
Dell(conf-if)# interface range tengigabitethernet 0/1 - 5,
vlan 2 - 10, port-channel 1 - 25
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Interfaces