# Configuring Interface Description

Use 'description' to set custom interface level description

#### Reference

<table data-header-hidden><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Command</td><td><p>description &#x3C;string></p><p>no description</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td>Description configuration</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Parameters</td><td>string - 50 characters maximum</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mode</td><td>INTERFACE</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Example

```
pbnoscli# configure terminal 
pbnoscli(config)# interface ethernet Ethernet4/1
pbnoscli(config-if)# descript    
  description           Add description
pbnoscli(config-if)# description "interface description"
```

You can verify the configuration by using the command(s) below:

```
pbnoscli# show interface npb Ethernet4/1

===================================
Interface : Ethernet4/1       
===================================
Description    : interface description
Mode           : vlan-aware      
Ingress-vlan   : 6               
Egress-tagging : disable         
Truncate       : 64              

pbnoscli#
```

```
pbnoscli# show running-config 
configure terminal
!
interface ethernet Ethernet4/1
description interface description
!
interface mgmt
ip address 10.4.4.53/23 gateway 10.4.4.1
!
pbnoscli#
```