Administrator Guide

Supported Modes All Modes
Command
History
Version Description
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
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
9.4(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)
Command
History
Version Description
9.6(0.0) Supported on the FN 2210S Aggregator and M I/O Aggregator.
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