Enabled Field

For the physical interface, the Enabled field provides information about the state of the interface, displaying one or more of the following values:

• Administratively down, Physical link is Down—The interface is turned off, and the physical link is inoperable and cannot pass packets even when it is enabled.
• Administratively down, Physical link is Up—The interface is turned off, but the physical link is operational and can pass packets when it is enabled.
• Enabled, Physical link is Down—The interface is turned on, but the physical link is inoperable and cannot pass packets.
• Enabled, Physical link is Up—The interface is turned on, and the physical link is operational and can pass packets.