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Enabling or disabling a port

Note: When you change configurations in Device Manager, and hit the Apply button, the system will disable and re-enable the port automatically.

You can enable or disable a port by two methods. To enable or disable a port through the Device Manager menu bar:

1Highlight the port.

2From the Device Manager menu bar, choose Edit > Port.

The Port dialog box opens with the Interface tab displayed (Figure 14 on page 56).

3In AdminStatus area, click up to enable the port, or click down to disable the port.

4Click Apply.

To enable or disable a port using a shortcut menu:

1Right-click on the port. A shortcut menu opens.

2Choose Enable or Disable.

SONET parameters

To change the default parameters, you configure the values for the Synchronous Optical Network (SONET) media in the POS SONET tab. These values must be configured before you configure POS PPP, VLAN, or any other parameters.

See Table 9 on page 54 for the default SONET parameters.

To change the configuration of the SONET parameters:

1Highlight the port.

Using the Passport 8683POS Module

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Nortel Networks 8683POS manual Sonet parameters, Enabling or disabling a port