Yes you will be able see/capture to the traffic even know the datalink layer is in the down state.You could vty in from a workstation that is on a different port on the switch.If that is not an option you will have will have to console in.After setti...
Also:-create a macroDefine interface-range int_range g1/1 - 48-use the macro you createdInterface range macro int_rangeInt_range represents a word describing the macro you created. The macro is saved in the run/start config.