description

Description

Associates descriptive information with an interface to help administrators and operators identify the purpose or role of an interface.

The no form of this command removes a description from an interface.

Command context

config-if

Parameters

<DESCRIPTION>

Specify a description for the interface. Range 1 - 64 printable ASCII characters (including space, excluding question mark).

Authority

Administrators

Examples

Setting the description for interface 1/1/1 to DataLink 01:

switch(config)# interface 1/1/1
switch(config-if)# description DataLink 01

Removing the description for interface 1/1/1.

switch(config)# interface 1/1/1
switch(config-if)# no description