Port Basic Configuration; Ethernet Port Configuration; Initially Configuring A Port - 3Com 5500-EI PWR Install Manual

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Port Basic Configuration

When performing basic port configuration, go to these sections for information you are interested in:

Ethernet Port Configuration

Ethernet Port Configuration Example
Troubleshooting Ethernet Port Configuration
Ethernet Port Configuration

Initially Configuring a Port

Follow these steps to initially configure a port:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter Ethernet port view
Enable the Ethernet port
Set the description string
for the Ethernet port
Set the duplex mode of
the Ethernet port
Set the speed of the
Ethernet port
Set the medium
dependent interface
(MDI) mode of the
Ethernet port
Set the maximum frame
size allowed on the
Ethernet port to 9,216
bytes
Use the command...
system-view
interface interface-type
interface-number
undo shutdown
description text
duplex { auto | full | half }
speed { 10 | 100 | 1000 | auto }
mdi { across | auto | normal }
jumboframe enable
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Remarks
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—
Optional
By default, the port is enabled.
Use the shutdown command to
disable the port.
Optional
By default, the description string of an
Ethernet port is null.
Optional
By default, the duplex mode of the
port is auto (auto-negotiation).
Optional
By default, the speed of an
Ethernet port is
through auto-negotiation (the auto
keyword).
Use the 1000 keyword for Gigabit
Ethernet ports only.
Optional
Be default, the MDI mode of an
Ethernet port is auto.
Optional
By default, the maximum frame size
allowed on an Ethernet is 9,216
bytes. To set the maximum frame
size allowed on an Ethernet port to
1,536 bytes, use the undo
jumboframe enable command.
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