Reference Guide

Field Description
OK? Indicates if the hardware is functioning properly.
Status States whether the interface is enabled (up) or disabled
(administratively down).
Protocol States whether IP is enabled (up) or disabled (down) on the
interface.
Description Displays the description (if any) manually configured for the
interface.
Example
Dell>
Interface OK? Status Protocol Description
GigabitEthernet 4/17 NO admin down down ***connected-to-
host***
GigabitEthernet 4/18 NO admin down down ***connected-to-Tom***
GigabitEthernet 4/19 NO admin down down ***connected-to-
marketing***
GigabitEthernet 4/20 NO admin down down ***connected-to-
Bill***
GigabitEthernet 4/21 NO up down ***connected-to-Radius-
Server***
GigabitEthernet 4/22 NO admin down down ***connected-to-Web-
Server***
GigabitEthernet 4/23 NO admin down down ***connected-to-PC-
client***
TenGigabitEthernet 6/0 NO admin down down
GigabitEthernet 8/0 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/1 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/2 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/3 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/4 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/5 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/6 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/7 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/8 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/9 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/10 YES up up
GigabitEthernet 8/11 YES up up
Dell>
Related
Commands
show interfaces – displays information on a specific physical interface or virtual
interface.
show interfaces stack-unit
Display information on all interfaces on a specific S-Series or Z-Series stack member.
S5000
Syntax
show interfaces stack-unit unit-number
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Interfaces