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Interface Commands
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• When the interface command is used for the first time to enter interface configuration mode
for a VLAN, that VLAN is changed to a Layer 3 interface. VLANs must be configured as a Layer 3
interface before the switch will allow access to any Layer 3 configuration options (e.g., setting
an IP address) and reserve the memory space required to maintain additional information
about this interface type.
After entering interface configuration mode, use the ip address command to assign an IP
subnet to this interface and allow static routing or routing for directly connected subnets.
NOTE
Management access and routing functions are supported for IPv4 interfaces, but only
management access is supported for IPv6 interfaces at this time.
Example
To specify port 4, enter the following command:
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/4
Console(config-if)#
alias
This command configures an alias name for the interface. Use the no form to remove the alias
name.
Syntax
alias string
no alias
string - A mnemonic name to help you remember what is attached to this interface.
(Range: 1-64 characters)
Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)
Command Usage
The alias is displayed in the running-configuration file. An example of the value which a network
manager might store in this object for a WAN interface is the (Telco's) circuit number/identifier of
the interface.
Example
The following example adds an alias to port 4.
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/4
Console(config-if)#alias finance
Console(config-if)#