We have a router with an HWIC-16A installed and using it for a terminal server.
All of the ports are configured as shown below. The port shown below has a console cable attached and is working when we reverse telnet from the router.
My question, is, is it normal for the port to be in "administratively down" condition?
If so, why does it default to that condition as my understanding was only a manual interaction could remote the "shutdown" statement from the interface.
sh int async 0/3/0
Async0/3/0 is administratively down, line protocol is down
Hardware is HWIC-Serial
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 9 Kbit/sec, DLY 100000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation SLIP, loopback not set
Keepalive not set
DTR is pulsed for 5 seconds on reset
Last input never, output never, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue: 0/10 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
0 packets input, 0 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts (0 IP multicasts)
0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored, 0 abort
0 packets output, 0 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 6 interface resets
0 unknown protocol drops
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
0 carrier transitions
DCD=up DSR=up DTR=down RTS=down CTS=down
!
interface Async0/3/0
no ip address
encapsulation slip
shutdown
end
Async0/3/0 unassigned YES unset administratively down down
