2950 and 3550 Switches

2950 and 3550 Switches
For the 2950 and 3550 series switches, use the description command. You cannot use spaces
with the description command, but you can use underscores if you need to:
Terry_2950#config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Terry_2950(config)#interface fa0/1
Terry_2950(config-if)#description Finance_VLAN
Terry_2950(config-if)#interface fa0/2
Terry_2950(config-if)#description trunk_to_Building_4
Terry_2950(config-if)#
You can view the descriptions with either the show interface command or the show
running-config command:
Terry_2950#sho run
Building configuration...
Current configuration : 1387 bytes
!
version 12.1
no service pad
service timestamps debug uptime
service timestamps log uptime
no service password-encryption
!
hostname Terry_2950
!
ip subnet-zero
!
spanning-tree extend system-id
436 Chapter 13  Connecting the Switch Block
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
description Finance_VLAN
no ip address
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
description trunk_to_Building_4
no ip address
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