Description - Dell Force10 Z9000 Reference Manual

Example
FTOS(conf-if-gi-3/2)#dampening 20 800 4500 120
FTOS(conf-if-gi-3/2)#
Related
clear dampening
Commands
interface.
show interfaces dampening

description

Assign a descriptive text string to the interface.
C-Series, E-Series, S-Series, Z-Series
Syntax description desc_text
To delete a description, use the no description command.
Parameters
desc_text
Defaults none
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
Version 8.3.11.1
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Version 7.4.1.0
Usage
Important Points:
Information
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• suppress-threshold should be greater than reuse-threshold
• max-suppress-time should be at least 4 times half-life
NOTE: You cannot apply dampening on an interface that is monitoring traffic for other
interfaces.
– clears the dampening counters on all the interfaces or just the specified
– displays interface dampening information.
Enter a text string up to 240 characters long.
Introduced on the Z9000.
Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Introduced on the S-Series.
Introduced on the C-Series.
Modified for E-Series: Revised from 78 to 240 characters.
• Spaces between characters are not preserved after entering this command unless you
enclose the entire description in quotation marks ("desc_text").
• Entering a text string after the description command overwrites any previous text
string that you previously configured as the description.
• The shutdown and description commands are the only commands that you can
configure on an interface that is a member of a port-channel.
• Use the show interfaces description command to display descriptions
configured for each interface.