Configures a name or description for an MSDP peer. This text is for display purposes only.
| remoteaddr | Specifies the IP address of the MSDP peer. |
| peer-description | Specifies the name or description of the MSDP peer. The maximum is 63 characters. |
| vrname | Specifies the name of the virtual router to which this command applies. If a name is not specified, it is extracted from the current CLI context. |
By default, no name or description is specified.
Use this command to configure a name or description to make an MSDP peer easier to identify. The description is visible in the output of the show msdp peer command.
To remove the description, use this command without a description string.
The following example configures the name "internal_peer" to an MSDP peer:
configure msdp peer 192.168.45.43 description internal_peer
The following example removes the description from an MSDP peer:
configure msdp peer 192.168.45.43 description
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 12.0.
This command is available on platforms that support the appropriate license. For complete information about software licensing, including how to obtain and upgrade your license and which licenses support the MSDP feature, see the ExtremeXOS and Switch Engine 31.7 Feature License Requirements document.