Chapter 2
Catalyst 2960 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
macro apply
Use the macro apply interface configuration command to apply a macro to an interface or to apply and
trace a macro configuration on an interface.
Syntax Description
apply
trace
macro-name
parameter value (Optional) Specify unique parameter values that are specific to the interface. You
Defaults
This command has no default setting.
Command Modes
Interface configuration
Command History
Release
12.2(25)FX
Usage Guidelines
You can use the macro trace macro-name interface configuration command to apply and show the
macros running on an interface or to debug the macro to find any syntax or configuration errors.
If a command fails because of a syntax error or a configuration error when you apply a macro, the macro
continues to apply the remaining commands to the interface.
When creating a macro that requires the assignment of unique values, use the parameter value keywords
to designate values specific to the interface.
Keyword matching is case sensitive. All matching occurrences of the keyword are replaced with the
corresponding value. Any full match of a keyword, even if it is part of a larger string, is considered a
match and is replaced by the corresponding value.
Some macros might contain keywords that require a parameter value. You can use the macro apply
macro-name ? command to display a list of any required values in the macro. If you apply a macro
without entering the keyword values, the commands are invalid and are not applied.
There are Cisco-default Smartports macros embedded in the switch software. You can display these
macros and the commands they contain by using the show parser macro user EXEC command.
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macro {apply | trace} macro-name [parameter {value}] [parameter {value}]
[parameter {value}]
Apply a macro to the specified interface.
Use the trace keyword to apply a macro to an interface and to debug the macro.
Specify the name of the macro.
can enter up to three keyword-value pairs. Parameter keyword matching is case
sensitive. All matching occurrences of the keyword are replaced with the
corresponding value.
Modification
This command was introduced.
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