Users Guide

Version Description
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
Related commands show vlan — Displays VLAN configuration.
description
Assign a descriptive text string to the interface.
Syntax
description desc_text
To delete a description, enter no description command.
Parameters
desc_text Enter a text string up to 240 characters long.
Defaults No description is defined.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
8.3.17.0 Supported on the M I/O Aggregator.
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 default vlan-id command overwrites any previous text string configured
as the description.
•
The show tdr and default vlan-id 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 show interfaces description — Displays the description field of interfaces.
feature fc
Enables the Fibre channel communication via the NPG functionality.
Syntax
feature fc
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Default Enabled
Supported Modes Programmable-Mux (PMUX)
Interfaces 195