HP Aruba JL253A - Configuring the same Name for Multiple Ports (CLI); Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data (CLI); Listing All Ports or Selected Ports with Their Friendly Port Names (CLI)

Configuring the same name for multiple ports (CLI)
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."
Configuring one friendly port name on multiple ports
switch(config)# int a5-a8 name Draft-Server:Trunk
switch(config)# write mem
switch(config)# show name a5-a8
Port Names
Port : A5
Type : 10GbE-T
Name : Draft-Server:Trunk
Port : A6
Type : 10GbE-T
Name : Draft-Server:Trunk
Port : A7
Type : 10GbE-T
Name : Draft-Server:Trunk
Port : A8
Type : 10GbE-T
Name : Draft-Server:Trunk
Displaying friendly port names with other port data (CLI)
You can display friendly port name data in the following combinations:
Syntax:
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.)
Syntax:
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.)
Syntax:
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.)
Listing all ports or selected ports with their friendly port names (CLI)
Syntax:
show name [port-list]
92 Aruba 2930F / 2930M Management and Configuration Guide
for ArubaOS-Switch 16.08