HP 3600 v2 Series Command Reference Manual page 164

View
VLAN view, VLAN interface view
Default level
2: System level
Parameters
text: Specifies the description of a VLAN or VLAN interface. The string can include case-sensitive letters,
digits, special characters such as tilde (~), exclamation point (!), at sign (@), pound sign (#), dollar sign
($), percent sign (%), caret (^), ampersand sign (&), asterisk (*), left brace({), right brace (}), left
parenthesis ((), right parenthesis ()), left bracket ([), right bracket (]), left angle bracket (<), right angle
bracket (>), hyphen (-), underscore(_), plus sign (+), equal sign (=), vertical bar (|), back slash (\), colon
(:), semi-colon (;), quotation marks ("), apostrophe ('), comma (,), dot (.), and slash (/), spaces, and
other Unicode characters and symbols.
For a VLAN, this is a string of 1 to 32 characters.
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For a VLAN interface, this is a string of 1 to 80 characters.
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When you specify a description, follow these guidelines:
Each Unicode character takes the space of two regular characters.
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To use Unicode characters or symbols in an interface description, install the specific input method
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editor and log in to the device through remote login software that supports the character type.
When the length of a description string reaches or exceeds the maximum line width on the terminal
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software, the software starts a new line, possibly breaking a Unicode character into two. As a result,
garbled characters may be displayed at the end of a line.
Description
Use description to change the description of the VLAN or VLAN interface.
Use undo description to restore the default.
• The default description for a VLAN is the VLAN ID. For example, VLAN 0001.
The default description for a VLAN interface is the name of the interface. For example,
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Vlan-interface 1 Interface.
You can configure a description to describe the function or connection of a VLAN or VLAN interface for
easy management.
Related commands: display interface vlan-interface and display vlan.
Examples
# Change the description of VLAN 2 to sales-private.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] vlan 2
[Sysname-vlan2] description sales-private
# Change the description of VLAN-interface 2 to linktoPC56.
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] vlan 2
[Sysname-vlan2] quit
[Sysname] interface vlan-interface 2
[Sysname-Vlan-interface2] description linktoPC56
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