Parameters
desc_text
Enter a text string up to 240 characters long.
Defaults
None
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant
Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide
.
Version
Description
9.10(0.0)
Introduced on the S6100–ON.
9.8(1.0)
Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5)
Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2)
Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0)
Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.2(1.0)
Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0
Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1
Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0
Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series.
7.6.1.0
Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0
Introduced on the C-Series.
7.4.1.0
Modified for E-Series: Revised from 78 to 240 characters.
Usage Information
Important Points to Remember:
•
To use special characters as a part of the description string, you must enclose the whole string in double
quotes.
•
Spaces between characters are not preserved after entering this command unless you enclose the entire
description in quotation marks (
“
desc_text
”
).
•
Entering a text string after the
description
command overwrites any previous text string that you
previously configured as the description.
•
The
shutdown
and
description
commands are the only commands that you can configure on an interface
that is a member of a port-channel.
•
Use the
show interfaces description
command to display descriptions configured for each interface.
default interface
Reset a physical interface to its factory default settings.
Syntax
default interface
interface-type slot/port
- range
Parameters
interface-type slot/
port
[
/subport
]
Enter the interface type and slot/port [/subport] information:
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Interfaces
