HP 2600 - Manual (Page 201)

Port Status and Basic Configuration
Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names
■ To retain friendly port names across reboots, you must save the current
running-configuration to the startup-config file after entering the friendly
port names. (In the CLI, use the
write memory command.)
Configuring Friendly Port Names
Syntax: interface <port-list> name <port-name-string>
Assigns a port name to port-list.
no interface <port-list> name
Deletes the port name from port-list.
Configuring a Single Port Name. Suppose that you have connected port
A3 on the switch to Bill Smith’s workstation, and want to assign Bill’s name
and workstation IP address (10.25.101.73) as a port name for port A3:
Figure 10-10. Example of Configuring a Friendly Port Name
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