topic Re: Assigning names to stack ports on ICX7450 running 9.0.1c in ICX Switches

Assigning names to stack ports on ICX7450 running 9.0.1c

frnkblk — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:49:34 GMT

I searched the manuals but I could not find it.

How do I assign a name/description to stack ports, so I can know where it's going? The "show interfaces stack-ports" has a "name" column, but there doesn't appear to be a way to populate that?

Frank

Re: Assigning names to stack ports on ICX7450 running 9.0.1c

BenBeck — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:55:06 GMT

Hey @frnkblk

We do not allow stack ports to be named. With that said, you can decipher where they are going with 'show stack' and 'show stack detail'

As an example, you can see 1/3/1 is connected to 2/4/1. You can also see 1/4/1 is connected to 2/3/1. Hope this helps!

Re: Assigning names to stack ports on ICX7450 running 9.0.1c

frnkblk — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:03:05 GMT

Thank you, that explains why I can't find it. And yes, I am aware how to use "show stack detail" to get more information about what port, but I was looking for the ability to add our own free-form text description.

I am not sure why Ruckus would not allow those ports to be named, but if Ruckus will not do that perhaps the "Name" column can be removed from "show interfaces stack-port"?

Re: Assigning names to stack ports on ICX7450 running 9.0.1c

BenBeck — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:10:08 GMT

No problem. 'show int stack-port' is really just 'show int brief', but only showing information on the stack ports and leaving the rest out.

Re: Assigning names to stack ports on ICX7450 running 9.0.1c

blanalex — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:21:34 GMT

It would help if the stack ports were somehow listed as such when doing "show interface brief". Maybe in the name field or the state field? I can understand that some free-form label is not doable, but a system-generated label?

Re: Assigning names to stack ports on ICX7450 running 9.0.1c

BenBeck — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 21:27:42 GMT

I could see how that would be helpful. I don't think that would be a trivial change, however. We really want people to use 'show stack' variations when looking at stacking. You could certainly put in a Request For Enhancement (RFE) with your account team if you would like to get a formal request on record.

Re: Assigning names to stack ports on ICX7450 running 9.0.1c

JD87 — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:10:27 GMT

I think this would be a worthy addition of being able to add a name to the show int brief output. Lots of other competing vendors allow this. The way I've learned to identify them quickly is by looking at the PVID column, because they are stack interfaces, they obviously won't have a PVID, so that column shows N/A