Disabling / Enabling And Naming Ports; Purpose; Commands; Set Port Disable - Enterasys D-Series Cli Reference Manual

Disabling / Enabling and Naming Ports

Purpose

To disable and re‐enable one or more ports, and to assign an alias to a port. By default, all ports are
enabled at device startup. You may want to disable ports for security or to troubleshoot network
issues. Ports may also be assigned an alias for convenience.

Commands

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set port disable

set port enable

show port alias
set port alias
set port disable
Use this command to administratively disable one or more ports. When this command is
executed, in addition to disabling the physical Ethernet link, the port will no longer learn entries
in the forwarding database.
Syntax
set port disable port-string
Parameters
port‐string
Defaults
None.
Mode
Switch command, read‐write.
Example
This example shows how to disable fe.1.1:
D2(su)->set port disable
set port enable
Use this command to administratively enable one or more ports.
Syntax
set port enable port-string
Specifies the port(s) to disable. For a detailed description of possible port‐
string values, refer to "Port String Syntax Used in the CLI" on page 6‐1.
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.1.1
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