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HAPTER 10: PACKET OVER SONET ADMINISTRATION
Disabling and Enabling Interfaces
You can manually change the administrative status of an interface. When an
interface is enabled (online) it can forward traffic; when disabled (offline) it
cannot.
Before you can change the administrative status of an interface, you must
first select the interface. The button at the top of the summary display
toggles between “Enable Interface” and “Disable Interface,” depending on
the current administrative status of the selected interface.
To disable a POS interface, follow this procedure:
1. In the Summary window, select the interface that you want to bring
offline.
2. Click on Disable Interface. Disabling the interface brings the PPP
connection down and sets the administrative status to down. In this state,
the interface cannot forward traffic.
To bring an interface online:
1. In the Summary window, select the interface that you want to bring
online.
2. Select the interface that you want to bring online and click on Enable
Interface. Enabling the interface starts PPP negotiations and sets the
administrative status to up. When PPP negotiations complete, the
interface can forward traffic.
NOTE: This assumes that you have already configured a POS interface. For
information about configuring POS interfaces, refer to the configuration
sections beginning on page 246.
Admin Status Administrative status of this interface. When the
Administrative status is up, the interface is online and can
forward traffic over the PPP connection; when the
administrative status is down, it cannot. You can manually set
the administrative status of an interface. See “Disabling and
Enabling Interfaces, “ next for details.
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