Disabling / Enabling and Naming Ports
Enterasys G-Series CLI Reference 4-7
Disabling / Enabling and Naming Ports
Purpose
Todisableandre‐enableoneormoreports,andtoassignanaliastoaport.Bydefault,allportsare
enabledatdevicestartup.Youmaywanttodisableportsforsecurityortotroubleshootnetwork
issues.Portsmayalsobeassigned analiasforconvenience.
Commands
set port disable
Usethiscommandtoadministrativelydisableoneormoreports.Whenthiscommandis
executed,inadditiontodisablingthephysicalEthernetlink,theportwillnolongerlearnentries
intheforwardingdatabase.
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 Specifiestheport(s)todisable.Foradetaileddescriptionofpossibleport‐
stringvalues,referto“PortStringSyntax UsedintheCLI”onpage4‐1.