Configuring SmartPort Macros

This chapter describes how to configure and apply SmartPort macros on your switch.

Note For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, refer to the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Cisco IOS Command Reference and related publications at this location:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios124/124cr/index.htm.

This chapter consists of these sections:

•Understanding SmartPort Macros

•Configuring Smart-Port Macros

•Displaying SmartPort Macros

Understanding SmartPort Macros

SmartPort macros provide a convenient way to save and share common configurations. You can use SmartPort 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 SmartPort macro is a set of CLI commands that you define. SmartPort macro sets do not contain new CLI commands; Each SmartPort macro is a group of existing CLI commands.

When you apply a SmartPort macro on an interface, the CLI commands contained 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 interface and are saved in the running configuration file.

There are Cisco-default Smartports macros embedded in the switch software (see Table 16-1). You can display these macros and the commands they contain by using the show parser macro user EXEC command.

Table 16-1 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.

cisco-phone

Use this interface configuration macro when connecting a desktop device such as a PC with a Cisco IP Phone to a switch port. This macro is an extension of the cisco-desktop macro and provides the same security and resiliency features, but with the addition of dedicated voice VLANs to ensure proper treatment of delay-sensitive voice traffic.

cisco-switch

Use this interface configuration macro when connecting an access switch and a distribution switch or between access switches connected using GigaStack modules or GBICs.

cisco-router

Use this interface configuration macro when connecting the switch and a WAN router.

1 Cisco-default Smartports macros vary depending on the software version running on your switch.


Cisco also provides a collection of pretested, Cisco-recommended baseline configuration templates for Catalyst switches. The online reference guide templates provide the CLI commands that you can use to create Smartports macros based on the usage of the port. You can use the configuration templates to create Smartports macros to build and deploy Cisco-recommended network designs and configurations. For more information about Cisco-recommended configuration templates, see this Smartports website:

http://www.cisco.com/go/smartports

Configuring Smart-Port Macros

You can create a new SmartPort macro or use an existing macro as a template to create a new macro that is specific to your application. After you create the macro, you can apply it to an interface or a range of interfaces.

This section includes information about these topics:

•Passing Parameters Through the Macro

•Default SmartPort Macro Configuration

•SmartPort Macro Configuration Guidelines

•Creating Smartports Macros

•Applying Smartports Macros

Passing Parameters Through the Macro

Some commands might not be sufficiently generic for all the interfaces; for example, VLAN ID for Layer 2 interfaces and the IP address for Layer 3 interface. Retaining such commands in macro definitions requires that you change the value of such parameters (like VLAN ID or IP address) before applying the macro to different interfaces. Alternatively, it requires that you create different macros for each possible value of its parameters.

The macro infrastructure can be enhanced to support accepting parameters while applying a macro. The parameters are passed as keyword-value pairs.

The CLI limits the number of keyword-value pairs to a maximum of three, where the first parameter must be the keyword, the second is its corresponding value, and the third parameter would be the keyword for the second keyword-value pair. Here is an example of how to pass parameters to a command-macro: 

Switch(config)# macro name parameter-test

Enter macro commands one per line. End with the character '@'.

switchport mode access

switchport access vlan $VLANID

switchport port-security

switchport port-security maximum $MAXHOST

If the above macro is applied to some interface without parameters, the invalid commands fail. Instead, you should apply the macro with appropriate keyword-value pair parameters, as follows: 

Switch(config-if)# macro apply parameter-test $VLANID 1 $MAXHOST 5

The above command applies the macro after replacing $VLANID with 1 and $MAXHOST with 5. Be aware that you can specify any string in the macro as a keyword.

Macro Parameter Help

It is often difficult to remember the macro keywords while applying a macro to an interface or switch. Macros can contain the definitions for mandatory keywords. If you apply a macro without those keyword values, the commands are considered invalid and they will fail.

You can enhance the macro infrastructure to provide help on keywords defined in macros. While creating a macro, you can specify a help string (as a comment) to list the mandatory keywords for that macro.

The following example illustrates how to specify the help string for the keywords: 

Switch(config)# macro name test

switchport access vlan $VLANID

switchport port-security maximum $MAX

#macro keywords $VLANID $MAX

Help string can be anywhere in the macro. The following example illustrates an alternate way to specify the help string: 

Switch(config)# macro name test

switchport access vlan $VLANID

#macro keywords $VLANID

switchport port-security maximum $MAX

#macro keywords $MAX

Default SmartPort Macro Configuration

This section illustrates the default configurations for the four supported macros. These macros can only be viewed and applied; they cannot be modified by the user.

•cisco-global

•cisco-desktop

•cisco-phone

•cisco-router

•cisco-switch

cisco-global

This is the example for the cisco-global macro: 

# Enable dynamic port error recovery for link state failures.

errdisable recovery cause link-flap

errdisable recovery interval 60


# VTP requires Transparent mode for future 802.1x Guest VLAN 

# and current Best Practice 

vtp domain [smartports]

vtp mode transparent

 

# Enable aggressive mode UDLD on all fiber uplinks 

udld aggressive


# Enable Rapid PVST+ and Loopguard

spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst

spanning-tree loopguard default

spanning-tree extend system-id

cisco-desktop

This is the example for the cisco-desktop macro: 

# Basic interface - Enable data VLAN only

# Recommended value for access vlan (AVID) should not be 1

switchport access vlan $AVID

switchport mode access

# Enable port security limiting port to a single

# MAC address -- that of desktop

switchport port-security

# Ensure port-security age is greater than one minute

# and use inactivity timer

# "Port-security maximum 1" is the default and will not

# Show up in the config

switchport port-security violation restrict

switchport port-security aging time 2

switchport port-security aging type inactivity

# Configure port as an edge network port

spanning-tree portfast

spanning-tree bpduguard enable

cisco-phone

This is the example for the cisco-phone macro: 

# VoIP enabled interface - Enable data VLAN

# and voice VLAN (VVID)

# Recommended value for access vlan (AVID) should not be 1\

switchport access vlan $AVID

switchport mode access

# Update the Voice VLAN (VVID) value which should be

# different from data VLAN 

# Recommended value for voice vlan (VVID) should not be 1

switchport voice vlan $VVID

# Enable port security limiting port to a 2 MAC

# addressess -- One for desktop and two for phone

switchport port-security

switchport port-security maximum 2

# Ensure port-security age is greater than one minute

# and use inactivity timer

switchport port-security violation restrict

switchport port-security aging time 2

switchport port-security aging type inactivity

# Enable auto-qos to extend trust to attached Cisco phone

auto qos voip cisco-phone

# Configure port as an edge network port

spanning-tree portfast

spanning-tree bpduguard enable@

cisco-router

This is the example for the cisco-router macro: 

# Access Uplink to Distribution

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q 

# Define unique Native VLAN on trunk ports

# Recommended value for native vlan (NVID) should not be 1

switchport trunk native vlan $NVID

# Update the allowed VLAN range (VRANGE) such that it

# includes data, voice and native VLANs

# switchport trunk allowed vlan $VRANGE

# Hardcode trunk and disable negotiation to

# speed up convergence

# Hardcode speed and duplex to router

switchport mode trunk

switchport nonegotiate

speed 100

duplex full 

# Configure qos to trust this interface

auto qos voip trust

qos trust dscp

# Ensure fast access to the network when enabling the interface.

# Ensure that switch devices cannot become active on the interface.

spanning-tree portfast

spanning-tree bpduguard enable

cisco-switch

This is the example for the cisco-switch macro: 

# Access Uplink to Distribution

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

# Define unique Native VLAN on trunk ports

# Recommended value for native vlan (NVID) should not be 1

switchport trunk native vlan $NVID

# Update the allowed VLAN range (VRANGE) such that it

# includes data, voice and native VLANs

# switchport trunk allowed vlan $VRANGE

# Hardcode trunk and disable negotiation to

# speed up convergence

switchport mode trunk

switchport nonegotiate

# Configure qos to trust this interface

auto qos voip trust

# 802.1w defines the link as pt-pt for rapid convergence

spanning-tree link-type point-to-point

SmartPort Macro Configuration Guidelines

Follow these guidelines when configuring macros on your switch:

•If a command fails when you apply a macro, either due to a syntax error or to a configuration error, the macro continues to apply the remaining commands to the interface.

•cisco-global needs to be applied at the global configuration mode. Cisco recommends that you apply this macro before any other interface level macro.

•Specific keywords are required when you apply the system-defined macros (cisco-desktop, cisco-phone, cisco-switch, and cisco-router) on an interface.

•When using the cisco-phone macro to apply port security, the port security maximum is 2 (switchport port-security maximum 2).

•At most, 3 keyword-value pairs are allowed per system-defined macro.

•When creating a macro, do not use the exit or end commands or change the command mode by using interface interface-id. This could cause commands that follow exit, end, or interface interface-id to execute in a different command mode.

•When creating a macro, ensure that all CLI commands are in the same configuration mode.

•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.

•Macro names are case sensitive. For example, the commands macro name Sample-Macro and macro name sample-macro result in two separate macros.

•Some macros might contain keywords that require a parameter value. You can use the macro global apply macro-name ? global configuration command or the macro apply macro-name ? interface configuration 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.

•When a macro is applied globally to a switch or to a switch interface, all existing configuration on the interface is retained. This is helpful when applying an incremental configuration.

•If you modify a macro definition by adding or deleting commands, the changes are not reflected on the interface where the original macro was applied. You need to reapply the updated macro on the interface to apply the new or changed commands.

•You can use the macro global trace macro-name global configuration command or the macro trace macro-name interface configuration command to apply and debug a macro to find any syntax or configuration errors. If a command fails because of a syntax error or a configuration error, the macro continues to apply the remaining commands.

•Some CLI commands are specific to certain interface types. If a macro is applied to an interface that does not accept the configuration, the macro will fail the syntax check or the configuration check, and the switch will return an error message.

•Applying a macro to an interface range is the same as applying a macro to a single interface. When you use an interface range, the macro is applied sequentially to each interface within the range. If a macro command fails on one interface, it is still applied to the remaining interfaces.

•When you apply a macro to a switch or a switch interface, the macro name is automatically added to the macro description of the switch or interface. You can display the applied commands and macro names by using the show parser macro description user EXEC command.

•The user-configurable macro has a buffer that can take commands and comments up to 3000 characters. Each newline would take 2 characters and empty lines are counted as is.

There are Cisco-default Smartports macros embedded in the switch software (see Table 16-1). You can display these macros and the commands they contain by using the show parser macro user EXEC command.

Follow these guidelines when you apply a Cisco-default Smartports macro on an interface:

•Display all macros on the switch by using the show parser macro user EXEC command. Display the contents of a specific macro by using the show parser macro macro-name user EXEC command.

•Keywords that begin with $ mean that a unique parameter value is required. Append the Cisco-default macro with the required values by using the parameter value keywords.

The Cisco-default macros use the $ character to help identify required keywords. There is no restriction on using the $ character to define keywords when you create a macro.

Creating Smartports Macros

To create a Smartports macro, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2 

macro name macro-name

Creates a macro definition, and enter a macro name. A macro definition can contain up to 3000 characters.

Enter the macro commands with one command per line. Use the @ character to end the macro. Use the # character at the beginning of a line to enter comment text within the macro.

Macro names are case sensitive. For example, the commands macro name Sample-Macro and macro name sample-macro result in two separate macros.

We recommend that you do not use the exit or end commands or change the command mode by using interface interface-id in a macro. This could cause any commands following exit, end, or interface interface-id to execute in a different command mode. For best results, all commands in a macro should be in the same configuration mode.

Note The no form of the macro name global configuration command only deletes the macro definition. It does not affect the configuration of those interfaces on which the macro is already applied.

Step 3 

end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 4 

show parser macro name macro-name

Verifies that the macro was created.

Applying Smartports Macros

To apply a Smartports macro, follow these steps:

 
Command
Purpose

Step 1 

configure terminal

Enters global configuration mode.

Step 2 

macro global {apply | trace} macro-name [parameter {value}] [parameter {value}] [parameter {value}]

Applies each individual command defined in the macro to the switch by entering macro global apply macro-name. Specify macro global trace macro-name to apply and debug a macro to find any syntax or configuration errors.

(Optional) Specify unique parameter values that are specific to the switch. You 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.

Some macros might contain keywords that require a parameter value. You can use the macro global 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.

Step 3 

macro global description text

(Optional) Enters a description about the macro that is applied to the switch.

Step 4 

interface interface-id

(Optional) Enters interface configuration mode, and specify the interface on which to apply the macro.

Step 5 

default interface interface-id

(Optional) Clears all configuration from the specified interface.

Step 6 

macro {apply | trace} macro-name [parameter {value}] [parameter {value}] [parameter {value}]

Applies each individual command defined in the macro to the interface by entering macro apply macro-name. Specify macro trace macro-name to apply and debug a macro to find any syntax or configuration errors.

(Optional) Specify unique parameter values that are specific to the interface. You 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.

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.

For example, here is how you apply this command: 

Switch(config-if)# macro apply cisco-phone ?

  WORD  Keyword to replace with a value e.g. $AVID, $VVID

  <cr>

Step 7 

macro description text

(Optional) Enters a description about the macro that is applied to the interface.

Step 8 

end

Returns to privileged EXEC mode.

Step 9 

show parser macro description [interface interface-id]

Verifies that the macro is applied to the interface.

Step 10 

copy running-config startup-config

(Optional) Saves your entries in the configuration file.

You can delete a global macro-applied configuration on a switch only by entering the no version of each command that is in the macro. You can delete a macro-applied configuration on an interface by entering the default interface interface-id interface configuration command.

The no form of the macro name global configuration command deletes only the macro definition. It does not affect the configuration of those interfaces on which the macro is already applied. You can delete a macro-applied configuration on an interface by entering the default interface interface-id interface configuration command. Alternatively, you can create an anti-macro for an existing macro that contains the no form of all the corresponding commands in the original macro. Then, apply the anti-macro to the interface.

The following sections illustrate how to apply and display the attachments on each of the supported macros:

•cisco-global

•cisco-desktop

•cisco-phone

•cisco-switch

•cisco-router

cisco-global

This example shows how to use the system-defined macro cisco-global: 

Switch(config)# macro global apply cisco-global

Changing VTP domain name from gsg-switch to [smartports]

Setting device to VTP TRANSPARENT mode.

Switch(config)# end

Switch# show parser macro name cisco-global

Macro name : cisco-global

Macro type : default global

# Enable dynamic port error recovery for link state failures.

errdisable recovery cause link-flap

errdisable recovery interval 60


# VTP requires Transparent mode for future 802.1x Guest VLAN

# and current Best Practice vtp domain [smartports] vtp mode transparent


# Enable aggressive mode UDLD on all fiber uplinks udld aggressive


# Enable Rapid PVST+ and Loopguard

spanning-tree mode rapid-pvst

spanning-tree loopguard default

spanning-tree extend system-id

cisco-desktop

This example shows how to use the system-defined macro cisco-desktop to assign a value of 35 to the access VLAN of the Fast Ethernet interface 2/9.

Note This macro requires the $AVID keyword, which is the access VLAN of the port. 

Switch(config)# interface fastethernet2/9

Switch(config-if)# macro apply cisco-desktop $AVID 35

Switch(config-if)# end

Switch# show parser macro name cisco-desktop

Macro name : cisco-desktop

Macro type : customizable


# Basic interface - Enable data VLAN only

# Recommended value for access vlan (AVID) should not be 1

switchport access vlan $AVID [access_vlan_id]

switchport mode access

# Enable port security limiting port to a single

# MAC address -- that of desktop

switchport port-security

# Ensure port-security age is greater than one minute

# and use inactivity timer

# "Port-security maximum 1" is the default and will not

# Show up in the config

switchport port-security violation restrict

switchport port-security aging time 2

switchport port-security aging type inactivity

# Configure port as an edge network port

spanning-tree portfast

spanning-tree bpduguard enable

Switch# show parser macro description 

Interface    Macro Description

--------------------------------------------------------------

Fa2/9        cisco-desktop

--------------------------------------------------------------

cisco-phone

This example shows how to use the system-defined macro cisco-phone to assign a value of 35 to the access VLAN and 56 to the voice VLAN on the Fast Ethernet interface 2/9.

Note This macro requires the $AVID and $VVID keywords, which are the access and voice VLANs of the port. 

Switch(config)# interface fastethernet2/9

Switch(config-if)# macro apply cisco-phone

Switch(config-if)# macro description cisco-phone $AVID 35 $VVID 56

Switch(config-if)# end

Switch# show parser macro name cisco-phone

Macro name : cisco-phone

Macro type : customizable


# VoIP enabled interface - Enable data VLAN

# and voice VLAN (VVID)

# Recommended value for access vlan (AVID) should not be 1\

switchport access vlan $AVID [access_vlan_id]

switchport mode access

# Update the Voice VLAN (VVID) value which should be

# different from data VLAN 

# Recommended value for voice vlan (VVID) should not be 1

switchport voice vlan $VVID [voice_vlan_id]

# Enable port security limiting port to a 2 MAC

# addressess -- One for desktop and one for phone

switchport port-security

switchport port-security maximum 2

# Ensure port-security age is greater than one minute

# and use inactivity timer

switchport port-security violation restrict

switchport port-security aging time 2

switchport port-security aging type inactivity

# Enable auto-qos to extend trust to attached Cisco phone

auto qos voip cisco-phone

# Configure port as an edge network port

spanning-tree portfast

spanning-tree bpduguard enable@


Switch# show parser macro description 

Interface    Macro Description

--------------------------------------------------------------

Fa2/9        cisco-phone

--------------------------------------------------------------

cisco-switch

This example shows how to use the system-defined macro cisco-switch to assign a value of 38 to the native VLAN on the Fast Ethernet interface 2/9.

Note This macro requires the $NVID keyword, which is the native VLANs of the port. 

Switch(config)# interface fastethernet2/9

Switch(config-if)# macro apply cisco-switch

Switch(config-if)# macro description cisco-switch $NVID 38

Switch(config-if)# end

Switch# show parser macro name cisco-switch

Macro name : cisco-switch

Macro type : customizable


# Access Uplink to Distribution

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

# Define unique Native VLAN on trunk ports

# Recommended value for native vlan (NVID) should not be 1

switchport trunk native vlan $NVID [native_vlan_id]

# Update the allowed VLAN range (VRANGE) such that it

# includes data, voice and native VLANs

# switchport trunk allowed vlan $VRANGE [vlan_range]

# Hardcode trunk and disable negotiation to

# speed up convergence

switchport mode trunk

switchport nonegotiate

# Configure qos to trust this interface

auto qos voip trust

# 802.1w defines the link as pt-pt for rapid convergence

spanning-tree link-type point-to-point


Switch# show parser macro description 

Interface    Macro Description

--------------------------------------------------------------

Fa2/9        cisco-switch

--------------------------------------------------------------

cisco-router

This example shows how to use the system-defined macro cisco-router to assign a value of 451 to the native VLAN on the Fast Ethernet interface 2/9.

Note This macro requires the $NVID keyword, which is the native VLANs of the port. 

Switch(config)# interface fastethernet2/9

Switch(config-if)# macro apply cisco-router

Switch(config-if)# macro description cisco-router $NVID 45I

Switch(config-if)# end

Switch# show parser macro name cisco-router

Macro name : cisco-router

Macro type : customizable


# Access Uplink to Distribution

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q 

# Define unique Native VLAN on trunk ports

# Recommended value for native vlan (NVID) should not be 1

switchport trunk native vlan $NVID [native_vlan_id]

# Update the allowed VLAN range (VRANGE) such that it

# includes data, voice and native VLANs

# switchport trunk allowed vlan $VRANGE [vlan_range]

# Hardcode trunk and disable negotiation to

# speed up convergence

# Hardcode speed and duplex to router

switchport mode trunk

switchport nonegotiate

speed 100

duplex full 

# Configure qos to trust this interface

auto qos voip trust

qos trust dscp

# Ensure fast access to the network when enabling the interface.

# Ensure that switch devices cannot become active on the interface.

spanning-tree portfast

spanning-tree bpduguard enable 


Switch# show parser macro description 

Interface    Macro Description

--------------------------------------------------------------

Fa2/9        cisco-router

--------------------------------------------------------------

Displaying SmartPort Macros

To display the SmartPort macros, use one or more of the privileged EXEC commands in Table 16-2.

Table 16-2 Commands for Displaying SmartPort Macros 

Command
Purpose

show parser macro

Displays all configured macros.

show parser macro name macro-name

Displays a specific macro.

show parser macro brief

Displays the configured macro names.

show parser macro description [interface interface-id]

Displays the macro description for all interfaces or for a specified interface.