Enterasys Networks 6000, Matrix E7 Enabling and Disabling Ports

The Device View

To edit the device date:

1. Click on Device on the Device View menu bar to access the Device menu.

Click on Edit Device Date.

2. The Device Date change window, Figure2-38, will ap pear.

Figure2-38. The Device Date Window

3. Enter the new date in a mm/dd/yyyy format, either by highlighting the fi eld you

wish to change and using the up and down arrow buttons, or by simply

entering the new value in the appropriate field.

4. Click on the OK button to save your changes, or on the Cancel button to exit

without changes.

Enabling and Disabling Ports

When you disable bridging at a port interface, you disconnect that port’s network from the

bridge entirely. The port does not forward any packets, nor does it participate in Spanning

Tree operations. Nodes connected to the network can still communicate with each other,

but they can’t communicate with the bridge or with other networks connected to the

bridge. When you enable bridging for the interface, the port moves from the Disabled state

through the Listening and Learning states to the Forwarding state; bridge port state color

codes will change accordingly.

To enable or disable bridging for an individual interface:

NOTE In accordance with Year 2000 compliance requirements, NetSight Element Manager now

displays and allows you to set all dates with four-digit year values.

NOTE You cannot disable a backplane interface from the Device Logical View — since the

backplane interfaces do not appear in the port stack. You must use the Device BackPlane

Config View to disable the interfaces to the 6C105/6C107 backplane.