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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference
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Chapter S Commands
shutdown
shutdown
To shut down the local traffic on an interface, use the
shutdown
command. To return the interface to its
default operational state
, u
se the
no
form of this command.
shutdown
no shutdown
Syntax Description
This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default
Not shut down
Command Modes
Interface configuration mode
Subinterface configuration mode
Virtual Ethernet interface configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines
You can use this command on the following interfaces:
•
Layer 2 interface (Ethernet interface, EtherChannel interface, subinterface)
•
Layer 3 interface
Note
Use the
no switchport
command to configure an interface as a Layer 3 interface.
•
Layer 3 subinterface
•
Management interface
•
Virtual Ethernet interface
Examples
This example shows how to shut down, or disable, a Layer 2 interface:
switch(config)#
interface ethernet 1/10
switch(config-if)#
shutdown
switch(config-if)#
This example shows how to shut down a Layer 3 Ethernet subinterface:
switch(config)#
interface ethernet 1/5.1
switch(config-subif)#
shutdown
switch(config-subif)#
Release
Modification
5.2(1)N1(1)
This command was introduced.
