Where the Heck are My TenGigabit Interfaces?

Well the picture to the right shows exactly where they are.  In the past we have dealt with 1Gbps interfaces on supervisors that had both RJ-45 and SFP slots and it was an either/or decision if you wanted to use them.  In those cases you had a config entry that required you to state SFP or RJ-45 in the interface configuration.  No matter what you chose it was always shown Interface GigabitEthernet Mod#/Port#.  So when I dove  into the Sup720 I was configuring I decided it was supposed to be the same way because why would Cisco ever let me use all the ports on the front of my hardware?  Being the all knowing geek that I am I also ignored the config file that I have seen at least 30 times in the last hour and I just started typing Interface TenGigabitEthernet 5/1, and I kept getting this;

6509_1(config)#int tenGigabitEthernet 5/1
^
% Invalid input detected at ‘^’ marker.

6509_1(config)#

Well for a lack of a better way of putting it I was starting to get pissed.  Then I remember that I don’t ever get to use all my ports.  So then I went to the interface to switch my GigabitEthernet 5/1 interface to tenGigabitEthernet 5/1….and low and behold there was no such command…  So finally here I was having to look at the config to see if I missed something and guess what I found;

!
interface GigabitEthernet5/1
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet5/2
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet5/3
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet5/4
no ip address

shutdown
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet5/5
no ip address

shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet6/1
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet6/2
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface GigabitEthernet6/3
no ip address
shutdown
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet6/4
no ip address

shutdown
!
interface TenGigabitEthernet6/5
no ip address

shutdown
!

So much for being the all knowing geek.  I doubt anyone else will ever do anything other than look at this and think how dumb I am but for me it is a great reminder.  Go on get your Ten Gig on!

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