R2511-HP MSR Router Series Interface Command Reference(V5)

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Usage guidelines
CAUTION:
The default command might interrupt ongoing network services. Make sure you are fully aware of the
impacts of this command when you use it in a live network.
This command might fail to restore the default settings for some commands for reasons such as command
dependencies and system restrictions. Use the display this command in interface view to identify these
commands, and then use their undo forms or follow the command reference to individually restore their
default settings. If your restoration attempt still fails, follow the error message instructions to resolve the
problem.
Examples
# Restore the default settings of interface loopback 1.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface loopback 1
[Sysname-loopback1] default
This command will restore the default settings. Continue? [Y/N]:y
description
Use description to change the text description for the current interface.
Use undo description to restore the default description.
Syntax
description text
undo description
Default
The description of a loopback or null interface is interface name Interface, for example, Loopback1
Interface.
Views
Loopback interface view, null interface view
Default command level
2: System level
Parameters
text: Interface description, a case-sensitive string of 1 to 240 characters. The description can include
letters, digits, special characters, spaces, and other Unicode characters and symbols.
When you specify an interface description, follow these guidelines:
• An interface description can be a mixture of English characters and other Unicode characters. The
mixed description cannot exceed the specified string length.
• To use Unicode characters or symbols in an interface description, install the corresponding IME and
log in to the device through remote login software that supports the character type.
• Each non-English Unicode character or symbol (non-English characters) takes the space of two
regular characters. When the length of a description string reaches or exceeds the maximum line
width on the terminal software, the software starts a new line. This might break a Unicode character
into two parts and create garbled characters at the end of a line.