Force10 Networks S2410s Description, Enter a description for the selected interface port or Vlan

description

Mode	Privileged Exec
Related
	show vlan	Displays information about VLANs, either detailed information for a specific
Commands
		VLAN or summary information for all configured VLANs.
	show port	Displays port information for a selected port or for all ports

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Enter a description for the selected interface (port or VLAN).

[no] description description

The description allows spaces if you surround the statement with single or double quotes.

none

Interface VLAN, Interface Config

Version 2.3 Introduced

The following example shows the use of both single quotes and double quotes in entering a description for a port. The example also shows the resulting descriptions presented in show interfaces description commands.

S50 #conf

S50 (Config)#interface 1/0/1

S50 (Interface 1/0/1)#description "1/0/1 is access port"

S50 (Interface 1/0/1)#exit

S50 (Config)#interface 1/0/30

S50 (Interface 1/0/30)#description 'management port in vlan 30'

S50 (Interface 1/0/30)#exit

S50 (Config)#exit

S50 #show interfaces description 1/0/1

Interface.......1/0/1

IfIndex.........1

Description.....1/0/1 is access port

MAC Address.....00:01:E8:D5:BA:C0

Bit Offset Val..1

S50 #show interfaces description 1/0/30

Interface.......1/0/30

IfIndex.........30

Description.....management port in vlan 30

MAC Address.....00:01:E8:D5:BA:C0

Bit Offset Val..30

S50 #

Figure 29 show interfaces description Command Example

Related
	interface vlan	Creates a VLAN, assigns it an ID and then enters the Interface VLAN mode
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122 System Configuration Commands