Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference Release 4.0(1a)N2(1) (OL-16599-01, March 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Command Reference
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Chapter 2 Ethernet Commands
description (interface)
description (interface)
To add a description to an interface configuration, use the description command. To remove the
description, use the no form of this command.
description description
no description
Syntax Description
Command Default No description is added.
Command Modes Interface configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines The description command is meant to provide a reminder in the configuration to describe what certain
interfaces are used for. The description appears in the output of the following commands such as show
interface and show running-config.
Examples The following example shows how to add a description for an interface:
switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/1
switch(config-if)# description "10G Server Link"
Related Commands
description String description of the interface configuration. This string is limited to 80
characters.
Release Modification
4.0(0)N1(1a) This command was introduced.
Command Description
show interface Displays the interface configuration information.
show running-config Displays the contents of the currently running configuration file.