Solved: Vlan Description Switch 2960

Azuriste · ‎08-23-2018

Hi ,

Is there a way to give description of the Vlan name in switch 2960 ?

so my Purpose when i do show Vlan , i will show vlan names with description

Thanks

Daniele Giordano · ‎08-23-2018

Hi, there isn't description for vlan.

The name is basically the description with some limitations:

switch(config-vlan)# namevlan-name

Names the VLAN. You can enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters to name the VLAN. You cannot change the name of VLAN1 or the internally allocated VLANs. The default value is VLANxxxx where xxxx represent four numeric digits (including leading zeroes) equal to the VLAN ID number.

Regards.

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Seb Rupik · ‎08-23-2018

Hi there,

No I'm afraid not.

The VLAN ID is the UID so typically the 'name' attribute for a VLAN is used as a description, with a view of making it as short and precise as possible so it does not get truncated in the show commands where it may lose all meaning! :)

cheers,

Seb.

Daniele Giordano · ‎08-23-2018

Hi, there isn't description for vlan.

The name is basically the description with some limitations:

switch(config-vlan)# namevlan-name

Names the VLAN. You can enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters to name the VLAN. You cannot change the name of VLAN1 or the internally allocated VLANs. The default value is VLANxxxx where xxxx represent four numeric digits (including leading zeroes) equal to the VLAN ID number.

Regards.