# Nodetool statusbinary

**statusbinary** - Provides the status of native transport - CQL (binary protocol) In case that you don’t want to use CQL you can disable it using the [disablebinary](https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/master/operating-scylla/nodetool-commands/disablebinary.md) command. By default CQL is active.

For example:

```default
nodetool statusbinary
Result can be one of the following:running Ornot running
```

See also

* [enablebinary](https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/master/operating-scylla/nodetool-commands/enablebinary.md)
* [disablebinary](https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/master/operating-scylla/nodetool-commands/disablebinary.md)

[Nodetool Reference](https://docs.scylladb.com/manual/master/operating-scylla/nodetool.md)