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Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference
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Chapter B Commands
beacon (interface)
beacon (interface)
To turn on the beacon LED for a port of an interface, use the beacon command. To turn off the beacon
LED for the interface, use the no form of this command.
beacon
no beacon
Syntax Description This command has no arguments or keywords.
Command Default None
Command Modes Interface configuration mode
Command History
Usage Guidelines Use the beacon command to toggle the port LED of an interface to easily identify each time a beacon is
sent to check for pending packets on the interface.
Examples This example shows how to turn on the locator beacon LED for a specific interface:
switch(config)# interface ethernet 2/1
switch(config-if)# beacon
This example shows how to turn off the locator beacon LED for a specific interface:
switch(config)# interface ethernet 2/1
switch(config-if)# no beacon
Related Commands
Release Modification
5.2(1)N1(1) This command was introduced.
Command Description
show interface Displays configuration information for an interface.