3Com 4500 50-PORT, 4500 PWR 50-PORT manual VLANs and Vlan interfaces on your system, Vlan view

76CHAPTER 3: USING VLAN COMMANDS

VLAN Configuration	This section describes the commands you can use to configure and manage the
Commands	VLANs and VLAN interfaces on your system.

description Syntax

description string

undo description

View

VLAN view

Parameter

string: Enter a description of the current VLAN, up to a maximum of 32 characters. For a description of a VLAN interface, the maximum is 80 characters.

Description

Use the description command to set a description for the current VLAN. Use the undo description command to cancel the description of current VLAN.

The default description character string of the current VLAN is no description!. The default description character string of the VLAN interface is the interface name, for example, vlan-interface1.

Related command: display vlan.

Example

To give VLAN1 the description “RESEARCH”, enter the following:

<4500>system-view

System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.

[4500]vlan 1

[4500-vlan1]description RESEARCH

[4500-vlan1]

display interface VLAN-interface

Syntax

display interface vlan-interface [ vlan_id ]

View

All views

Parameter

vlan_id: Enter the ID number of the VLAN interface, ranging from 1 to 4094.

Description

Use the display interface vlan-interface command to view the information about a specific VLAN interface, or all VLAN interfaces. The information displayed includes:

■Current status of the interface

■Current status of the line protocol