Enterasys G3G170-24, Cli Reference Manual

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Disabling / Enabling and Naming Ports
Enterasys G-Series CLI Reference 4-7
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
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
Defaults
None.
Table 4-2 show port counters Output Details
Output Field What It Displays...
Port Port designation. For a detailed description of possible port-string values, refer to
“ Port String Syntax Used in the CLI ” on page 4-1.
MIB2 Interface MIB2 interface designation.
Bridge Port IEEE 802.1D bridge port designation.
MIB2 Interface
Counters MIB2 network traffic counts
802.1Q Switch
Counters Counts of frames received, transmitted, and filtered.
For information about... Refer to page...
set port disable 4-7
set port enable 4-8
show port alias 4-8
set port alias 4-9
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 4 ‐ 1.