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Polling Modems
Remove Inoperable Modems from Service
To remove modems from service and indicate them as suspected or proven to be inoperable, enter
the following command in line configuration mode [the prompt is displayed as
5300(config-line)#
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If you mark a single modem as inoperable using this command, it appears as Bad—without the
asterisk (*)—in the Status column of the show modem command's output for that particular modem.
A modem marked inoperable by the modem startup-test command appears as Bad* in the show
modem command output for that particular modem. Use the no modem bad command to unmark
a modem as Bad* or Bad and restore it for dial-up connection services.
Polling Modems
This section describes polling modems for statistics, including setting the time interval between polls
and the maximum number of polling attempts.
Set Polling Attempts
To set the maximum number of polling attempts used to retrieve a local modem's status or statistics,
enter the following command in global configuration mode [the prompt is displayed as
5300(config)#
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If the number of attempts to retrieve modem status or statistics exceeds the number you define, the
out-of-band port is removed from operation. In this case, you must reset the modem hardware using
the clear modem command.
Set Time Interval between Polls
To set the time interval between the polls that are sent to the local modems for reporting modem
status and statistics, enter the following command in global configuration mode [the prompt is
displayed as
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Poll for Modem Statistics
To poll for a modem's status and statistics through its out-of-band port, enter the following command
in line configuration mode [the prompt is displayed as
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The no modem status-poll command disables status polling through the out-of-band port for a
specified modem.
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modem bad—Specify a modem as inoperable.
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modem poll retry number—Set maximum number of polling attempts. The default is three
polling attempts. The configuration range is from 0 to 10 attempts.
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5300(config)#
modem poll time seconds—Specify the number of seconds between polls. The default is
12 seconds. The configuration range is from 2 to 120 seconds.
modem status-poll—Poll for a modem's status and statistics.
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5300(config-line)#
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