Displaying and changing port information, Enabling and disabling ports, Displaying and changing port informatio – 3Com 1100 User Manual
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Displaying and
Changing Port
Information
You can display and change information about the ports on the current
Switch unit in the stack using the commands on the Ethernet menu.
These commands allow you to:
■
Enable and disable Ethernet ports on the Switch
■
Specify the speed and duplex mode of Ethernet ports on the Switch
■
Enable and disable auto-negotiation for Ethernet ports on the Switch
■
Enable and disable IEEE 802.3x flow control for Ethernet ports on the
Switch
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Display statistical information about Ethernet ports on the Switch
■
Display summary information about Ethernet ports on the Switch
To display and change information about the ports on another Switch
unit in the stack, you need to select that unit using the
unit
command
For more information, see
“Moving the Focus of the Command Line
.
Enabling and
Disabling Ports
You can enable and disable Ethernet ports on the Switch using the
portState
command on the Ethernet menu.
By default, all ports on the Switch are enabled.
To enable or disable a port:
1 At the Top-level menu, enter:
ethernet portState
The following prompt is displayed:
Select Ethernet port(s) (1-24):
2 Enter the number of the port to be enabled or disabled.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter new value (enable, disable) [enable]:
3 Enter
enable
or
disable
.