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Cisco SFS 7000 Series Product Family Command Reference Guide
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Chapter 2 Administrative Commands
shutdown
When you use the
shutdown
command to disable a card, the card stops processing packets and powers
down.
Enabling/Disabling an interface port:
You cannot update or delete the active system image on a card when you disable the card. Before you
update the active system image on your Server Switch, enable all cards that you want to update. To
enable or disable a port, follow these steps:
Step 1 In User Exec mode, enter the
enable
command to enter Privileged Exec mode.
Step 2 Enter the
configure terminal
command to enter Global Configuration mode.
Step 3 Enter the
interface
command and appropriate keyword (
ethernet
,
fc
, or
ib
), then specify the port or
ports that you want to enable.
Step 4 Enter the
shutdown
command or the
no shutdown
command to disable or enable the cards that you
specified in Step 3.
Enabling/Disabling the Ethernet Management Port:
You cannot update or delete the active system image on a card when you disable the card. Before you
update the active system image on your Server Switch, enable all cards that you want to update.To enable
or disable the Ethernet Management port, follow these steps:
Step 1 In User Exec mode, enter the
enable
command to enter Privileged Exec mode.
Step 2 Enter the
configure terminal
command to enter Global Configuration mode.
Step 3 Enter the
interface mgmt-ethernet
command to enter Ethernet Management Interface Configuration
submode.
Step 4 Enter the
shutdown
command or the
no shutdown
command to disable or enable the port.
You must enable the Ethernet Management port before you can configure it. Use the
no shutdown
command to bring up the Ethernet Management port before you assign IP and gateway addresses to the
port.
When you disable the Ethernet Management port, the current configuration of the port remains intact. If
you experience problems configuring the Ethernet Management port, first check that the admin-status
field in the
show interface mgmt-ethernet
command output displays up.
Enabling/Disabling the Infiniband Management port:
You cannot update or delete the active system image on a card when you disable the card. Before you
update the active system image on your Server Switch, enable all cards that you want to update. To
enable or disable the InfiniBand Management port, follow these steps:
Step 1 In User Exec mode, enter the
enable
command to enter Privileged Exec mode.
Step 2 Enter the
configure terminal
command to enter Global Configuration mode.
Step 3 Enter the
interface mgmt-ib
command to enter InfiniBand Management Interface Configuration
submode.