Reference Guide

• For a Fast Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
FastEthernet followed by the slot/port information.
• For a 1-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
GigabitEthernet followed by the slot/port information.
• For Loopback interfaces, enter the keyword loopback
followed by a number from 0 to 16383.
• For the management interface on the RPM, enter the keyword
ManagementEthernet followed by the slot/port
information. The slot range is 0-1 and the port range is 0.
• For the Null interface, enter the keywords null 0.
• For a Port Channel interface, enter the keywords port-
channel followed by a number. For the C-Series and S-
Series, the range is 1 to 128. For the E-Series, the range is 1 to
255 for TeraScale and 1 to 512 for ExaScale.
• For a SONET interface, enter the keyword sonet followed by
the slot/ port information.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
TenGigabitEthernet followed by the slot/port
information.
• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword
fortyGigE followed by the slot/port information.
• For VLAN interfaces, enter the keyword vlan followed by a
number from 1 to 4094.
Command Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Command History
Version 8.5.1.0 Added support for 4-port 40G line cards on ExaScale.
Version 8.2.1.0 Added support for 4093 VLANs on the E-Series ExaScale. Prior
releases supported 2094.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-Version
6.2.1.1
Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
The following describes the show interfaces description command shown in the
Example below.
Field Description
Interface Displays the type of interface and associated slot and port number.
OK? Indicates if the hardware is functioning properly.
Status States whether the interface is enabled (up) or disabled
(administratively down).
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