Disabling An Interface; Enabling An Interface - Patton electronics IPLink Series Software Configuration Manual

IPLink Software Configuration Guide

Disabling an interface

Before you replace a compact serial cable or attach your IPLink to other serial equipment, use the
command to disable the serial interfaces. This prevents anomalies and hardware faults. When you shut down
an interface, it has the state CLOSED in the
Note
Use the
figuration procedure.
This procedure describes how to shut down a serial interface
Mode: Administrator execution
Step
1 node(cfg)#port serial slot port
2 node(prt-ser)[slot/port]#shutdown
3 node(prt-ser)[slot/port]#show port serial Displays the serial interface configuration.
Example: Disabling an interface
The example shows how to disable the built-in serial interface on slot 0 and port 0 of an IPLink. Check that
State is set to CLOSED in the command output of
IPLink(cfg)#port serial 0 0
IPLink(prt-ser)[0/0]#shutdown
IPLink(prt-ser)[0/0]#show port serial
Serial Interface Configuration
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Port
State
Hardware Port
Transmit Edge
Port Type
CRC Type
Max Frame Length: 2048
Recv Threshold
Encapsulation

Enabling an interface

After configuring the serial interface or connecting other serial devices to your IPLink, use the
command to enable the serial interfaces again. When you enable an interface, it has the state OPENED in the
command display.
show port serial
Note
Use the
or hardware configuration procedure.
This procedure describes how to enable a serial interface.
Serial port configuration task list
show port serial
command to enable the serial interface after the con-
no shutdown
Command
: serial 0 0 0
: CLOSED
: V.35
: normal
: DTE
: CRC-16
: 1
:
shutdown command to disable the serial interface for any software
command display.
Selects the serial interface on slot and port
Shuts the selected interface down
.
show port serial
15 • Serial port configuration
shutdown
Purpose
no shutdown
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