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NOTE: This feature does not impact BMP mode. It always applies when reloading in Normal mode.
Important Points to Remember
● On a new switch running the Dell Networking OS version 9.2(0.0), with no saved startup configuration, the switch comes up
with all server ports as switch ports in No Shut state. When you configure STP, the switch brings up the uplink and saves
the running configuration to the startup-config file. All the server ports without any specific configuration have the default
configuration of Layer2 switch port and No Shut mode saved.
● On an existing switch with a saved startup configuration, running an older Dell Networking OS version, an upgrade to a new
version does not change the current behavior. This is because the start-up config file in older Dell Networking OS versions
have the default configuration of Shut mode for all the server ports without any specific configuration. To enable this
feature after upgrading a switch with a saved startup configuration, delete the start-up config file and reboot the switch.
This allows all the server ports to come as Layer2 switch ports in No Shut state.
● In a stacked configuration of switches, the behavior is similar to a standalone configuration. If a start-up config file is
detected at bootup, the entire stack reboots using the saved configuration. If no start-up config file is detected at restart,
the entire logical switch, including master unit, standby master, and any stack units restart with all server ports as Layer2
switch ports in No Shut mode.
● If a new stack unit is added to an existing stack, by default, the server side interfaces always start in Shut mode. If the
startup configuration is deleted after a stack unit was added to a stack and the stack is reloaded, on reboot the entire logical
switch comes up with all server ports as Layer2 switch ports in No Shut mode.
Bulk Configuration
Bulk configuration allows you to determine if interfaces are present for physical interfaces or configured for logical interfaces.
Interface Range
An interface range is a set of interfaces to which other commands may be applied and may be created if there is at least one
valid interface within the range.
Bulk configuration excludes from configuration any non-existing interfaces from an interface range. A default VLAN may be
configured only if the interface range being configured consists of only VLAN ports.
The interface range command allows you to create an interface range allowing other commands to be applied to that
range of interfaces.
The interface range prompt offers the interface (with slot and port information) for valid interfaces. The maximum size of an
interface range prompt is 32. If the prompt size exceeds this maximum, it displays (...) at the end of the output.
NOTE: Non-existing interfaces are excluded from the interface range prompt.
NOTE: When creating an interface range, interfaces appear in the order they were entered and are not sorted.
To display all interfaces that have been validated under the interface range context, use the show range command in
Interface Range mode.
To display the running configuration only for interfaces that are part of interface range, use the show configuration
command in Interface Range mode.
You can avoid specifying spaces between the range of interfaces, separated by commas, that you configure by using the
interface range command. For example, if you enter a list of interface ranges, such as interface range fo
2/0-1,te 10/0,gi 3/0,fa 0/0, this configuration is considered valid. The comma-separated list is not required to be
separated by spaces in between the ranges. You can associate multicast MAC or hardware addresses to an interface range
and VLANs by using the mac-address-table static multicast-mac-address vlan vlan-id output-range
interface command.
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