Administrator Guide

• Spaces between characters are not preserved after entering this command unless you enclose the entire
description in quotation marks (“desc_text”).
• Entering a text string after the description command overwrites any previous text string that you
previously configured as the description.
• The shutdown and description commands are the only commands that you can configure on an
interface that is a member of a port-channel.
• Use the show interfaces description command to display descriptions configured for each
interface.
eee
Enable Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) on native or optional module copper ports.
Syntax
eee
To disable EEE, use the no eee command.
Defaults None.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.11(0.) Introduced on the S3048–ON.
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S4820T and S5000.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
Usage Information EEE is an IEEE 802.3 az standard that reduces power consumptions on Ethernet ports. When EEE is enabled,
transmission is stopped when there is no data to be transmitted and is resumed on arrival of new packets. You can
enable EEE only on one Gigabit and ten Gigabit native or optional module copper ports.
Example To enable EEE:
DellEMC(conf)# interface gigabitethernet 1/1
DellEMC(conf-if-gi-1/1)# eee
To disable EEE:
DellEMC(conf)# interface gigabitethernet 1/1
DellEMC(conf-if-gi-1/1)# no eee
encapsulation dot1q
Configures lite-subinterfaces.
Syntax
encapsulation dot1q vlan-id
To remove a previously configured lite-subinterface, use the no encapsulation dot1q vlan-id
command.
Parameters
dot1q vlan-id Enter the keyword dot1q followed by the VLAN ID to which the host belongs. The range
is from 1 to 4094. A lite subinterface is considered as a Layer 3 port property and is
synchronous with the existing rules of applying Layer 2 or Layer 3 properties to an
interface.
Command Modes
INTERFACE
598 Interfaces