Enabling Or Disabling A Port - Avaya 3500 series Getting Started

Managing Ethernet ports using ACLI

Enabling or disabling a port

Enable or disable a port with ACLI
Important:
You can disable switch ports that are trunk members, if you choose to disable them one by
one. If you choose to disable all ports of the unit, the changes can affect the ports belonging
to MLTs.
Procedure
1. Log on to ACLI in the Interface Configuration command mode.
2. At the command prompt, enter the following command:
Example
The following figure provides a sample of the output of the shutdown [port
<portlist>]command.
3524GT<config-if>#shutdown port 6
3524GT<config-if>#
Variable definitions
The following table describes the parameters for the shutdown [port <portlist>]
command.
port <portlist>
no
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[no] shutdown [line <portlist>]
Variable
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Value
Specifies the port numbers to shut down or
disable. Enter the port numbers you want to
disable.
Important:
If you omit this parameter, the system
uses the port number you specified in the
command.
interface
Specifies the port numbers to enable. Enter
the port number you want to enable.
March 2013