Dell Force10 MXL Blade MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module FTOS Command Line Referen - Page 240

www.dell.com | support.dell.com description Assign a descriptive text string to the interface. Syntax description desc_text To delete a description, enter no description. Parameters desc_text Enter a text string up to 240 characters long. Defaults No description is defined. Command Modes INTERFACE Command History Usage Information Version 8.3.16.1 Introduced on MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module • Spaces between characters are not preserved after entering this command unless you enclose the entire description in quotation marks ("desc_text"). • Entering a text string after the description command overwrites any previous text string configured as the description. • The shutdown and description commands are the only commands that you can configure on an interface that is a member of a port-channel. • Use the show interfaces description command to display descriptions configured for each interface. Related Commands show interfaces description Displays the description field of interfaces. duplex (1000/10000 Interfaces) Configure duplex mode on any physical interfaces where the speed is set to 1000/10000. Syntax duplex {half | full} To return to the default setting, use the no duplex command. Parameters half Enter the keyword half to set the physical interface to transmit only in one direction. full Enter the keyword full to set the physical interface to transmit in both directions. Defaults Not configured Command Modes INTERFACE Command History Usage Information Version 8.3.16.1 Introduced on MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module This command applies to any physical interface with speed set to 1000/10000. Note: Starting with FTOS 7.8.1.0, when a copper SFP2 module with catalog number GP-SFP2-1T is used, its speed can be manually set with the speed command. When the speed is set to 10 or 100 Mbps, the duplex command can also be executed. 240 | Interfaces