Netgear XCM8810 Chassis Hardware Installation Guide - Page 204

NETGEAR 8800 Chassis Switch CLI Manual Usage Guidelines The display string can be up to 15 characters. Display strings do not need to be unique for each port-you can assign the same string to multiple ports. For example, you could give all the ports that connected to a particular department a common display string. The string is displayed in certain commands such as the show ports information command. Note: Do not use a port number as a display string. For example, do not assign the display string "2" to port 2. Example The following command configures the user-defined string corporate for port 1 on a stand-alone switch: configure ports 1 display-string corporate The following command configures the user-defined string corporate for ports 3, 4, and 5 on slot 1: configure ports 1:3-5 display-string corporate configure ports redundant configure ports redundant {link [on | off]} Description Configures a software-controlled redundant port. Syntax Description primaryPort redundantPort link Specifies one primary port or slot and port. Specifies one or redundant port or slot and port. Specifies state of link: • on-Specifies keeping the redundant port active, but block traffic • off-Specifies forcing the link down on the redundant port Note: The default value is off. Default N/A. 204 | Chapter 5. Commands for Configuring Slots and Ports on a Switch