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Cisco SFS 7000 Series Product Family Command Reference Guide

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Chapter2 Administrative Commands

shutdown

When you use the

shutdown

command to disable a card, the card stops processing packets and powers

down.

Enabling/Disabling an interface port:

You cannot update or delete the active system image on a card when you disable the card. Before you

update the active system image on your Server Switch, enable all cards that you want to update. To

enable or disable a port, follow these steps:

Step1 In User Exec mode, enter the

enable

command to enter Privileged Exec mode.

Step2 Enter the

configure terminal

command to enter Global Configuration mode.

Step3 Enter the

interface

command and appropriate keyword (

ethernet

, or

), then specify the port or

ports that you want to enable.

Step4 Enter the

shutdown

command or the

no shutdown

command to disable or enable the cards that y ou

specified in Step3.

Enabling/Disabling the Ethernet Management Port:

You cannot update or delete the active system image on a card when you disable the card. Before you

update the active system image on your Server Switch, enable all cards th at you wa nt to upda te.To enable

or disable the Ethernet Management port, follow these steps:

Step1 In User Exec mode, enter the

enable

command to enter Privileged Exec mode.

Step2 Enter the

configure terminal

command to enter Global Configuration mode.

Step3 Enter the

interface mgmt-ethernet

command to enter Ethernet Management Interface Configuration

submode.

Step4 Enter the

shutdown

command or the

no shutdown

command to disable or enable the port.

You must enable the Ethernet Management port before you can configure it. Use the

no shutdown

command to bring up the Ethernet Management port before you assig n IP a nd gateway addresses to the

port.

When you disable the Ethernet Management port, the current configur ation of the port remains intact. If

you experience problems configuring the Ethernet Management port, first check that the admin-status

field in the

show interface mgmt-ethernet

command output displays up.

Enabling/Disabling the Infiniband Management port:

You cannot update or delete the active system image on a card when you disable the card. Before you

update the active system image on your Server Switch, enable all cards that you want to update. To

enable or disable the InfiniBand Management port, follow these steps:

Step1 In User Exec mode, enter the

enable

command to enter Privileged Exec mode.

Step2 Enter the

configure terminal

command to enter Global Configuration mode.

Step3 Enter the

interface mgmt-ib

command to enter InfiniBand Management Interface Configuration

submode.