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The Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for IBM (NB22IBM) has 14 1G/10-Gigabit Ethernet host
interfaces. All host interfaces use all of the available fabric interfaces.
Speed and Duplex Mode
The table listed below shows the autonegotiation matrix for N2K-C2348TQ-10GE and N2K-C2332TQ-10GE
fabric extenders.
Comments
Resulting NIC status
(Speed/Duplex)
Resulting HIF status
(Speed/Duplex)
Configuration NIC
(Speed/Duplex)
Configuration
N2K-C2348TQ-10GE
and
N2K-C2332TQ-10GE
HIF (Speed/Duplex
Table for 100 Mbps
Assuming
maximum capability
of NIC is 100 Mbps,
Full duplex
UP, 100 Mbps, Full
duplex
UP, 100 Mbps, Full
duplex
AUTO
AUTO
Link DOWN in
some scenarios.
UP, 100 Mbps, Full
duplex
UP, 100 Mbps, Full
duplex
100 Mbps, Full
duplex
100 Mbps, Full
duplex (force mode)
Duplex mismatch as
per standard; results
in collision errors.
Hence, not a
functional scenario.
UP, 100 Mbps, Half
duplex
UP, 100 Mbps, Full
duplex
100 Mbps, Half
duplex
100 Mbps, Full
duplex (force mode)
Duplex mismatch as
per standard; results
in collision errors.
Hence, not a
functional scenario.
(Link will be
DOWN if NIC is
not 100 Mbps, Half
Duplex capable)
UP, 100 Mbps, Half
Duplex
UP, 100 Mbps, Full
duplex
AUTO
100 Mbps, Full
duplex (force mode)
—
DOWN
DOWN
100 Mbps, Full
duplex
AUTO
—
DOWN
DOWN
100 Mbps, Half
duplex
AUTO
Table for 1G (1000 Mbps)
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
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Configuring the Fabric Extender
Speed and Duplex Mode