Chapter 11
| Interface Commands
Interface Configuration
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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)#
discard This command discards CDP or PVST packets. Use the no form to forward the
specified packet type to other ports configured the same way.
SYNTAX
[no] discard {cdp | pvst}
cdp – Cisco Discovery Protocol
pvst – Per-VLAN Spanning Tree
DEFAULT SETTING
Default - Forward CDP and PVST packets
COMMAND MODE
Interface Configuration (Ethernet)
COMMAND USAGE
Use the no discard command to allow CDP or PVST packets to be forwarded to
other ports in the same VLAN which are also configured to forward the specified
packet type.
EXAMPLE
The following example forwards CDP packets entering port 5.
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/5
Console(config-if)#no discard cdp
Console(config-if)#
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