Operations Menu

Introduction

Operations-level commands are used for making immediate and temporary changes to switch configuration. The Operations Menu is used for bringing ports temporarily in and out of service. This menu is available only from an administrator and operator login.

Menu information

Command: /oper

[Operations Menu]

port

- Operational Port Menu

vrrp

- Operational Virtual Router Redundancy Menu

passwd

- Change current user password

clrlog

-

Clear syslog messages

ntpreq

-

Send NTP request

The following table describes the Operations Menu options.

Table 181 Operations Menu options

Command

Description

 

 

port <port number>

Displays the Operational Port Menu.

 

 

*vrrp

Displays the Operational Virtual Router Redundancy Menu. VRRP is available only on

 

the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch.

 

 

passwd <1-128

Allows the user to change the password. You need to enter the current password in

characters>

use for validation.

 

 

clrlog

Clears all Syslog messages.

 

 

ntpreq

Allows the user to send requests to the NTP server.

 

 

Operations-level port options

Command: /oper/port <port number>

[Operations Port 1 Menu]

8021x

- 8021.x Menu

rmon

- Enable/Disable RMON for port

ena

- Enable port

dis

-

Disable port

cur

-

Current port state

Operations-level port options are used for temporarily disabling or enabling a port.

Table 182 Operations-Level Port Menu options

CommandDescription

8021x

Displays the 802.1x Port Menu.

rmon disableenable Enables or disables Remote Monitoring for the port. RMON must be enabled for any RMON configurations to function.

ena

Temporarily enables the port. The port will be returned to its configured operation mode

 

when the switch is reset.

 

 

 

NOTE:

This command does not enable a port that has been disabled by an ekeying mismatch error.

 

 

 

dis

Temporarily disables the port. The port will be returned to its configured operation mode

 

when the switch is reset.

 

 

 

cur

Displays the current settings for the port.

 

 

 

 

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HP GbE2c manual Operations Menu, Operations-level port options

GbE2c specifications

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