Juniper JUNOS 10.1 - CONFIGURATION GUIDE 1-2010 Configuration Manual page 1132

JUNOS 10.1 Network Interfaces Configuration Guide
description
description text;
Syntax
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]
Statement introduced before JUNOS Release 7.4.
Release Information
Provide a textual description of the interface or the logical unit. Any descriptive text
Description
you include is displayed in the output of the
exposed in the
on the operation of the interface or the router.
The textual description can also be included in the extended DHCP relay option 82
Agent Circuit ID suboption.
Options text
interface—To view this statement in the configuration.
Required Privilege Level
interface-control—To add this statement to the configuration.
Related Topics
1062
description
Management Information Base (MIB) object. It has no effect
ifAlias
—Text to describe the interface. If the text includes spaces, enclose the entire
text in quotation marks.
Adding an Interface Description to the Configuration on page 108
Adding a Logical Unit Description to the Configuration on page 168
Enabling and Disabling Insertion of Option 82 Information
show interfaces commands, and is also