Interface Naming Conventions; Differences Between Sx500, Sg500X And The Esw2-550X Devices - Cisco SF500-24 Administration Manual

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Interface Naming Conventions

Interface Naming Conventions
Differences Between Sx500, SG500X and the ESW2-550X
Devices
Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide Release 1.3
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Within the GUI, interfaces are denoted by concatenating the following elements:
• Type of interface: The following types of interfaces are found on the various
types of devices:
- Fast Ethernet (10/100 bits)—These are displayed as FE.
- Gigabit Ethernet ports (10/100/1000 bits)—These are displayed as
GE.
- Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports (10000 bits)—These are displayed as XG.
- LAG (Port Channel)—These are displayed as LAG.
- VLAN—These are displayed as VLAN.
- Tunnel —These are displayed as Tunnel.
• Unit Number—Unit in stack. In standalone models this is always 1.
• Slot Number—The slot number is either 1 or 2. Slot number 1 identifies an
SG500, SG500X, or ESW2 -550 device. Slot number 2 identifies an SF500.
• Interface Number: Port, LAG, tunnel or VLAN ID
This guide is relevant for both Sx500, SG500X and ESW2-550X devices. Notes are
provided when a feature is relevant for one but not both of these devices.
The following summarizes the differences between these devices:
• The RIP and VRRP features are only supported on SG500X and ESW2-
550X devices running in standalone mode.
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