Cisco Cisco Packet Data Gateway (PDG)
BITS Port Configuration Mode Commands
preferred slot ▀
Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 17 ▄
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preferred slot
Identifies which card in a chassis should assume revertive (redundancy auto-recovery) functionality should the slot/port
being configured go down. There are only two SPIOs, one in slot 24 and the other in slot 25.
being configured go down. There are only two SPIOs, one in slot 24 and the other in slot 25.
Product
SGSN
Privilege
Security Administrator, Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration > BITS Port Configuration
configure > port bits slot_number/port_number
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[local]host_name(config-port-slot_number/port_number)#
Syntax
preferred slot slot_number
[ default | no ] preferred slot slot_number
default
Defaults to non-revertive operation.
no
Disables revertive (auto-recovery) operation for the port.
slot_number
Identifies the physical slot in the chassis where the card is installed.
Usage
This command enables or disables revertive port redundancy. So after a BITS port failover, when the original
port is restored to service (i.e. link up) the system will return service to that port automatically.
Disabled, which is the default setting, causes non-revertive operation which requires an administrative user to
manually issue a
port is restored to service (i.e. link up) the system will return service to that port automatically.
Disabled, which is the default setting, causes non-revertive operation which requires an administrative user to
manually issue a
port switch
command to return service to the original port.
Example
Use this command to set the BITS port on the card in slot 25 as “preferred” for port redundancy:
preferred slot 25