Reference Guide

394 | Interfaces

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Bulk Configuration

Bulk configuration enables you to determine if interfaces are present, for physical interfaces, or,

configured, for logical interfaces.

Interface Range

An interface range is a set of interfaces to which other commands may be applied, and may be created if

there is at least one valid interface within the range. Bulk configuration excludes from configuration any

non-existing interfaces from an interface range. A default VLAN may be configured only if the interface

range being configured consists of only VLAN ports.

The

interface range command allows you to create an interface range allowing other commands to be

applied to that range of interfaces.

The interface range prompt offers the interface (with slot and port information) for valid interfaces. The

maximum size of an interface range prompt is 32. If the prompt size exceeds this maximum, it displays (...)

at the end of the output.

The

show range command is available under interface range mode. This command allows you to display

all interfaces that have been validated under the interface range context.

The

show configuration command is also available under the interface range mode. This command allows

you to display the running configuration only for interfaces that are part of interface range.

Bulk Configuration Examples

The following are examples of using the interface range command for bulk configuration:

• Create a single-range

• Create a multiple-range

• Exclude duplicate entries

• Exclude a smaller port range

Note: Non-existing interfaces are excluded from interface range prompt. In the following example,

Tengigabit 3/0 and VLAN 1000 do not exist.

Note: When creating an interface range, interfaces appear in the order they were entered and are not

sorted.