Cabletron Systems EMM-E6 - Manual (Page 50)

Using the EMM-E6 Hub View
2-34 Managing the Hub
Enabling/Disabling MIM Ports
You can enable and disable ports on any manageable MIM from both the Module
menu, which affects all ports on a single module, and the Port menu, which
affects individual ports.
To enable or disable all ports in a module:
1. Click button 3 on the Module Index or Module Type box to open the Module
menu.
2. Drag down to Enable All Ports or Disable All Ports, as appropriate, and
release. Disabled ports are blue.
To enable or disable an individual port:
1. Click button 1 on the Port Status box to toggle the port On or Off.
or
1. Click button 3 on the Port Index or Port Status box to display the Port menu.
2. Drag down to Enable or Disable, as appropriate, and release. The selected
port changes color when its state changes. A disabled port is blue.
NOTE
If you use the Trunk Type option on the Port menu to manually change a port’s topology
status from Force Trunk to Not Forced, any status change from trunk to station will not
be reflected in the port display until the current cycle of the Source Address timer is
complete. See Chapter 6, Source Addressing, for more information on the timer.
!
CAUTION
When disabling all ports on a module, make sure you don’t disable the port through which
your management station is communicating with the hub, or you will lose contact with
the device.