Fabric OS Reference Manual

Telnet Commands 155

portEnable

Enable a switch port.

Synopsis

portEnable portnumber

Availability admin

Description Use this command to enable a switch port. If the port is connected to

another switch, the fabric may reconfigure. If the port is connected to one

or more devices, the devices can communicate with the fabric.

For ports that come online after being enabled, the following may be sent to

indicate a state transition: RSCN, SNMP trap, Web pop-up window.

The front panel LED of an enabled and online port is green.

Operands This command has the following operand:

portnumber

Specify the port number to be enabled. Valid values are

0-7 or 0-15 depending on the switch type. This operand

is required.

Example To enable port 4: