Serial Port Configuration
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Software Configuration Guide, Revision 1.03
configuration.
Mode
Administrator execution
Command Purpose
Step 1
node
(cfg)#port serial
slot port
Selects the serial interface on slot and
port
Step 2
node
(prt-ser)[
slot
/
port
]#no shutdown
Enable the interface
Step 3
node
(prt-ser)[
slot
/
port
]#show port serial
Displays the serial interface
configuration.
Example: Enabling an Interface
The example shows how to enable the built-in serial interface on slot 0 and port 0 of a SmartNode 2300
series device. Check that in the command output of
show port serial
State
is set to
OPENED
.
SN(cfg)#
port serial 0 0
SN(prt-ser)[0/0]#
no
shutdown
SN(prt-ser)[0/0]#
show port serial
Serial Interface Configuration
------------------------------
Port : serial 0 0 0
State : OPENED
Hardware Port : V.35
Port Type : DTE
CRC Type : CRC-16
Max Frame Length: 2048
Recv Threshold : 1
Encapsulation :
16.5 Configuring the Serial Encapsulation Type
The synchronous serial interface supports the Frame Relay serial encapsulation method.
To set the encapsulation method used by a serial interface, use the
encapsulation
interface configuration
command.
Procedure
To set the encapsulation type of the serial interface for frame relay
Mode
Administrator execution
Command Purpose
Step 1
node
(cfg)#port serial
slot port
Selects the serial interface on slot and
port
Step 2
node
(prt-ser)[
slot
/
port
]#encapsulation
framerelay
Sets the encapsulation for selected
interface to frame relay
Step 3
node
(prt-ser)[
slot
/
port
]#show port serial
Displays the serial interface