Administrator Guide

Version Description
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0 Modified for E-Series: Revised from 78 to 240 characters.
Usage
Information
Important Points to Remember:
● To use special characters as a part of the description string, you must enclose the whole string in
double quotes.
● 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
Interfaces 617