Command Line Reference Guide

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• 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.
Related
Commands
disable-on-sfm-failure
e
Disable select ports on E300 systems when a single SFM is available.
Syntax
disable-on-sfm-failure
To delete a description, enter no disable-on-sfm-failure.
Defaults
Port is not disabled
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Usage
Information
When an E300 system boots up and a single SFM is active this configuration, any ports configured
with this feature will be shut down. If an SFM fails (or is removed) in an E300 system with two SFM,
ports configured with this feature will be shut down. All other ports are treated normally.
When a second SFM is installed or replaced, all ports are booted up and treated as normally. This
feature does not take affect until a single SFM is active in the E300 system.
duplex (Management)
c e
Set the mode of the Management interface.
Syntax
duplex {half | full}
To return to the default setting, enter no duplex.
Parameters
Defaults
Not configured
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
show interfaces description
Display description field of interfaces.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on E300 systems only
half Enter the keyword half to set the Management interface to transmit only in one direction.
full Enter the keyword full to set the Management interface to transmit in both directions.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
Version 6.4.1.0 Documentation modified—added Management to distinguish from duplex (10/100
Interfaces)