Operations Menu  160  
 
 
Operations Menu 
Introduction 
Operations-level commands are used for making immediate and temporary changes to switch configuration. The 
Operations Menu is used for bringing ports temporarily in and out of service. This menu is available only from an 
administrator and operator login.  
Menu information 
Command: /oper 
[Operations Menu] 
     port     - Operational Port Menu 
     vrrp     - Operational Virtual Router Redundancy Menu 
     passwd   - Change current user password 
     clrlog   - Clear syslog messages 
     ntpreq   - Send NTP request 
 
The following table describes the Operations Menu options.  
Table 181  Operations Menu options 
Command Description 
port <port number> 
Displays the Operational Port Menu.  
*vrrp 
Displays the Operational Virtual Router Redundancy Menu. VRRP is available only on 
the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch. 
 
passwd <1-128 
characters> 
Allows the user to change the password. You need to enter the current password in 
use for validation.
 
clrlog 
Clears all Syslog messages.  
ntpreq 
Allows the user to send requests to the NTP server. 
 
Operations-level port options 
Command: /oper/port <port number> 
[Operations Port 1 Menu] 
     8021x    - 8021.x Menu 
     rmon     - Enable/Disable RMON for port 
     ena      - Enable port 
     dis      - Disable port 
     cur      - Current port state 
 
Operations-level port options are used for temporarily disabling or enabling a port.  
Table 182  Operations-Level Port Menu options 
Command Description 
8021x  Displays the 802.1x Port Menu.  
rmon disable|enable  Enables or disables Remote Monitoring for the port. RMON must be enabled for any 
RMON configurations to function.  
ena  Temporarily enables the port. The port will be returned to its configured operation mode 
when the switch is reset. 
NOTE:  This command does not enable a port that has been disabled by an ekeying mismatch error. 
dis  Temporarily disables the port. The port will be returned to its configured operation mode 
when the switch is reset. 
cur  Displays the current settings for the port.