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GbE Optical and Copper Port Operation
GbE Optical and Copper Port Operation
The Brocade 7810 is configured with six ports that support GbE optical SFP+ transceivers and two ports that support RJ-45 copper
transceivers. Only a six GbE ports can operate at one time, either all six optical ports or a mixture of two RJ-45 copper ports and four
optical ports. The GbE ports can be enabled in copper or optical mode using the extncfg command as follows:
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For copper mode, enter extncfg --ge-mode copper. In this mode, both copper RJ-45 ports, labelled 0-1 on the switch
front panel, and the last four optical ports (labelled 4-7), will operate. The first two optical ports, labelled 2-3 on the switch, will
be disabled.
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For optical mode, enter extncfg --ge-mode optical. In this mode, all optical ports will operate. These ports are labelled
2-7 on the switch front panel. Both copper RJ-45 ports will be disabled.
Consider the following for copper and optical operating modes:
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Switching between copper and optical operation is a nondisruptive operation. The switch does not require a reboot.
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No configurations may be present on the GbE ports that are disabled for a specific mode. If a configuration exists on a port that
will be disabled, changing modes will be blocked, and the configuration must be deleted.
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Brocade 7810 Extension Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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