Description: Setting this object to disabled(2) disables the

port. A disabled port neither transmits nor

receives. Once disabled, a port must be

explicitly enabled to restore operation. A port

which is disabled when power is lost or when a

reset is exerted shall remain disabled when normal

operation resumes.

When the logical port is actually a daughterboard

on the module, the AdminStatus directly relates to

the interface mode of the daughterboard. Setting

it enabled(1) enables the interface and likewise

disabled(2) disables the interface mode.

The admin status takes precedence over auto-

partition and functionally operates between the

auto-partition mechanism and the AUI/PMA.

Setting this object to enabled(1) enables the port

and exerts a BEGIN on the port's auto-partition

state machine.

(In effect, when a port is disabled, the value of

chipRptrPortAutoPartitionState for that port is frozen

until the port is next enabled. When the port

becomes enabled, the chipRptrPortAutoPartitionState

becomes notAutoPartitioned(1), regardless of its

pre-disabling state.)