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Switch administration tasks
show auto-negotiation-advertisements [port <portlist>]
Viewing hardware capabilities
To view the available operational modes for the device, enter the following
command:
show auto-negotiation-capabilities [port <portlist>]
Setting default auto-negotiation-advertisements
The
default auto-negotiation-advertisements
command makes
a port advertise all auto negotiation capabilities.
The syntax for the
default auto-negotiation-advertisements
command is
default auto-negotiation-advertisements [port <portlist>]
To set default advertisements for port 5 of the device, enter the following
command:
default auto-negotiation-advertisements port 5
Run the
default auto-negotiation-advertisements
command in
Interface Configuration mode.
no auto-negotiation-advertisements command
The
no auto-negotiation-advertisements
command makes a port
silent.
The syntax for the
no auto-negotiation-advertisements
command
is
no auto-negotiation-advertisements [port <portlist>]
Run the
no auto-negotiation-advertisements
command in
Interface Configuration mode.
Connecting to Another Switch
Use the CLI to communicate with another switch while maintaining the
current switch connection, by running the
ping
and
telnet
commands.
ping command
Use the
ping
command to determine whether communication with another
switch can be established.
The ping command tests the network connection to another network device
by sending an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packet from the
switch to the target device.
Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 4500 Series
Overview — System Configuration
NN47205-500
02.01
Standard
5.0
23 February 2007
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