Interface Access, System Information, and Friendly Port Names

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names

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.

Syntax: show name [port-list]Lists the friendly port name with its corresponding port number and port type. The show name alone command lists this data for all ports on the switch.

For example:

Ports Without “Friendly”

Friendly port names assigned in previous examples.

Figure 6-11. Example of Friendly Port Name Data for All Ports on the Switch

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