description (EVPN instance view)

Function

The description command specifies the description of the current EVPN instance.

The undo description command deletes the description of the current EVPN instance.

By default, no description is specified for an EVPN instance.

Format

description description-information

undo description

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
description-information	Specifies the description of an EVPN instance.	The value is a string of 1 to 242 case-sensitive characters with spaces supported.

Views

EVPN instance view

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

To record the purpose of creating an EVPN instance and the CEs with which the EVPN instance is associated, you can run the description command to specify the description of the EVPN instance.

To check the description of an EVPN instance, run the display evpn vpn-instance command.

Precautions

If you run the description command several times, the latest configuration overrides the previous configurations.

Example

# Specify the description of an EVPN instance named evn10.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[HUAWEI] evpn vpn-instance evn10 bd-mode
[HUAWEI-evpn-instance-evn10] description OnlyForAB