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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
• 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
Command
History
Usage
Information
When an E300 system boots up and a single SFM is active this configuration, any ports configured
with this feature will be shut down. If an SFM fails (or is removed) in an E300 system with two SFM,
ports configured with this feature will be shut down. All other ports are treated normally.
When a second SFM is installed or replaced, all ports are booted up and treated as normally. This
feature does not take affect until a single SFM is active in the E300 system.
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.
Version 7.7.1.0 Introduced on E300 systems only