Cisco 3750: Howto enable err-disabled ports

Personnel Reference Guide:

Errdisable is a feature that automatically disables a port on a Cisco Catalyst switch and is supported on most Catalyst switches running the Cisco IOS software.

The Errdisable error disable feature was designed to inform the administrator when there is a port problem or error.  The reasons a catalyst switch can go into Errdisable mode and shutdown a port are many and include:

• Duplex Mismatch
• Loopback Error
• Link Flapping (up/down)
• Port Security Violation
• Broadcast Storms
• etc

When a port is in error-disabled state, it is effectively shut down and no traffic is sent or received on that port. The port LED is set to the orange color and, when you issue the show interfaces command, the port status shows as Errdisabled.

To enable err-disabled ports on Cisco 3750 switch series. Follow the below . . .

First make telnet connection with the switch

telnet 10.0.0.1

(change the ip as required,)
Enter Password to continue.

To view Disabled Ports:

show interfaces status err-disabled

e.g:

NOC_SWITCH>show int status err-disabled

Port      Name               Status                    Reason               Err-disabled Vlans
Gi2/0/10                     err-disabled         link-flap

NOC_SWITCH>

To Enable Port:

enable
config t
int G2/0/10
shut
no shut
exit

Change the interface name to match your. In above example I had two 3750-e models in stack mode. so its showing G2, you may get G1 if you have single switch.

TIP:
Link flap means that the specific port continuously goes up and down. The port is put into the errdisabled state if it flaps more than four-five times in few seconds or if LOOPPBACK is detected. The common cause of link flap is a Layer 1 issue such as a bad cable, duplex mismatch.

TIP:

Auto recovery of port shut dueto violation

• errdisable recovery cause loop-back

We can enable recovery loop-back only too. This is lab environment, so to make recovery faster we will configure recovery timer 30 seconds.

• errdisable recovery interval 30

you can enable for all reason using below command-

• errdisable recovery cause all

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Use this command to disable port security, NOT RECOMMENDED

no switchport port-security

(< You probably dont need this line, its just to disable pot security feature, I used it to perform various tests)

For more detailed and brief descriptions, please visit

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/lan-switching/spanning-tree-protocol/69980-errdisable-recovery.html

http://www.firewall.cx/cisco-technical-knowledgebase/cisco-switches/883-cisco-switches-errdisable-autorecovery.html

Regard’s
Syed Jahanzaib