Setting Combo Ports To Preferred Copper; Setting Combo Ports To Forced Copper - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-48 Network Configuration Manual

Setting Ethernet Combo Port Parameters

Setting Combo Ports to Preferred Copper

In preferred copper mode, combo ports will use the copper RJ-45 10/100/1000 port instead of the fiber
SFP connector, if both ports are enabled and have a valid link. If the copper port goes down, then the
switch will automatically switch to the fiber SFP connector. To set a single combo port, a range of combo
ports, or all combo ports on a switch to preferred copper use the
command.
To set all combo ports on an entire switch to preferred copper mode, enter interfaces, followed by the slot
number and hybrid preferred-copper. For example, to set all combo ports on slot 2 to preferred copper,
enter:
-> interfaces 2 hybrid preferred-copper
To set a single combo port to preferred copper, enter interfaces, followed by the slot number, a slash (/),
the port number, and hybrid preferred-copper. For example, to set port 23 on slot 1 to preferred copper,
enter:
-> interfaces 1/23 hybrid preferred-copper
To set a range of combo ports to preferred copper ports, enter interfaces, followed by the slot number, a
slash (/), the first port number, a hyphen (-), the last port number, and hybrid preferred-copper. For
example, to set combo ports 21 through 24 on slot 1 to preferred copper, enter:
-> interfaces 1/21-24 hybrid preferred-copper
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to set port 23 on slot 1 to preferred copper and document the
interface type as Gigabit Ethernet, enter:
-> interfaces gigaethernet 1/23 hybrid preferred-copper

Setting Combo Ports to Forced Copper

In forced copper mode combo ports will always use the copper RJ-45 10/100/1000 port instead of the
equivalent fiber SFP connector. To set a single combo port, a range of combo ports, or all combo ports on
a switch to forced copper use the
To set all combo ports on an entire switch to forced copper mode, enter interfaces, followed by the slot
number and hybrid forced-copper. For example, to set all combo ports on slot 2 to forced copper, enter:
-> interfaces 2 hybrid forced-copper
To set a single combo port to forced copper, enter interfaces, followed by the slot number, a slash (/), the
port number, and hybrid forced-copper. For example, to set port 23 on slot 1 to forced copper, enter:
-> interfaces 1/23 hybrid forced-copper
To set a range of combo ports to forced copper ports, enter interfaces, followed by the slot number, a
slash (/), the first port number, a hyphen (-), the last port number, and hybrid forced-copper. For exam-
ple, to set combo ports 21 through 24 on slot 1 to forced copper, enter:
-> interfaces 1/21-24 hybrid forced-copper
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to set port 23 on slot 1 to forced copper and document the interface
type as Gigabit Ethernet, enter:
-> interfaces gigaethernet 1/23 hybrid forced-copper
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September 2009