Cisco 1900 IOS Configuration Commands
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Setting Descriptions
To set the descriptions, you need to be in interface configuration mode. From
interface configuration mode, use the description command to describe
each interface. You can make the descriptions more than one word, but you
can't use spaces. You'll have to use the underscore as shown here:
Todd1900EN#config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z
Todd1900EN(config)#int e0/1
Todd1900EN(config-if)#description Finance_VLAN
Todd1900EN(config-if)#int f0/26
Todd1900EN(config-if)#description trunk_to_Building_4
Todd1900EN(config-if)#
In this configuration example, I set the description on both a 10Mbps port
and a 100Mbps port.
Viewing Descriptions
Once you have configured the descriptions you want on each interface, you
can then view the descriptions with either the show interface command or
the show running-config command.
Todd1900EN#sh int e0/1
Ethernet 0/1 is Suspended-no-linkbeat
Hardware is Built-in 10Base-T
Address is 0030.80CC.7D01
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbits
802.1d STP State: Forwarding Forward Transitions: 1
Port monitoring: Disabled
Unknown unicast flooding: Enabled
Unregistered multicast flooding: Enabled
Description: Finance_VLAN
Duplex setting: Half duplex
Back pressure: Disabled
Todd1900EN#sh run
Building configuration...
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