Identifying Ports
You can add a text description to a switch port’s configuration to help identify it. This description is meant as a comment field only, as a record of port use or other unique information. The port description is included when displaying the switch configuration and interface information.
To assign a comment or description to a port, enter the following command in interface configuration mode:
Switch(config-if)# description description-string
The description string can have embedded spaces between words, if needed. To remove a description, use the no description interface-configuration command.
As an example, interface Fast Ethernet 1/0/11 is labeled with “Printer in Bldg A, room 213”:
Switch(config)# interface fast 1/0/11 Switch(config-if)# description Printer in Bldg A, room 213
To assign a comment or description to a port, enter the following command in interface configuration mode:
Switch(config-if)# description description-string
The description string can have embedded spaces between words, if needed. To remove a description, use the no description interface-configuration command.
As an example, interface Fast Ethernet 1/0/11 is labeled with “Printer in Bldg A, room 213”:
Switch(config)# interface fast 1/0/11 Switch(config-if)# description Printer in Bldg A, room 213
