Setting the Speed of Ethernet Interfaces
To discover whether the remote and local interface requires manual speed synchronization, and to manually synchronize them if necessary,
use the following command sequence.
1
Determine the local interface status. Refer to the following example.
EXEC Privilege mode
show interfaces [interface | stack—unit stack-unit-number] status
2
Determine the remote interface status.
EXEC mode or EXEC Privilege mode
[Use the command on the remote system that is equivalent to the first command.]
3
Access CONFIGURATION mode.
EXEC Privilege mode
config
4
Access the port.
CONFIGURATION mode
interface interface-type
5
Set the local port speed.
INTERFACE mode
speed {10 | 100 | 1000 | 10000 | auto}
NOTE:
If you use an active optical cable (AOC), you can convert the QSFP+ port to a 10 Gigabit SFP+ port or 1 Gigabit
SFP port. You can use the speed command to enable the required speed.
6
Optionally, set full- or half-duplex.
INTERFACE mode
duplex {half | full}
7
Disable auto-negotiation on the port.
INTERFACE mode
no negotiation auto
If the speed was set to 1000, do not disable auto-negotiation.
8
Verify configuration changes.
INTERFACE mode
show config
Example of the show interfaces status Command to View Link Status
NOTE:
The show interfaces status command displays link status, but not administrative status. For both link and
administrative status, use the show ip interface command.
Dell#show interfaces status
Port
Description
Te 1/1/1
Te 1/1/2
Te 1/1/3
Te 1/1/4
Te 1/2/1
Status Speed
Duplex Vlan
Down
Auto
Mbit Auto
Down
10000 Mbit Auto
Down
Auto
Mbit Auto
Down
10000 Mbit Auto
Up
10000 Mbit Full
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Interfaces
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