Configures a description for the specified VLAN, VMAN, SVLAN, CVLAN, or BVLAN.
vlan , vman, svlan, cvlan, bvlan | Specifies that you are describing a VLAN, VMAN, SVLAN, CVLAN, or BVLAN, respectively. |
vlan_id , vman_id, svlan_id, cvlan_id, bvlan_id | Specifies a VLAN, VMAN, SVLAN, CVLAN, or BVLAN ID , respectively (between 1–4,094). |
vlan_list , vman_list, svlan_list, cvlan_list, bvlan_list | Specifies a VLAN, VMAN, SVLAN, CVLAN, or BVLAN list , respectively (between 1–4,094). |
vlan-desc | Specifies a VLAN description (up to 64 characters) that appears in show vlan commands and can be read from the ifAlias MIB object for the VLAN. |
none | This keyword removes the configured VLAN description. |
By default, the VLAN has no description.
The VLAN description must be in quotes if the string contains any space characters. If a VLAN description is configured for a VLAN that already has a description, the new description replaces the old description.
The following example assigns the description "Campus A" to VLAN vlan1:
configure vlan vlan1 description “Campus A”
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 12.4.4.
VLAN ID support was added in ExtremeXOS 16.2.
This command is available on all platforms.