Description, Description 27-2 – LevelOne GTL-2690 User Manual

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Interface Commands

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Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Global Configuration

Example
To specify port 4, enter the following command:

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)#

Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/4
Console(config-if)#description RD-SW#3
Console(config-if)#

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