Operation Manual - Port
Quidway S5000 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Ethernet Port Configuration
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Table 1-3
Set description character string for Ethernet port
Operation
Command
Set description character string for Ethernet port.
description
text
Delete the description character string of Ethernet.
undo
description
By default, the port description is a null character string.
1.2.4 Set Duplex Attribute of the Ethernet Port
To configure a port to send and receive data packets at the same time, set it to
full-duplex. To configure a port to either send or receive data packets at a time, set it to
half-duplex. If the port has been set to auto-negotiation mode, the local and peer ports
will automatically negotiate about the duplex mode.
Perform the following configuration in Ethernet port view.
Table 1-4
Set duplex attribute for Ethernet port
Operation
Command
Set duplex attribute for Ethernet port.
duplex
{
auto
|
full
|
half
}
Restore the default duplex attribute of Ethernet port.
undo duplex
Note that, 10/100/1000Base-T port and Combo GBIC port can operate in full-duplex,
half-duplex or auto-negotiation mode. When the Ethernet port operates at 1000Mbps,
the duplex mode can be set to
full
(full duplex) or
auto
(auto-negotiation).
The GBIC port operates in full duplex and can be set to operate in
full
(full duplex) or
auto
(auto-negotiation) mode.
The port defaults the
auto
(auto-negotiation) mode.
1.2.5 Set Speed on the Ethernet Port
You can use the following command to set the speed on the Ethernet port. If the speed
is set to auto-negotiation mode, the local and peer ports will automatically negotiate
about the port speed.
Perform the following configuration in Ethernet port view.
Table 1-5
Set speed on Ethernet port
Operation
Command
Set 100M Ethernet port speed
speed
{
10
|
100
|
auto
}
Set Gigabit Ethernet port speed
speed
{
10
|
100
|
1000
|
auto
}
Restore the default speed on Ethernet port
undo speed
