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Cisco ME 3800X and 3600X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 9 Configuring Interfaces
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
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Default Ethernet Interface Configuration, page 9-13
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Configuring Interface Speed and Duplex Mode, page 9-14
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Configuring IEEE 802.3x Flow Control, page 9-17
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Configuring Auto-MDIX on an Interface, page 9-18
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Adding a Description for an Interface, page 9-19
Default Ethernet Interface Configuration
Table 9-2
shows the Ethernet interface default configuration. For more details on the VLAN parameters
listed in the table, see
Chapter 10, “Configuring VLANs.”
For details on controlling traffic to the port,
see
Chapter 19, “Configuring Traffic Control.”
Note
To configure Layer 2 parameters, if the interface is in Layer 3 mode, you must enter the switchport
interface configuration command without any parameters to put the interface into Layer 2 mode. This
shuts down the interface and then re-enables it, which might generate messages on the device to which
the interface is connected. When you put an interface that is in Layer 3 mode into Layer 2 mode, the
previous configuration information related to the affected interface might be lost, and the interface is
returned to its default configuration.
Table 1
Boot Loader Commands
Command
Description
arp [ip_address]
Displays the currently cached ARP
1
table when this command is entered
without the ip_address parameter.
Enables ARP to associate a MAC address with the specified IP address
when this command is entered with the ip_address parameter.
1.
ARP = Address Resolution Protocol.
mgmt_clr
Clears the statistics for the Ethernet management port.
mgmt_init
Starts the Ethernet management port.
mgmt_show
Displays the statistics for the Ethernet management port.
ping host_ip_address
Sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to the specified network host.
boot tftp:/file-url ...
Loads and boots an executable image from the TFTP server and enters
the command-line interface.
For more details, see the command reference for this release.
copy tftp:/source-file-url
filesystem:/destination-file-
url
Copies a Cisco IOS image from the TFTP server to the specified
location.
For more details, see the command reference for this release.