Figure 2 Forcibly bring up a fiber port
Correct fiber
connection
Device A
Device B
Fiber port
Configuration restrictions and guidelines
When you forcibly bring up a fiber port, follow these restrictions and guidelines:
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This feature is not supported on the following interfaces:
All interfaces on EC interface modules:
−
−
Interfaces numbered 45 through 48 on LSUM2GP44TSSE0 and LSUM2GT24PTSSE0
interface modules.
Interfaces numbered 25 through 28 on LSUM2GP24TSSE0 and LSUM2GT24TSSE0
interface modules.
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For fiber ports connected to the same physical link to operate correctly, you must configure this
feature for both of them.
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The port up-mode, shutdown, and loopback commands are mutually exclusive.
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A fiber Ethernet port does not support this feature if the port is shut down by a protocol or by
using the shutdown command.
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A fiber Ethernet port does not support this feature if the port joins an aggregate group.
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Either of the following operations on an interface forcibly brought up will cause the interface to
go down before staying physically up:
Configure the speed, duplex, or port fec mode command on the interface.
Remove and install fibers or transceiver modules.
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A GE fiber port forcibly brought up cannot correctly forward traffic if it is installed with a
fiber-to-copper converter, 100/1000-Mbps transceiver module, or 100-Mbps transceiver module.
To solve the problem, use the undo port up-mode command on the fiber port.
When Ethernet interfaces
cannot be or are not forcibly
Tx end
Rx end
LSUM1TGS24EC0.
LSUM1QGS6EC0.
brought up
Device A
Device B
Fiber link
Packets
20
When Ethernet interfaces
are forcibly brought up
Device A
Device B
The fiber is disconnected.
The interface is down.