IBM RackSwitch G8000, Application Manual

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RackSwitch G8000: Application Guide
Link Type
The link type determines how the port behaves in regard to Rapid Spanning Tree.
Use the following commands to define the link type for the port:
where
type
corresponds to the duplex mode of the port, as follows:
•
p2p
A full-duplex link to another device (point-to-point)
•
shared
A half-duplex link is a shared segment and can contain more than
one device.
•
auto
The switch dynamically configures the link type.
Note: Any STP port in full-duplex mode can be manually configured as a shared
port when connected to a non-STP-aware shared device (such as a typical
Layer 2 switch) used to interconnect multiple STP-aware devices.
RS G8000(config)#
interface port
<port>
RS G8000(config-if)# [
no
]
spanning-tree link-type
<type>
RS G8000(config-if)#
exit