I made a change to a port and it took 17 minutes for it to take effect.  Now the port is back up, however the port is still showing as black even though the device on it is reachable.  All last week we were averaging 8 minutes per change.  It seems to be getting worse and worse.  I think direct console access would be a godsend at this point.  (By console I mean a telnet or ssh session where you can make changes in real time.  If you don't know what telnet or ssh is, ignorance is bliss.) ... View more