HP ProCurve 2520 Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data

Port Status and Configuration

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names

Configuring the Same Name for Multiple Ports. Suppose that you want to use ports A5 through A8 as a trunked link to a server used by a drafting group. In this case you might configure ports A5 through A8 with the name “Draft-Server:Trunk”.

Figure 10-15. Example of Configuring One Friendly Port Name on Multiple Ports

Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data

You can display friendly port name data in the following combinations:

■show name: Displays a listing of port numbers with their corresponding friendly port names and also quickly shows you which ports do not have friendly name assignments. (show name data comes from the running­ config file.)

■show interface <port-number>: Displays the friendly port name, if any, along with the traffic statistics for that port. (The friendly port name data comes from the running-config file.)

■show config: Includes friendly port names in the per-port data of the resulting configuration listing. (show config data comes from the startup­ config file.)

To List All Ports or Selected Ports with Their Friendly Port Names.

This command lists names assigned to a specific port.

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