Switch Control

Shutting down a port

Quick commands:

enable
configure terminal
interface fastEthernet 0/17
shutdown
exit
exit

Turn back on:

enable
configure terminal
interface fastEthernet 0/17
no shutdown
exit
exit

Sample output:

switch-p1>enable
switch-p1#show interfaces fastEthernet 0/17
FastEthernet0/17 is down, line protocol is down
  Hardware is Fast Ethernet, address is 0050.d1d8.94d1 (bia 0050.d1d8.94d1)
  MTU 1500 bytes, BW 0 Kbit, DLY 100 usec, rely 255/255, load 1/255
  Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set, keepalive not set
  Duplex setting unknown, Unknown Speed, 100BaseTX/FX
  ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
  Last input never, output never, output hang never
  Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
  Queueing strategy: fifo
  Output queue 0/40, 0 drops; input queue 0/75, 0 drops
  5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
  5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
     1 packets input, 64 bytes, 0 no buffer
     Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
     0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
     0 watchdog, 0 multicast
     0 input packets with dribble condition detected
     1 packets output, 64 bytes, 0 underruns
     0 output errors, 0 collisions, 1 interface resets
     0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
     0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier
     0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
switch-p1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
switch-p1(config)#interface fastEthernet 0/17
switch-p1(config-if)#shutdown
%LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface FastEthernet0/17, changed state to administratively down
switch-p1(config-if)#no shutdown
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/17, changed state to up
%LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface FastEthernet0/17, changed state to down
switch-p1(config-if)#exit
switch-p1(config)#exit
switch-p1#