Enterasys Networks IRM2 manual Enabling and Disabling Ports, Viewing I/F Summary Information

The IRM2 Chassis View

Enabling and Disabling Ports

From the Port menus on the IRM2 Chassis View window, you can enable and disable any individual ports.

To enable or disable a port:

1.Click on the desired Port button. The Port menu will appear.

2.Click on Enable to enable the port, or Disable to disable the port. Your port will now be enabled or disabled as desired.

NOTE

You must use this port enabling feature to re-enable ports that were formerly part of a redundant circuit, or ports that have been shut down in response to port locking or due to an alarm condition. Consult Chapter 5, Alarm Limits, and Chapter 7, Redundancy, for more information.

Viewing I/F Summary Information

The I/F Summary menu option available from the Device menu lets you view statistics for the traffic processed by each network interface on your device. The window also provides access to a detailed statistics window that breaks down Transmit and Receive traffic for each interface.

To access the I/F Summary window:

1.From the Module View, click on the Device option from the menu bar.

2.Click again to select I/F Summary, and release. The I/F Summary window, Figure 2-11, will appear.

Figure 2-11. I/F Summary Window

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