Reference Guide

description
Assign a descriptive text string to the interface.
S4820T
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 FTOS Command Line Reference Guide .
The following is a list of the FTOS version history for this command.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
Version 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 description — displays the description field of the interfaces.
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