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Chapter 8 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Configuring Layer 2 Interfaces
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure flow control on an interface:
To disable flow control, use the flowcontrol receive off and flowcontrol send off interface
configuration commands.
This example shows how to turn off all flow control on Gigabit Ethernet interface 0/1 and to display the
results:
Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet0/1
Switch(config-if)# flowcontrol receive off
Switch(config-if)# flowcontrol send off
Switch(config-if)# end
Switch# show interfaces gigabitethernet0/1
GigabitEthernet0/1 is up, line protocol is down
Hardware is Gigabit Ethernet, address is 0002.4b29.2e01 (bia 0002.4b29.2e01)
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 1000000 Kbit, DLY 10 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Auto-duplex, Auto-speed
input flow-control is off, output flow-control is off
<output truncated>
Adding a Description for an Interface
You can add a description about an interface to help you remember its function. The description appears
in the output of these commands: show configuration
,
show running-config
,
and show interfaces.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to add a description for an interface:
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode
Step 2
no mls qos
Disable QoS on the switch.
Step 3
interface interface-id
Enter interface configuration mode and the physical interface to
be configured.
Step 4
flowcontrol {receive | send} {on | off | desired} Configure the flow control mode for the port.
Note
The send keyword is not available for 10/100 Mbps ports.
Step 5
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 6
show interfaces interface-id
Verify the interface flow control settings.
Step 7
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode
Step 2
interface interface-id
Enter interface configuration mode, and enter the interface for which
you are adding a description.
Step 3
description string
Add a description (up to 240 characters) for an interface.
Step 4
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.