3Com 3500 manual Ethernet portState

220CHAPTER 7: ETHERNET PORTS

ethernet portState

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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

Prompt Description Possible Values [Default]

Port	Ports that you want to enable
	or disable

Port state	Value shown in the summary
	and detail displays reports:
	on-linefor all enabled ports
	displayed and off-linefor
	all disabled ports displayed

■Individual ports –

■A range of port numbers

■all

■? (to display a port summary)

■ enabled enabled

■disabled

Procedure

1To enable or disable an Ethernet port, from the top level of the Administration Console, enter:

ethernet portState

2At the prompt (for example, state values you want to set,

(1-24all?)), enter the ports whose port 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-linefor all enabled ports that are displayed and off-linefor all disabled ports. The Port Status LED for each disabled port on the module indicates the disabled status.