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Version Description
9.14(0.0) Updated the error message when no ports are configured within the specified
interface range.
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
Usage
Information
When creating an interface range, interfaces appear in the order they are entered; they are not sorted.
The command verifies that interfaces are present (physical) or configured (logical). Important things to
remember:
● Bulk configuration is created if at least one interface is valid.
● Non-existing interfaces are excluded from the bulk configuration with a warning message.
● The interface range prompt includes interface types with slot/port information for valid interfaces.
The prompt allows for a maximum of 32 characters. If the bulk configuration exceeds 32 characters, it
is represented by an ellipsis ( ... ).
● When the interface range prompt has multiple port ranges, the smaller port range is excluded from the
prompt.
● If overlapping port ranges are specified, the port range is extended to the smallest start port and the
biggest end port.
Example-If no
ports are
configured within
the specified
interface range
Dell(conf)#interface range tengig 0/1 - 2 , tengig 0/4 , tengig 0/7
, fa 0/0
% Error: No port is configured in interface range
Example-Bulk
Configuration
Warning Message
Dell(conf)#interface range tengig 0/1 - 2 , tengig 0/4 , tengig 0/7
, fa 0/0
% Warning: Non-existing ports (not configured) are ignored by
interface-range
Example-
Interface Range
prompt with
Multiple Ports
Dell(conf)#interface range tengig 0/1 - 2 , tengig 0/3 - 5
Dell(conf-if-range-te-0/1-5)#
Example-
Interface
Range prompt
Overlapping Port
Ranges
Dell(conf)#interface range tengig 0/1 - 2 , tengig 0/1 - 5
Dell(conf-if-range-te-0/1-5)#
Only VLAN and port-channel interfaces created using the interface vlan and vlan tagged
commands can be used in the interface range command.
Use the show running-config command to display the VLAN and port-channel interfaces. VLAN
or port-channel interfaces that are not displayed in the show running-config command cannot be
used with the bulk configuration feature of the interface range command. You cannot create virtual
interfaces (VLAN, Port-channel) using the interface range command.
NOTE: If a range has VLAN, physical, and port-channel interfaces, only commands related to physical
interfaces can be bulk configured. To configure commands specific to VLAN or port-channel, only
those respective interfaces should be configured in a particular range.
Example-Single
Range Bulk
Configuration
Dell(conf)# interface range tengigabitethernet 0/1 - 5
Dell(conf-if-range-te-0/1-5)# no shutdown
Dell(conf-if-range-te-0/1-5)#
Example-Multiple
Range Bulk
Configuration
with VLAN and
port channel
The following example shows how to use commas to add VLAN and port-channel interfaces to the range.
Dell(conf-if)# interface range tengigabitethernet 0/1 - 5, vlan 2 - 10,
port-channel 1 - 25
Interfaces 489