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D Commands

description (FabricPath)

description (fabricpath-oam)

dot1q

D Commands

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This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS FabricPath commands that begin with D.

description (FabricPath)

To configure the topology description, use the description command.

description desc

no description desc

Syntax Description

desc	Line description. The maximum size is 64 characters.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

Global configuration mode (config)

Command History

Release	Modification
5.2(1)N1(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

This command requires an Enhanced Layer 2 license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the topology description:

switch# configure terminal

switch#(config)fabricpath topology 50

switch#(config-fp-topology)# description FabricPath Topology 50 Configuration

Related Commands

Command	Description
fabricpath domain default	Enables FabricPath Layer 2 IS-IS.

description (fabricpath-oam)

To configure a description for a FabricPath Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) profile, use the description command in FabricPath OAM profile configuration mode. To remove the FabricPath OAM profile description, use the no form of this command.

description description

no description

Syntax Description

description

The description for the FabricPath OAM profile. The range is 1 to 64 characters.

Command Default

A description for the FabricPath OAM profile is not configured.

Command Modes

FabricPath OAM profile configuration (config-fp-oam-profile)

Command History

Release	Modification
7.0(0)N1(1)	This command was introduced

Examples

This exampleshows how to configure a description for a FabricPath OAM profile:

switch(config)# fabricpath oam profile 100 

switch(config-fp-oam-profile)# description profile-description 

Related Commands

Command	Description

dot1q

To specify that a fabricpath Operation, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) flow profile must include a dot1q tag, use the dot1q command. To remove the dot1q tag, use the no form of this command.

dot1q vlan-id [cos service-value]

no dot1q

Syntax Description

vlan-id	Specifies the flow profile VLAN ID. The range is from 1 to 4094.
cos service-value	(Optional) Specifies class of service (CoS). The range is from 0 to 7.

Command Default

Dot1q tag is not included in the FabricPath OAM flow profile.

Command Modes

FabricPath OAM flow profile (config-fp-oam-profile-flow)

Command History

Release	Modification
7.0(0)N1(1)	This command was introduced.

Usage Guidelines

802.1Q tunneling enables service providers to use a single VLAN to support customers who have multiple VLANs, while preserving customer VLAN IDs and keeping traffic in different customer VLANs segregated. Use this command to enter 802.1Q or 802.1ad configuration with CoS value.

Examples

This example shows how to configure a fabricpath OAM flow profile and specify a 802.1Q tag.

switch# configure terminal

switch#(config)fabricpath oam profile 1

switch#(config-fp-oam-profile)flow forward 

switch#(config-fp-oam-profile-flow)dot1q 20 cos 3 

Related Commands

Command	Description