Network ports connect Routers to the network and carry
network traffic. You can enable or disable network ports of Routers
that are part of your network. When you enable or disable a port,
the administrative status of the port changes to UP or DOWN respectively.
When you disable a port, the system marks that port as administratively
down, without removing the port configurations.
You can enable or disable one or more ports at a time using
the Manage Port Admin State page. The status of the port is indicated
by the Admin State and the Link State fields. The administrative status
of a port is indicated by the Admin State field.
To enable or disable a network interface:
- Do one of the following:
In the topology view, locate the device for which you
want to enable or disable ports and click Device Management > Manage Port Admin State from the Tasks pane.
While in the Deploy mode, select the device for which
you want to enable or disable ports in the View pane and click Device Management > Manage Port Admin State from
the Tasks pane.
The Manage Port Admin State page appears displaying all the
physical ports available on the selected device and the current status
of each port. This page also displays the port mode of each interface,
if any. Port mode can be access, tagged-access, or trunk mode.
- Do one of the following:
Select the check box adjacent to the ports that you want
to enable and click Change Admin State UP.
Select the check box adjacent to the interfaces that you
want to disable and click Change Admin State DOWN.
- Click Done. Connectivity Services Director
changes the administrative status of the ports and displays a confirmation
message confirming the changes.
