Operations Menu 160
Operations Menu
Introduction
Operations-level commands are used for making immediate and temporary changes to switch configuration. The
Operations Menu is used for bringing ports temporarily in and out of service. This menu is available only from an
administrator and operator login.
Menu information
Command: /oper
[Operations Menu]
port - Operational Port Menu
vrrp - Operational Virtual Router Redundancy Menu
passwd - Change current user password
clrlog - Clear syslog messages
ntpreq - Send NTP request
The following table describes the Operations Menu options.
Table 181 Operations Menu options
Command Description
port <port number>
Displays the Operational Port Menu.
*vrrp
Displays the Operational Virtual Router Redundancy Menu. VRRP is available only on
the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch.
passwd <1-128
characters>
Allows the user to change the password. You need to enter the current password in
use for validation.
clrlog
Clears all Syslog messages.
ntpreq
Allows the user to send requests to the NTP server.
Operations-level port options
Command: /oper/port <port number>
[Operations Port 1 Menu]
8021x - 8021.x Menu
rmon - Enable/Disable RMON for port
ena - Enable port
dis - Disable port
cur - Current port state
Operations-level port options are used for temporarily disabling or enabling a port.
Table 182 Operations-Level Port Menu options
Command Description
8021x Displays the 802.1x Port Menu.
rmon disable|enable Enables or disables Remote Monitoring for the port. RMON must be enabled for any
RMON configurations to function.
ena Temporarily enables the port. The port will be returned to its configured operation mode
when the switch is reset.
NOTE: This command does not enable a port that has been disabled by an ekeying mismatch error.
dis Temporarily disables the port. The port will be returned to its configured operation mode
when the switch is reset.
cur Displays the current settings for the port.
