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Disabling / Enabling and Naming Ports
SecureStack C2 Configuration Guide 5-7
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.
Mode
Switch command, read ‐ write.
Example
This example shows how to disable
ge
.1.1:
C2(su)->set port disable ge.1.1
set port enable
Use this command to administratively enable one or more ports.
Syntax
set port enable port-string
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set port disable 5-7
set port enable 5-7
show port alias 5-8
set port alias 5-8
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 5 ‐ 2.