Enabling an interface – Patton electronic ONSITE 2800 User Manual

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Serial port configuration task list

OnSite 2800 Series User Manual

4 • Serial port configuration

Note

Use the

no shutdown

command to enable the serial interface after

the configuration procedure.

This procedure describes how to shut down a serial interface

Mode: Administrator execution

Example: Disabling an interface

The example shows how to disable the built-in serial interface on slot 0 and port 0 of an OnSite router. Check
that State is set to CLOSED in the command output of

show port serial

2800(cfg)#port serial 0 0
2800(prt-ser)[0/0]#shutdown
2800(prt-ser)[0/0]#show port serial

Serial Interface Configuration
------------------------------

Port : serial 0 0 0
State : CLOSED
Hardware Port : V.35
Transmit Edge : normal
Port Type : DTE
CRC Type : CRC-16
Max Frame Length: 2048
Recv Threshold : 1
Encapsulation :

Enabling an interface

After configuring the serial interface or connecting other serial devices to your OnSite 2000, use the

no shut-

down

command to enable the serial interfaces again. When you enable an interface, it has the state OPENED

in the

show port serial

command display.

Note

Use the

shutdown

command to disable the serial interface for any

software or hardware configuration procedure.

This procedure describes how to enable a serial interface.

Mode: Administrator execution

Step

Command

Purpose

node(cfg)#port serial slot port

Selects the serial interface on slot and port

node(prt-ser)[slot/port]#shutdown

Shuts the selected interface down

node(prt-ser)[slot/port]#show port serial Displays the serial interface configuration.