Port Status and Configuration

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names

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 10-19. Example of a Friendly Port Name in a Per-Port Statistics Listing

For a given port, if a friendly port name does not exist in the running-config file, the Name line in the above command output appears as:

Name : not assigned

To Search the Configuration for Ports with Friendly Port Names.

This option tells you which friendly port names have been saved to the startup- config file. (show config does not include ports that have only default settings in the startup-config file.)

Syntax: show config

Includes friendly port names in a listing of all interfaces (ports) configured with non-default settings. Excludes ports that have neither a friendly port name nor any other non-default configuration settings.

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