description

Syntax


                        
                           description text;

Hierarchy Level


                        
                           [edit interfaces interface-name],
                           
                           [edit interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit-number],
                           
                           [edit logical-systems logical-system-name interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit-number]

Release Information

Statement introduced before JUNOS Release 7.4.

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 or the routing platform.

Options

text—Text to describe the interface. If the text includes spaces, enclose the entire text in quotation marks.

Usage Guidelines

See Adding an Interface Description to the Configuration and Adding a Logical Unit Description to the Configuration.

Required Privilege Level

interface—To view this statement in the configuration.

interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.