Chapter 11
| Interface Commands
Interface Configuration
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Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Global Configuration
Example
To specify several different ports, enter the following command:
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/17-20,23
Console(config-if)#
alias This command configures an alias name for the interface. Use the no form to
remove the alias name.
Syntax
alias string
no alias
string - A mnemonic name to help you remember what is attached to this
interface. (Range: 1-64 characters)
Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)
Command Usage
The alias is displayed in the running-configuration file. An example of the value
which a network manager might store in this object for a WAN interface is the
(Telco's) circuit number/identifier of the interface.
Example
The following example adds an alias to port 4.
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/4
Console(config-if)#alias finance
Console(config-if)#