How To Configure The Ethernet Management Port; Disabling And Enabling The Ethernet Management Port - Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Configuration Manual

How to Configure the Ethernet Management Port

• Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP)
• DHCP relay agent
• IPv4 and IPv6 access control lists (ACLs)
• Routing protocols
Caution Before enabling a feature on the Ethernet management port, make sure that the feature is supported. If
you try to configure an unsupported feature on the Ethernet Management port, the feature might not work
properly, and the switch might fail.
How to Configure the Ethernet Management Port

Disabling and Enabling the Ethernet Management Port

To disable or enable the Ethernet management port in the CLI, follow this procedure.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure terminal
2. interface fastethernet0
3. shutdown
4. no shutdown
5. exit
6. show interfaces fastethernet0
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 configure terminal
Example:
Switch# configure terminal
Step 2 interface fastethernet0
Example:
Switch(config)# interface fastethernet0
Step 3 shutdown
Example:
Switch(config-if)# shutdown
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Configuring Ethernet Management Port
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Specifies the Ethernet management port in the CLI.
Disables the Ethernet management port.
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