Generic commands

description

Syntax

description string

no description

Context

config>router>rip>group

config>router>rip>group>neighbor

Description

This command creates a text description stored in the configuration file for a configuration context.

The no form of this command removes any description string from the context.

Parameters

string

Specifies the description character string. Allowed values are any string up to 80 characters composed of printable, 7-bit ASCII characters. If the string contains special characters (#, $, spaces, and so on), the entire string must be enclosed within double quotes.

shutdown

Syntax

[no] shutdown

Context

config>router>rip

config>router>rip>group

config>router>rip>group>neighbor

Description

This command administratively disables an entity. Shutting down an entity does not change, reset, or remove any configuration settings or statistics. Many objects must be shut down before they may be deleted.

The shutdown command administratively shuts down an entity. Administratively shutting down an entity changes the operational state of the entity to down and the operational state of any entities contained within the administratively down entity.

Unlike other commands and parameters where the default state is not indicated in the configuration file, shutdown and no shutdown are always indicated in system generated configuration files.

The no form of this command puts an entity into the administratively enabled state.

Special Cases

RIP Global

In the config>router>rip context, the shutdown command administratively enables or disables the RIP protocol instance. If RIP is globally shut down, all RIP group and neighbor interfaces transition to the operationally down state. Routes learned from a neighbor that is shut down are immediately removed from the RIP database and route table manager (RTM). A RIP protocol instance is administratively enabled by default.

RIP Group

In the config>router>rip>group context, the shutdown command administratively enables or disables the RIP group. If a RIP group is shut down, all member neighbor interfaces transition to the operationally down state. Routes learned from a neighbor that is shut down are immediately removed from the RIP database and route table manager (RTM). A RIP group is administratively enabled by default.

RIP Neighbor

In the config>router>rip>group>neighbor context, the shutdown command administratively enables or disables the RIP neighbor interface. If a RIP neighbor is shut down, the neighbor interface transitions to the operationally down state. Routes learned from a neighbor that is shut down are immediately removed from the RIP database and route table manager (RTM). A RIP neighbor interface is administratively enabled by default.