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Chapter9 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Monitoring and Maintaining the Interfaces
Use the no description interface configuration command to delete the description.
This example shows how to add a description on Fast Ethernet interface 0/4 and to verify the description:
Switch# config terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet0/4
Switch(config-if)# description Connects to Marketing
Switch(config-if)# end
Switch# show interfaces fastethernet0/4 description
Interface Status Protocol Description
Fa0/4 up down Connects to Marketing
Monitoring and Maintaining the Interfaces
You can perform the tasks in these sections to monitor and maintain interfaces:
Monitoring Interface and Controller Status, page 9-14
Clearing and Resetting Interfaces and Counters, page 9-16
Shutting Down and Restarting the Interface, page 9-17

Monitoring Interface and Controller Status

Commands entered at the privileged EXEC prompt display information about the interface, including
the version of the software and the hardware, the controller status, and statistics about the interfaces.
Table 9 -2 lists some of these interface monitoring commands. (You can display the full list of show
commands by using the show ? command at the privileged EXEC prompt.) These commands are fully
described in the Cisco IOS Interface Command Reference for Release 12.1.
Step5 show interfaces interface-id description
or
show running-config
Verify your entry.
Step6 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command Purpose
Table9-2 Show Commands for Interfaces
Command Purpose
show interfaces [interface-id] Display the status and configuration of all interfaces or a sp ec ific
interface.
show interfaces interface-id status [err-disabled] Display interface status or a list of interfaces in error-disabled state.
show interfaces [interface-id] switchport Display administrative and operational status of switching
(nonrouting) ports.
show interfaces [interface-id] description Display the description configured on an inter face or a ll interf aces and
the interface status.
show ip interface [interface-id] Display the usability status of all interfaces configured for IP or the
specified interface.