Dell N1100-ON, Reference Manual

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Layer 2 Switching Commands
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Series 10G ports and on N1100-ON/N1500/N2000/N2100-ON/N3000/N3100-
ON 1G copper ports. Energy-detect mode is always enabled on N4000 series
10G ports and cannot be disabled. An error message (
Unable to set
energy-detect mode
) will be displayed if the user attempts to configure
energy-detect on a 10G port on a N1100-ON/N1500/N2000/N2100-
ON/N3000/N3100-ON series switch.
green-mode eee
Use the green-mode eee command in Interface Configuration mode to
enable EEE low power idle mode on an interface. The command enables both
send and receive sides of a link to disable some functionality for power savings
when lightly loaded. The transition to Low Power Idle mode does not change
the link status. Frames in transit are not dropped or corrupted in transition to
and from Low Power Idle mode.
On combo ports, eee mode can be enabled even if the port is using the fiber
interface. If enabled, eee mode is only active when the copper interface is
active.
Use the
no form of the command to disable the feature.
Syntax
green-mode eee
no green-mode eee
Default Configuration
The default value is Enabled .
Command Mode
Interface Configuration
User Guidelines
This command is available in Ethernet interface configuration mode. Cable
diagnostics ( show copper-ports commands) may give misleading results if
green mode is enabled on the port. Disable green mode prior to running any