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ProSAFE M7100 Managed Switches
Slot/Port Naming Convention
Managed switch software references physical entities such as cards and ports by using a
slot/port naming convention. The software also uses this convention to identify certain logical
entities, such as Port-Channel interfaces.
The slot number has two uses. In the case of physical ports, it identifies the card containing the
ports. In the c
ase of logical and CPU ports it also identifies the type of interface or port.
The port identifies the specific physical port or logical interface being managed on a given slot.
Note: In the CLI, loopback and tunnel interfaces do not use the slot/port
format. To specify a loopback interface, you use the loopback ID. To
specify a tunnel interface, you use the tunnel ID.
Logical Interface Represents a logical slot and port number. This is applicable in the case of a port-channel (LAG).
You can use the logical slot/port to configure the port-channel.
Character strings Use double quotation marks to identify character strings, for example, “System Name with
Spaces
”. An empty string (“”) is not valid.
Table 3. Type of Slots
Slot Type Description
Physical slot numbers Physical slot numbers begin with zero, and are allocated up to the maximum number
of physic
al slots.
Logical slot numbers Logical slots immediately follow physical slots and identify port-channel (LAG) or
rout
er interfaces.
CPU slot numbers The CPU slots immediately follow the logical slots.
Table 4. Type of Ports
Port Type Description
Physical Ports The physical ports for each slot are numbered sequentially starting from zero.
Logical Interfaces Port-channel or link aggregation group (LAG) interfaces are logical interfaces that
are only used f
or bridging functions.
VLAN routing interfaces are only used for routing functions.
Loopback interfaces are logical interfaces that are always up.
Tunnel interfaces are logical point-to-point links that carry encapsulated packets.
CPU ports CPU ports are handled by the driver as one or more physical entities located on
phy
sic
al slots.
Table 2. Parameter Descriptions (continued)
Parameter Description
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