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Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Global Configuration
Example
To specify port 4, enter the following command:
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/4
Console(config-if)#
description
This command adds a description to an interface. Use the
no
form to remove the
description.
Syntax
description
string
no description
string - Comment or a description to help you remember what is attached
to this interface. (Range: 1-64 characters)
Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)
Command Usage
The description is displayed by the show interfaces status command
(page 27-9) and in the running-configuration file. An example of the value
which a network manager might store in this object is the name of the
manufacturer, and the product name.
Example
The following example adds a description to port 4.
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/4
Console(config-if)#description RD-SW#3
Console(config-if)#
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Interface Commands
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