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Ethernet Port Configuration Mode Commands
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▄ Cisco ASR 5x00 Command Line Interface Reference
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description
Sets the port descriptive text.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration > Ethernet Port Configuration
configure > port ethernet slot_number/port_number
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-port-slot_number/port_number)#
Syntax
description text
no description
no
Clears the description for the port.
text
Specifies the descriptive text as an alphanumeric string of 1 to 79 characters. If you include spaces between
words in the description, you must enclose the text with double quotation marks (“ “),
words in the description, you must enclose the text with double quotation marks (“ “),
Usage
The description should provide useful information on the port’s primary function, services, end users, etc.
Example
description samplePortDescriptiveText
description “This is a sample description”