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1 VLAN Configuration Commands
VLAN Configuration Commands
description
Syntax
description text
undo description
View
VLAN view, VLAN interface view
Parameters
text: Case sensitive character string to describe the current VLAN or VLAN interface. Special characters
and spaces are allowed.
It has:
z 1 to 32 characters for a VLAN description.
z 1 to 80 characters for a VLAN interface description.
Description
Use the description command to configure the description of the current VLAN or VLAN interface. You
can use the description to provide information helping identify the devices or network segment attached
to the VLAN or VLAN interface, and so on.
Use the undo description command to restore the default.
By default, the description of a VLAN is its VLAN ID, for example VLAN 0001; the description of a VLAN
interface is its name, for example Vlan-interface 1 Interface.
You can display the description of a VLAN or VLAN interface with the display vlan or display interface
Vlan-interface command.
Examples
# Configure the description of VLAN 10 as connect to LAB1.
<Sysname> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Sysname] vlan 10
[Sysname-vlan10] description connect to LAB1
# Configure the description of VLAN-interface 10 as gateway of LAB1.
[Sysname-vlan10] quit
[Sysname] interface Vlan-interface 10
[Sysname-Vlan-interface10] description gateway of LAB1
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