The sacadm command controls the states of ttymon and listen port monitors. The possible states are shown below.
| State | Notes | 
|---|---|
| Started | Default state - When the port monitor is added, it is automatically started. | 
| Enabled | Default state - When the port monitor is added, it is automatically ready to accept requests for service. | 
| Stopped | Default state - When the port monitor is removed, it is automatically stopped. | 
| Disabled | Default state - When the port monitor is removed, it automatically continues existing services and refuses to add new services. | 
| Starting | Intermediate state - The port monitor is in the process of starting. | 
| Stopping | Intermediate state - The port monitor has been manually terminated, but it has not completed its shutdown procedure. It is on the way to becoming stopped. | 
| Notrunning | Inactive state - The port monitor has been killed. All ports previously monitored are inaccessible. An external user cannot tell whether a port is disabled or notrunning. | 
| Failed | Inactive state - The port monitor is unable to start and remain running. | 
To determine the state of any particular port monitor, use the following:
| # sacadm -l -p portmon_name |