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220 CHAPTER 7: ETHERNET PORTS
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ethernet portState Enables or disables Ethernet ports, controlling whether the ports send or
receive frames.
Valid Minimum Abbreviation
e ports
Important Consideration
■When an Ethernet port is enabled, frames are transmitted normally
over that port. When an Ethernet port is disabled, the port neither
sends nor receives frames.
Options
Procedure
1To enable or disable an Ethernet port, from the top level of the
Administration Console, enter:
ethernet portState
2At the prompt (for example, (1-24|all| ?)), enter the ports whose port
state values you want to set, or to display a port summary, specify ?
3Enter enabled or disabled for each Ethernet port.
The portState value shown in the summary and detail displays reports
on-line for all enabled ports that are displayed and off-line for all
disabled ports. The Port Status LED for each disabled port on t he module
indicates the disabled status.
Prompt Description Possible Values [Default]
Port Ports that you want to enable
or disable
■Individual ports
■A range of port
numbers
■all
■? (to display a
port summary)
–
Port state Value shown in the su mmary
and detail displays reports:
on-line for all enabled ports
displayed and off-line for
all disabled ports displayed
■enabled
■disabled
enabled