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Interface Commands
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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 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)#
flowcontrol
This command enables flow control. Use the no form to disable flow control.
Syntax
[no] flowcontrol
Default Setting
Disabled
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, Port Channel)
Command Usage
• 1000BASE-T does not support forced mode. Auto-negotiation should always be used to
establish a connection over any 1000BASE-T port or trunk.
• Flow control can eliminate frame loss by “blocking” traffic from end stations or segments
connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill. When enabled, back pressure is used for
half-duplex operation and IEEE 802.3-2002 (formally IEEE 802.3x) for full-duplex operation.