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Field  Description 
Physical 
Physical state of the interface, which can be 
z  *down: Indicates that the interface is administratively down; that is, 
the interface is shut down with the shutdown command. 
z  down: Indicates that the interface is administratively up but its 
physical state is down, which may be caused by a connection or link 
failure. 
z  up: Indicates that both the administrative and physical states of the 
interface are up. 
Protocol 
Network layer protocol state of the interface, which can be 
z  down: Indicates that the protocol state of the interface is down, which 
is usually because that no IP address is assigned to the interface. 
z  up: Indicates that the protocol state of the interface is up. 
Description 
Interface description information (for detailed information, refer to VLAN 
Configuration and VLAN Commands).  
If the description has no more than 12 characters, the whole description 
can be displayed. If it has more than 12 characters, only the first nine 
characters are displayed. 
 
ip address 
Syntax 
ip address ip-address { mask | mask-length }  
undo ip address [ ip-address { mask | mask-length } ] 
View 
VLAN interface view, loopback interface view 
Parameters 
ip-address: IP address, in dotted decimal notation.  
mask: Subnet mask, in dotted decimal notation.  
mask-length: Subnet mask length, the number of consecutive ones in the mask. It is in the range of 0 to 
32.  
Description 
Use the ip address command to specify an IP address and mask for a VLAN or loopback interface.  
Use the undo ip address command to remove an IP address and mask of a VLAN or loopback 
interface.  
By default, no IP address is configured for VLAN or loopback interface.