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Related
Commands
description
c e s
Assign a descriptive text string to the interface.
Syntax
description desc_text
To delete a description, enter no description.
Parameters
Defaults
No description is defined.
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Usage
Information
• To use special characters as a part of the description string, you must enclose the whole string in
double quotes.
• Spaces between characters are not preserved after entering this command unless you enclose the
entire description in quotation marks (“desc_text”).
• Entering a text string after the description command overwrites any previous text string configured
as the description.
• The shutdown and description commands are the only commands that you can configure on an
interface that is a member of a port-channel.
• Use the show interfaces description command to display descriptions configured for each
interface.
Related
Commands
disable-on-sfm-failure
e
Disable select ports on E300 systems when a single SFM is available.
Syntax
disable-on-sfm-failure
To delete a description, enter no disable-on-sfm-failure.
Defaults
Port is not disabled
Command Modes
INTERFACE
clear dampening Clear the dampening counters on all the interfaces or just the specified
interface.
show interfaces dampening
Display interface dampening information.
desc_text
Enter a text string up to 240 characters long.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on S-Series
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on C-Series
Version 7.4.1.0 Modified for E-Series: Revised from 78 to 240 characters.
show interfaces description
Display description field of interfaces.