Users Guide

show interfaces description
Display the descriptions congured on the interface.
Syntax
show interfaces [interface] description
Parameters
interface Enter one of the following keywords and slot/port or number information:
• For the management interface on the stack unit enter the keyword
ManagementEthernet followed by the slot/port information. The slot range is 0-0
and the port range is 0.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet
followed by the slot/port information.
•
For VLAN interfaces, enter the keyword vlan followed by a number from 1 to 4094.
NOTE: This command also enables you to view information corresponding to a
range of ports.
• You can specify multiple ports as slot/port-range. For example, if you
want to display information corresponding to all ports between 1 and 4, specify
the port range as show interfaces interface-type 1/1 - 4.
Command Modes
• EXEC
• EXEC Privilege
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM and added support to display the interface congurations
corresponding to a range of ports.
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Usage Information The following describes the show interfaces description command shown in the Example below.
Field Description
Interface Displays the type of interface and associated slot and port number.
OK? Indicates if the hardware is functioning properly.
Status States whether the interface is enabled (up) or disabled (administratively down).
Protocol States whether IP is enabled (up) or disabled (down) on the interface.
Description Displays the description (if any) manually congured for the interface.
Example
Dell#show interface description
Interface OK Status Protocol Description
TenGigabitEthernet 0/1 NO admin down down
TenGigabitEthernet 0/2 NO admin up down
TenGigabitEthernet 0/3 NO admin up down
TenGigabitEthernet 0/4 NO admin up down
TenGigabitEthernet 0/5 NO admin up down
564 Interfaces