Interface Access, System Information, and Friendly Port Names

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names

Port Without a “Friendly”

Name

Friendly port names assigned in previous examples.

Figure 6-12. Example of Friendly Port Name Data for Specific Ports on the SwitchIncluding Friendly Port Names in Per-Port Statistics Listings. A

friendly port name configured to a port is automatically included when you display the port’s statistics output.

Syntax:

show interface <port-number>Includes the friendly port name

 

with the port’s traffic statistics

 

listing.

For example, if you configure port A1 with the name “O’Connor_10.25.101.43”, the show interface output for this port appears similar to the following:

Friendly Port

Name

Figure 6-13. Example of a Friendly Port Name in a Per-Port Statistics Listing

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