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Description – Allied Telesis AT-FS970M Series User Manual

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Chapter 10: Port Parameter Commands

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DESCRIPTION

Syntax

description

description

Parameters

description

Specifies a description of 1 to 240 alphanumeric characters for a
port. Spaces and special characters are allowed.

Mode

Port Interface mode

Description

Use this command to add descriptions to the ports on the switch. The
ports will be easier to identify if they have descriptions.

Use the NO form of this command to remove descriptions from ports
without assigning new descriptions.

Note

The POWER-INLINE DESCRIPTION command is used to describe
powered devices that are connected to the ports. For information
about this command, see “POWER-INLINE DESCRIPTION” on
page 275.

Confirmation Command

“SHOW INTERFACE” on page 229

Examples

This example assigns the description “printer22” to port 15:

awplus> enable
awplus# configure terminal
awplus(config)# interface port1.0.15
awplus(config-if)# description printer22