Link Type - IBM RackSwitch G8000 Application Manual

Link Type

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The link type determines how the port behaves in regard to Rapid Spanning Tree.
Use the following commands to define the link type for the port:
RS G8000(config)# interface port <port>
RS G8000(config-if)# [no] spanning-tree link-type <type>
RS G8000(config-if)# exit
where type corresponds to the duplex mode of the port, as follows:
• A full-duplex link to another device (point-to-point)
p2p
• A half-duplex link is a shared segment and can contain more than
shared
one device.
• The switch dynamically configures the link type.
auto
Note: Any STP port in full-duplex mode can be manually configured as a shared
port when connected to a non-STP-aware shared device (such as a typical
Layer 2 switch) used to interconnect multiple STP-aware devices.