Cisco Systems WSC2960X48TDL Monitoring Interface Characteristics, Monitoring Interface Status

Configuring Interface Characteristics

Monitoring Interface Characteristics

DETAILED STEPS

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	configure terminal	Enters the global configuration mode.

Example:

Switch# configure terminal

Step 2 line console 0 Configures the console and enters line configuration mode.

Example:

Switch(config)# line console 0

Step 3 usb-inactivity-timeout timeout-minutes

Example:

Switch(config-line)#usb-inactivity-timeout 30

Specify an inactivity timeout for the console port. The range is 1 to 240 minutes. The default is to have no timeout configured.

Monitoring Interface Characteristics

Monitoring Interface Status

Commands entered at the privileged EXEC prompt display information about the interface, including the versions of the software and the hardware, the configuration, and statistics about the interfaces.

This table lists some of the available interface monitoring commands.

Table 5: Show Commands for Interfaces
Command	Purpose
show interfaces [interface-id]	Displays the status and configuration of all interfaces
	or a specific interface.
show interfaces interface-idstatus [err-disabled]	Displays interface status or a list of interfaces in the
	error-disabled state.
show interfaces [interface-id]switchport	Displays administrative and operational status of
	switching (nonrouting) ports. You can use this
	command to find out if a port is in routing or in
	switching mode.

	Catalyst 2960-X Switch Interface and Hardware Component Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.0(2)EX
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