description

Use description to configure a description for an interface.

Use undo description to restore the default.

Syntax

description text

undo description

Default

The default description for an interface is "interface name Interface." The following table shows examples of interfaces and their default descriptions:

Interface

Description

S-channel interface S-channel 1/0/1:10

S-channel 1/0/1:10 Interface

S-channel aggregate interface Schannel-Aggregation 1:10

Schannel-Aggregation 1:10 Interface

VSI S-channel 1/0/1:10.1

S-channel 1/0/1:10.1 Interface

VSIaggregate interface Schannel-Aggregation 1:10.1

Schannel-Aggregation 1:10.1 Interface

Views

S-channel interface view, S-channel aggregate interface view, VSI interface view, VSI aggregate interface view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

Parameters

text: Specifies a description for the interface, a case-sensitive string of 1 to 255 characters.

Examples

# Configure the description for S-channel interface S-Channel 1/0/1:10 as S-Channel to lab.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface s-channel 1/0/1:10
[Sysname–S-Channel1/0/1:10] description S-Channel to lab

# Configure the description for S-channel aggregate interface Schannel-Aggregation 1:10 as Schannel-Aggregation to lab.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface schannel-aggregation 1:10
[Sysname–Schannel-Aggregation1:10] description Schannel-Aggregation to lab

# Configure the description for VSI interface S-Channel 1/0/1:10.1 as VSI to lab.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface s-channel 1/0/1:10.1
[Sysname–S-Channel1/0/1:10.1] description VSI to lab

# Configure the description for VSI aggregate interface Schannel-Aggregation 1:10.1 as VSI-Aggregation to lab.

<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface schannel-aggregation 1:10.1
[Sysname–Schannel-Aggregation1:10.1] description VSI-Aggregation to lab