Configuring smartports macros, Understanding smartports macros, C h a p t e r – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3130 and 3032 for Dell Software Configuration Guide

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Configuring Smartports Macros

This chapter describes how to configure and apply Smartports macros on the switch.

Note

For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the command
reference for this release.

This chapter consists of these sections:

Understanding Smartports Macros, page 12-1

Configuring Smartports Macros, page 12-2

Displaying Smartports Macros, page 12-8

Understanding Smartports Macros

Smartports macros provide a convenient way to save and share common configurations. You can use
Smartports macros to enable features and settings based on the location of a switch in the network and
for mass configuration deployments across the network.

Each Smartports macro is a set of command-line interface (CLI) commands that you define. Smartports
macros do not contain new CLI commands; they are simply a group of existing CLI commands.

When you apply a Smartports macro on an interface, the CLI commands within the macro are configured
on the interface. When the macro is applied to an interface, the existing interface configurations are not
lost. The new commands are added to the interface and are saved in the running configuration file.

There are Cisco-default Smartports macros embedded in the switch software (see

Table 12-1

). You can

display these macros and the commands they contain by using the show parser macro user EXEC
command.

Table 12-1

Cisco-Default Smartports Macros

Macro Name

1

Description

cisco-global

Use this global configuration macro to enable rapid PVST+, loop guard, and dynamic
port error recovery for link state failures.

cisco-desktop

Use this interface configuration macro for increased network security and reliability
when connecting a desktop device, such as a PC, to a switch port.

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