Switch 7700 Command reference Guide, v2.0

46 CHAPTER 2: USING PORT COMMANDS
Ethernet Port
Configuration
Commands
This section describes the commands you can use to configure and manage the
ports on your Switch 7700.
description Syntax
description text
undo description
View
Ethernet port view
Parameter
text: Enter a description of the Ethernet port. This must be a maximum of 80
characters.
Description
■ Use the description command to enter a description of an Ethernet port.
■ Use the undo description command to cancel the description.
By default, an Ethernet port does not have a description.
Example
To give the Ethernet port “Ethernet0/0/1” a description of “switch-interface”
enter the following:
[SW7700-Ethernet0/0/1]description switch-interface
display interface Syntax
display interface [ interface_type |
interface_type interface_number ]
View
All views
Parameter
interface_type: Enter the interface type. This can be either Ethernet,
GigabitEthernet or M-Ethernet. M-Ethernet describes the out-of-band
Ethernet Management port located on the Fabric module. Other interface types
are covered in the appropriate interface section.
interface_number: Enter the interface number, in the format
slot-number/subslot-number/port-number. On the Switch 7700 7-slot chassis:
■ The slot number is a number in the range 0 to 6 (the Fabric slot is 0).
■ The subslot number is set to 0.
■ The port number is a number in the range 1 to 8 (on an 8-port Gigabit
module),
1 to 24 (on a 24-port 100BASE-FX module), or 1 to 48 (on a 48-port
10/100/BASE-TX modules).