Table 1: Administrative States
Description
Administrative State
Interface is enabled.
Up
Interface is disabled. If you administratively disable
an interface by shutting down that interface, the
physical link layer state change is ignored.
Down
Operational States
The operational state indicates the current operational state of the interface. The table below describes the
operational states.
Table 2: Operational States
Description
Operational State
Interface is transmitting or receiving traffic as desired.
To be in this state, an interface must be
administratively up, the interface link layer state must
be up, and the interface initialization must be
completed.
Up
Interface cannot transmit or receive (data) traffic.
Down
Interface is operational in TE or TF mode.
Trunking
Reason Codes
Reason codes are dependent on the operational state of the interface. The following table describes the reason
codes for operational states.
Table 3: Reason Codes for Interface States
Reason Code
Operational Status
Administrative Configuration
None.
Up
Up
Administratively down. If you
administratively configure an
interface as down, you disable the
interface. No traffic is received or
transmitted.
Down
Down
See the table below.
Down
Up
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