Configuring Port Speeds
Port speed can be configured on a physical Fibre Channel interface but not on a virtual Fibre Channel interface.
By default, the port speed for an interface is automatically calculated by the switch.
Changing the interface speed is a disruptive operation.
Caution
To configure the port speed of the interface, perform this task:
Procedure
Purpose
Command or Action
Enters configuration mode.
switch#
configuration terminal
Step 1
Selects the specified interface and enters interface
configuration mode.
switch(config)#
interface fc
slot
/
port
Step 2
You cannot configure the port speed of a virtual Fibre
Channel interface.
Note
If this is a QSFP+ GEM, the
slot
/
port
syntax is
slot
/
QSFP-module
/
port
.
Note
Configures the port speed of the interface to 1000 Mbps.
switch(config-if)#
switchport
speed 1000
Step 3
The number indicates the speed in megabits per second
(Mbps). You can set the speed to 1000 (for 1-Gbps interfaces),
2000 (for 2-Gbps interfaces), 4000 (for 4-Gbps interfaces), or
auto (default).
Reverts to the factory default (auto) administrative speed of
the interface.
switch(config-if)#
no switchport
speed
Step 4
Autosensing
Configuring SD Port Frame Encapsulation
The
switchport encap eisl
command only applies to SD port interfaces. This command determines the frame
format for all frames transmitted by the interface in SD port mode. If the encapsulation is set to EISL, all
outgoing frames are transmitted in the EISL frame format, for all SPAN sources.
The
switchport encap eisl
command is disabled by default. If you enable encapsulation, all outgoing frames
are encapsulated, and you will see a new line (Encapsulation is eisl) in the
show interface SD_port_interface
command output.
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Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces
Configuring Fibre Channel Interfaces