Quiescing And Unquiescing Ports - Cabletron Systems SmartSwitch 6000 User Manual

Quiescing and Unquiescing Ports

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A disabled port's state is reported as
the port can neither send nor receive packets.
operations allow you to cause a single port or a sequential range of same-type
Quiesce
ports (e.g., all async PAD ports from LP 1, port 0 to LP 4, port 3) to become disabled
when there are no active connections on the port(s). Once disabled, the port(s) will
remain disabled until enabled using the
must be performed again if that feature is desired.
operations allow returning of one or more quiesced ports to a normal con-
Unquiesce
dition (without waiting for them to become disabled).
Select an operation from the menu (Figure 16-1), items E–H. When prompted:
If quiescing or unquiescing a single port, enter:
: on FRX4000 or FRM,
LP 0
: .
Port 0–63
If quiescing or unquiescing a range of ports, enter:
:
Port Type 1
(BSCB).
6
:
Starting LP
Starting port
:
Ending LP 0
:
Ending port
While an X.25 dialout port is quiesced, it cannot receive alarms or file
transfers, or be used by another FRX/FRM to take remote control of the
node. Also, quiescing a range of ports has no affect on any port types within
that range other than the type specified.
Enable
on FRX6000.
0–7
(X.25), (frame relay),
2
on FRX4000 or FRM,
0
: .
0–63
on FRX4000 or FRM,
.
0–63
on status displays, and
Link_Disabled
operation, after which time a
(async), (SNA), (BSCI), or
3 4 5
on FRX6000.
0–7
on FRX6000.
0–7
FRX/FRM 3.3 User Guide, Rev 04
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