description (VPN instance view)

Function

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

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

By default, no description is specified for a VPN instance.

Format

description description-information

undo description

Parameters

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

Views

VPN instance view

Default Level

2: Configuration level

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

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

To check the description of a VPN instance, run the display ip vpn-instance command.

Precautions

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

Example

# Specify the description of a VPN instance named vpn1.

<HUAWEI> system-view
[HUAWEI] ip vpn-instance vpn1
[HUAWEI-vpn-instance-vpn1] description OnlyForAB