Configuring A Layer 3 Interface On A Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switch; Configuring Unified Ports - Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring a Layer 3 Interface on a Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switch

Configuring a Layer 3 Interface on a Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Switch
Beginning with NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1), on Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform switches, you can configure a
Layer 3 interface.
You can change a Layer 3 interface into a Layer 2 interface by using the switchport command. You can
change a Layer 2 interface into a Layer 3 interface by using the no switchport command.
SUMMARY STEPS
1. switch# configure terminal
2. switch(config)# interface ethernet slot/port
3. switch(config-if)# no switchport
4. switch(config-if)# no shutdown
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 switch# configure terminal
Step 2 switch(config)# interface ethernet slot/port
Step 3 switch(config-if)# no switchport
Step 4 switch(config-if)# no shutdown
This example shows how to configure a Layer 3 interface:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/2
switch(config-if)# no switchport
switch(config-if)# no shutdown

Configuring Unified Ports

You can configure a unified port on a Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch, a Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch, or a Cisco
Nexus 5548P switch with an installed Cisco N55-M16UP expansion module.
Unified ports allow you to configure ports as Ethernet, native Fibre Channel, or Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE) ports. By default, the ports are Ethernet ports but you can change the port mode to native Fibre Channel
on the following unified ports:
• Any port on the Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch or the Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch.
• The ports on the Cisco N55-M16UP expansion module that is installed in a Cisco Nexus 5548P switch
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Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
Purpose
Enters configuration mode.
Enters configuration mode for the specified interface.
Selects the Layer 3 interface.
Restarts the interface.