Reference v4.1.0 Instruction Manual

212 Network OS Command Reference

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description (interfaces)

Describes the interface.

Synopsis description line

no description

Operands line Specifies characters describing the interface. The string must be between

1 and 63 ASCII characters in length.

Defaults None

Command Modes Interface subtype configuration mode

Description Use this command to specify a string that contains the description of a specific interface.

Usage Guidelines Enter no description to remove the interface description.

Examples To set the string describing internal 10-gigabit Ethernet interface 101/0/1:

switch(config)# interface tengigabitethernet 101/0/1

switch(conf-if-te-101/0/1)# description converged_101