Chapter 1 Configuring Ethernet Ports; In This Chapter - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Manual

1 Configuring Ethernet Ports
The Ethernet software is responsible for a variety of functions that support the Ethernet and Gigabit Ether-
net ports on OmniSwitch 6800 Series switches. These functions include diagnostics, software loading,
initialization, configuration of line parameters, gathering statistics, and responding to administrative
requests from SNMP or CLI.

In This Chapter

This chapter describes your switch's Ethernet port parameters and how to configure them through the
Command Line Interface (CLI). CLI Commands are used in the configuration examples. For more details
about the syntax of commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
"Setting Ethernet Parameters for All Port Types" on page 1-7
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"Setting Ethernet Parameters for Non Combo Ports" on page 1-13
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"Setting Combo Ethernet Port Parameters" on page 1-17
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"Combo Port Application Example" on page 1-24
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For information about CLI commands that can be used to view Ethernet port parameters, see the
OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
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