Switch Management

Switch Offline The shutdown process is initiated from the front panel by pressing <Enter> while the Switch Offline message is displayed.

Operation Menu:

Switch Offline

You can observe and verify this process by watching the front panel LEDs change color from green to slow flashing amber as each port goes inactive.

After all multicast and broadcast paths have been rerouted, the

F_Ports and FL_Ports are taken offline. This is followed by making all routes through the switch unavailable by increasing path cost to hex ‘00 00 00 00’. E_Ports are then taken offline individually as all routes through a given E_Port are eliminated.

Switch Online

Pressing <Enter> while the Switch Online message is selected,

 

brings the switch online.

Operation Menu:

Switch Online

Port Disable Pressing <Enter> while the Port Disable message is selected, displays a submenu to select the port to disable.

Operation Menu:

Port Disable

Pressing <Enter> while a selected port is displayed, disables the port. The LED associated with the port changes from green to amber indicating the selected port has been disabled.

Port Disable

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Departmental Switch Model DS-16B Hardware Reference Manual

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EMC DS-16B manual Operation Menu Switch Offline, Operation Menu Switch Online, Operation Menu Port Disable