Cisco Catalyst 2960 Command Reference Manual page 577

Chapter 2 Catalyst 2960 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
To autonegotiate trunking, the interfaces must be in the same VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) domain.
Trunk negotiation is managed by the Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP), which is a point-to-point
protocol. However, some internetworking devices might forward DTP frames improperly, which could
cause misconfigurations. To avoid this, you should configure interfaces connected to devices that do not
support DTP to not forward DTP frames, which turns off DTP.
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Access ports and trunk ports are mutually exclusive.
The IEEE 802.1x feature interacts with switchport modes in these ways:
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Examples
This example shows how to configure a port for access mode:
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet0/1
Switch(config-if)# switchport mode access
This example shows how set the port to dynamic desirable mode:
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet0/1
Switch(config-if)# switchport mode dynamic desirable
This example shows how to configure a port for trunk mode:
Switch(config)# interface gigabitethernet0/1
Switch(config-if)# switchport mode trunk
You can verify your settings by entering the show interfaces interface-id switchport privileged EXEC
command and examining information in the Administrative Mode and Operational Mode rows.
Related Commands Command
show interfaces
switchport access
switchport trunk
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If you do not intend to trunk across those links, use the switchport mode access interface
configuration command to disable trunking.
To enable trunking to a device that does not support DTP, use the switchport mode trunk and
switchport nonegotiate interface configuration commands to cause the interface to become a trunk
but to not generate DTP frames.
If you try to enable IEEE 802.1x on a trunk port, an error message appears, and IEEE 802.1x is not
enabled. If you try to change the mode of an IEEE 802.1x-enabled port to trunk, the port mode is
not changed.
If you try to enable IEEE 802.1x on a port set to dynamic auto or dynamic desirable, an error
message appears, and IEEE 802.1x is not enabled. If you try to change the mode of an
IEEE 802.1x-enabled port to dynamic auto or dynamic desirable, the port mode is not changed.
If you try to enable IEEE 802.1x on a dynamic-access (VLAN Query Protocol [VQP]) port, an error
message appears, and IEEE 802.1x is not enabled. If you try to change an IEEE 802.1x-enabled port
to dynamic VLAN assignment, an error message appears, and the VLAN configuration is not
changed.
switchport
Description
Displays the administrative and operational status of a switching
port, including port blocking and port protection settings.
Configures a port as a static-access or dynamic-access port.
Configures the trunk characteristics when an interface is in trunking
mode.
Catalyst 2960 Switch Command Reference
switchport mode
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