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● 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.
duplex (Management)
Set the mode of the Management interface.
Syntax
duplex {half | full}
To return to the default setting, use the no duplex command.
Parameters
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.
Defaults Not configured.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0 Documentation modified—added Management to distinguish from duplex
(10/100 Interfaces).
Usage
Information
This command applies only to the Management interface on the route processor modules (RPMs).
Related
Commands
interface ManagementEthernet — configures the Management port on the system (either the Primary or
Standby RPM).
duplex (Management) — sets the mode of the Management interface.
management route — configures a static route that points to the Management interface or a forwarding
router.
speed (Management interface) — sets the speed on the Management interface.
flowcontrol
Control how the system responds to and generates 802.3x pause flow control frames.
Syntax
flowcontrol {rx {off | on} tx {off | on} [negotiate | pause-threshold value
| resume-offset value] | [monitor session-ID]}
To return to the default, use the no form of this command.
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