Administrator Guide

description
Assign a descriptive text string to the interface.
C9000 Series
Syntax
description desc_text
To delete a description, use the no description command.
Parameters
desc_text Enter a text string up to 240 characters long.
Defaults none
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0 Modified for E-Series: Revised from 78 to 240 characters.
Usage Information
Important Points to Remember:
• To use special characters as a part of the description string, you must enclose the whole string in double
quotes.
• 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 that you
previously 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
show interfaces — displays information about an interface.
default interface
Resets a physical interface to its factory-default settings.
C9000 Series
Syntax
default interface interface slot/port-range
686 Interfaces