Specifications

configure ports display-string
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configure ports display-string
configure ports <port_list> display-string <string>
Description
Configures a user-defined string for a port or group of ports.
Syntax Description
Default
N/A.
Usage Guidelines
On a modular switch, <port_list> can be a list of slots and ports. For a detailed explanation of port
specification, see “Modular Switch Numerical Ranges” or “Line-Editing Keys” in Chapter 1.
The display string can be up to 16 characters. Display strings do not need to be unique for each
port—you can assign the same string to multiple ports. For example, you could give all the ports that
connected to a particular department a common display string.
The string is displayed in certain commands such as the show ports information command.
NOTE
Do not use a port number as a display string. For example, do not assign the display string “2” to
port 2.
Example
The following command configures the user-defined string corporate for ports 3, 4, and 5 on slot 1 on a
modular switch:
configure ports 1:3-5 display-string corporate
port_list Specifies one or more ports or slots and ports. On a modular switch, can be a
list of slots and ports. May be in the form 1, 2, 3-5, 2:*, 2:5, 2:6-2:8.
string Specifies a user-defined display string.