Setting Description And Management Status Of The Interface - D-Link xStack DGS-3610 Series Configuration Manual

DGS-3610 Series Configuration Guide
The ports configured as the member of Aggregate Port must have the same media type.
Otherwise, they cannot be added to the AP. The port type of Aggregate Port member ports
cannot be changed.
Command
DGS-3610(config-if)# medium-type { fiber |
copper }
This example sets the medium type for the interface gigabitethernet 1/1:
DGS-3610# config terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
DGS-3610(config)# interface gigabitethernet 1/1
DGS-3610(config-if)# medium-type fiber
DGS-3610(config-if)# end
6.2.5 Setting Description and Management
Status of the Interface
You may give an interface a particular name, namely the description of the interface
(description) to identity the interface for you to remember its functions. You may set the
concret name of the interface according to the meaning what you want to express, for
example, if you want to assign Gigabitethernet 1/1 for the porticular use of user A, you may
set its description to ―Port for User A‖.
Command
DGS-3610(config-if)# description string
The following example shows how to set the description of Gigabitethernet 1/1:
DGS-3610# config terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
DGS-3610(config)# interface gigabitethernet 1/1
DGS-3610(config-if)# description PortForUser A
DGS-3610(config-if)# end
In some circumstances, you may need to disable some interface. You can do this by setting
the management status of the interface. Once disabled, no frames will be sent and received
on an interface, all the function corresponding to this interface will be lost. You can also
restart an interface disabled by setting its management status. The management status of
an interface can be two types, namly, up or down. When a port is disabled, the management
status of the port is down; otherwise, it is in the status up.
Command
DGS-3610(config-if)# shutdown
The following example illustrates how to shut down interface Gigabitethernet 1/2.
Chapter 6 Configuring Interfaces
Function
Set the medium type for a port.
Function
Set the description of the interface in no more
than 32 characters
Function
Shut down an interface.
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