Supported Platforms
Related Documentation
- ACX, EX, J, M, MX, PTX, T Series
- Adding an Interface Description to the Configuration
- EX, J, M, MX, PTX, T Series
- Adding a Logical Unit Description to the Configuration
- EX Series
- Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces (CLI Procedure)
- MX Series
- Enabling and Disabling Insertion of Option 82 Information
- QFX Series
- Configuring Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces
- Additional Information
- Junos® OS Network Interfaces
description (Interfaces)
Syntax
Hierarchy Level
Release Information
Statement introduced before Junos OS Release 7.4.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 9.0 for EX Series switches.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 11.1 for the QFX Series.
Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 12.2 for ACX Series Universal Access Routers.
Description
Provide a textual description of the interface or the logical unit. Any descriptive text you include is displayed in the output of the show interfaces commands, and is also exposed in the ifAlias Management Information Base (MIB) object. It has no effect on the operation of the interface on the router or switch.
The textual description can also be included in the extended DHCP relay option 82 Agent Circuit ID suboption.
Options
text—Text to describe the interface. If the text includes spaces, enclose the entire text in quotation marks.
Required Privilege Level
interface—To view this statement in the configuration.
interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Related Documentation
- ACX, EX, J, M, MX, PTX, T Series
- Adding an Interface Description to the Configuration
- EX, J, M, MX, PTX, T Series
- Adding a Logical Unit Description to the Configuration
- EX Series
- Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces (CLI Procedure)
- MX Series
- Enabling and Disabling Insertion of Option 82 Information
- QFX Series
- Configuring Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces
- Additional Information
- Junos® OS Network Interfaces
Published: 2013-08-15
Supported Platforms
Related Documentation
- ACX, EX, J, M, MX, PTX, T Series
- Adding an Interface Description to the Configuration
- EX, J, M, MX, PTX, T Series
- Adding a Logical Unit Description to the Configuration
- EX Series
- Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces (CLI Procedure)
- MX Series
- Enabling and Disabling Insertion of Option 82 Information
- QFX Series
- Configuring Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces
- Additional Information
- Junos® OS Network Interfaces
