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Cisco Prime Network 4.0 User Guide
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Chapter 1 Setting Up Devices and Using the GUI Clients
Setting Up Devices and Validating Device Information
Configure Device Interfaces
Command Navigation Description
Add / Remove /
Update port
description
Physical
Inventory >
navigate to port >
Commands >
Configuration
Configures the descriptive information that is displayed
in GUI clients when the port is selected. Examples are
customer information or business case details.
Note Not supported on the Cisco Carrier Packet
Transport (CPT) System.
Change Port Status Disables (Shutdown) or enables (No Shutdown) the port.
An example is disabling (No Shutdown) a port in
response to a fault so that the port will not generate
further errors.
Note Not supported on the Cisco Carrier Packet
Transport (CPT) System.
Modify Port Physical
Inventory >
Ethernet Slot >
navigate to port >
Commands >
Configuration
(Cisco ASR 5000 series only) Controls a variety of
ASR 5000 port characteristics (bindings, contexts, link
aggregations, and so forth). For more information, see
the appropriate Cisco ASR 5000 documentation.
Assign Port to Vlan
DeAssign Port To
Vlan
Logical Inventory >
Routing Entities >
Routing Entity >
interface >
Commands >
Configuration
Controls a port’s VLAN assignment. Enter a VLAN
between 1-4094. When assigned, the port can
communicate only with or through other devices in that
VLAN. When deassigned, you can move a port to a new
VLAN.
Command Navigation Description
Add Interface
Configuration Physical Inventory >
interface > Commands >
Configuration
Configures descriptive information that is
displayed in GUI clients when the interface (or
port) is selected. Examples are customer
information or business case details.
Enable Interface
Disable Interface
Logical Inventory >
Routing Entities >
Routing Entity >
interface > Commands >
Configuration
Disables or enables an interface (and port). An
example is disabling an interface in response to a
fault so that the interface will not generate further
errors.
Update Interface
Configuration
Remove Interface
Configuration
Changes or removes descriptive information that
is displayed in GUI clients when the interface (or
port) is selected. Examples are customer
information or business case details.
Add Loopback
Interface Logical Inventory >
Routing Entities >
Routing Entity >
Commands >
Configuration
Configures a software-only interface that
emulates an interface. If the virtual interface
receives traffic, it immediately reroutes it back to
the device.