Operations Commands 141
Operations Commands
Introduction
Operations-level commands are used for making immediate and temporary changes to switch configuration.
Operations commands are used for bringing ports temporarily in and out of service. These commands are available
only from an administrator and operator login.
The following table describes basic Operations commands. The following sections provide more detailed information
and commands.
Table 174 Operations commands
Command Description
password
Allows the user to change the password. You need to enter the current password in
use for validation.
clear logging
Clears all Syslog messages.
Command Mode: Priv EXEC
ntp send
Allows the user to send requests to the NTP server.
Command Mode: Priv EXEC
Operations-level port options
Operations-level port options are used for temporarily disabling or enabling a port.
Table 175 Operations-Level Port commands
Command Description
[no] rmon Enables or disables Remote Monitoring for the port. RMON must be enabled for
any RMON configurations to function.
Command mode: Interface port
no interface port <port
number> shutdown
Temporarily enables the port. The port will be returned to its configured
operation mode when the switch is reloaded.
Command Mode: Priv EXEC
NOTE: This command does not enable a port that has been disabled by an ekeying mismatch error.
interface port <port
number> shutdown
Temporarily disables the port. The port will be returned to its configured
operation mode when the switch is reloaded.
Command Mode: Priv EXEC
show interface port <port
number> operation
Displays the current settings for the port.
Command Mode: Priv EXEC
Operations-level port 802.1x options
Operations-level port 802.1x options are used to temporarily set 802.1x parameters for a port.
Table 176 Operations-Level Port 802.1x commands
Command Description
interface port <port
number> dot1x init
Re-initializes the 802.1x access-control parameters for the port. The following
actions take place,
depending on the 802.1x port configuration:
• force unauth - the port is placed in unauthorized state, and traffic is
blocked.
• auto - the port is placed in unauthorized state, then authentication is
initiated.
• force auth - the port is placed in authorized state, and authentication is
not required.
Command Mode: Privileged EXEC