display ip interface description

Function

The display ip interface description command displays brief information on and descriptions of IP-related interfaces.

If no parameter is specified, brief IP configurations of all interfaces are displayed.

Format

display ip interface description [ interface-type interface-number | slot slot-number [ card card-number ] ]

display ip interface description interface-type

display ip interface description ip-configured [ except interface-type ]

display ip interface description interface-type

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value
interface-type	Displays IP description configurations of a specified type of interface. If no interface type is specified, the system displays IP configurations of and statistics on all interfaces.	The value is a string of 1 to 63 case-sensitive characters, spaces not supported.
interface-number	Displays IP description configurations of a specified interface. ifNum and ifType define an interface. If an interface type is specified but no interface number is specified, statistics on and IP description configurations of all the interfaces of the specified type are displayed.	The value is a string of 1 to 63 case-sensitive characters, spaces not supported.
slot slot-number	Displays the IP configuration and statistics of interfaces on the specified slot. If the slot number is not specified, description IP configurations of the interfaces on all interface boards and main control boards are displayed. In VS mode, this parameter is supported only by the admin VS.	The value is a string of 1 to 63 case-sensitive characters, spaces not supported.
card card-number	Displays the IP configuration and statistics of interfaces on the specified slot. If the slot number is not specified, description IP configurations of the interfaces on all interface boards and main control boards are displayed. In VS mode, this parameter is supported only by the admin VS.	The value is a string of 1 to 63 case-sensitive characters, spaces not supported.
ip-configured	Displays the IP configuration of interfaces assigned IP addresses.	-
except	Displays the IP configuration of interfaces, excluding the interfaces of the specified type.	-

Views

All views

Default Level

1: Monitoring level

Task Name and Operations

Task Name	Operations
interface-mgr	read

Usage Guidelines

Usage Scenario

To view brief information on and descriptions of IP-related interfaces, run the display ip interface description command.

Implementation Procedure

Run the display interface description command to view the description of the interface.
Run the display interface command to view detailed information about the operation and statistics of the interface.

Precautions

You can run the display ip interface brief command to view the following:

IP configurations of all interfaces
IP configurations of interfaces of the specified type, specified interfaces, interfaces in the specified slot, or interfaces on the specified board in the slot
IP configurations of interfaces assigned IP addresses
This command, however, cannot be used to display the IP configurations of member interfaces of a Trunk.
If an interface is used for services exclude IP services, no information about the interface is displayed with this command.

Example

The actual command output varies according to the device. The command output here is only an example.

# Display brief information on and descriptions of IP-related interfaces.

<HUAWEI> display ip interface description
Codes:
      Ana(Analogmodem),       Asy(Async),             Cell(Cellular),
      Dia(Dialer),            Eth(Ethernet)           GE(GigabitEthernet),
      H(Hssi),                Ima(Ima-group),         Loop(LoopBack),
      MTun(MTunnel),          S(Serial),              Tun(Tunnel),
      VE(Virtual-Ethernet),   VT(Virtual-Template)

      d(dampened),            D(down),                *D(administratively down),
      !D(FIB overload down),  ^D(standby),            l(loopback),
      s(spoofing),            U(up),                  E(E-Trunk down)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Number of interfaces whose physical status is Up: 3
Number of interfaces whose physical status is Down: 1
Number of interfaces whose protocol status is Up: 1
Number of interfaces whose protocol status is Down: 3

Interface                      IP Address/Mask    Phy  Prot  Description
Eth-Trunk1                     2.2.2.2/24         D    D 
GE0/1/0                        unassigned         U    D
GE0/1/1 .1                     10.1.1.1/24        U    U
GE0/1/1                        unassigned         U    D

**Table 1** Description of the **display ip interface description** command output
Item	Description
Number of interfaces whose physical status is Up/Down	Number of interfaces with the physical status of Up/Down.
Number of interfaces whose protocol status is Up/Down	Number of interfaces with the link layer protocol of Up/Down.
Interface	Interface type and number.
IP Address/Mask	IP address and subnet mask of a Layer 3 interface.
Phy	Physical status of an interface.
Prot	Link layer protocol status of an interface.
Codes	The following information provides the full spelling and explanation of the abbreviated interface names, physical status, and link layer protocols.