**To describe a gateway**
The following ``describe-gateway-information`` command returns metadata about the specified gateway.
To specify which gateway to describe, use the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the gateway in the command.
This examples specifies a gateway with the id ``sgw-12A3456B`` in account ``123456789012``::
aws storagegateway describe-gateway-information --gateway-arn "arn:aws:storagegateway:us-west-2:123456789012:gateway/sgw-12A3456B"
This command outputs a JSON block that contains metadata about about the gateway such as its name,
network interfaces, configured time zone, and the state (whether the gateway is running or not).