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Chapter 11 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
TFTP and the Ethernet Management Port
Use the commands in
when using TFTP to download or upload a configuration file to the boot
loader.
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
These sections contain this configuration information:
•
Default Ethernet Interface Configuration, page 11-17
•
Configuring Interface Speed and Duplex Mode, page 11-19
•
Configuring IEEE 802.3x Flow Control, page 11-21
•
Configuring Auto-MDIX on an Interface, page 11-22
•
Adding a Description for an Interface, page 11-23
Default Ethernet Interface Configuration
shows the Ethernet interface default configuration, including some features that apply only
to Layer 2 interfaces. For more details on the VLAN parameters listed in the table, see
For details on controlling traffic to the port, see
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
Table 11-1
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.