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1-332 EMC Connectrix DS-32B2 and ED-12000B Fabric OS Reference Manual
Telnet Commands
portEnableEnable a switch port.
Syntax portEnable [slotnumber/]portnumber
Availability Admin
Description Use this command to enable a switch port. If the port is connected to
another switch, the fabric may reconfigure. If the port is connected to
one or more devices, the devices can communicate with the fabric.
For ports that come on line after being enabled, the following
indications may be sent to indicate a state transition: RSCN, SNMP
trap, Web pop-up window.
The front-panel LED of an enabled and online port is green.
Operand This command has the following operands:
slotnumber Specify the slot number in an ED-12000B switch.
The slot number must be follow ed by a slash ( / )
and the port number.
The ED-12000B has a total of 10 slots counted
from 1 to 10. Slot number 5 and 6 are control
processor cards, and slot 1 through 4 and 7
through 10 are switch cards. On each switch card,
there are 16 ports counted from the bottom 0 to
15. A particular port must be represented by both
slot number (1 through 4 or 7 through 10) and
port number (0 through 15).
This operand is not required for switches that do
not have blades.
portnumber Specify the port number to be enabled. Valid
values for port number vary depending on the
switch type. This operand is required.