Assigning An Ip Address To A Port; Speed/Duplex Negotiation - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

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Assigning an IP address to a port

The <text> parameter is an alphanumeric string. The name can be up to 255 characters long on
the device. The name can contain blanks. You do not need to use quotation marks around the
string, even when it contains blanks.

Assigning an IP address to a port

To assign an IP address to an interface, enter the following commands.
BigIron RX(config)# interface e 1/8
BigIron RX(config)# ip address 192.45.6.110 255.255.255.0
Syntax: ip address <ip-addr> <ip-mask>
or
Syntax: ip address <ip-addr>/<mask-bits>
NOTE
You also can enter the IP address and mask in CIDR format, as follows:
BigIron RX

Speed/Duplex negotiation

Speed/Duplex Negotiation detects the speed (10MBps, 100Mbps, 1000Mbps) and duplex
(half-duplex or full-duplex) settings of the device on the other end of the wire and subsequently
adjusts to match those settings.
Each of the 10/100/1000BaseTX ports is designed to auto-sense and auto-negotiate the speed
and mode of the connected device. If the attached device does not support this operation, you can
manually enter the port speed.
You can configure a port to accept either full-duplex (bi-directional) or half-duplex (uni-directional)
traffic. Port duplex mode and port speed are modified by the same command.
The master and slave parameters are applicable only if the speed parameter is set to 1000. The
value for this parameter must correspond to the value on the link partner--for example, if the local
link has a value of master, the link partner must have a value of slave.
On 1000 Gigabit, auto-negotiation determines which side of the link is master and which side is
slave.
NOTE
You can not force a full duplex speed on CuSFP when using two 24C's. Setting both sides to 100-full
and using gig links or actual 24C's is recommended for switch uplinks. Host PC's that are connected
are not affected.
NOTE
Modifying the port speed of a port that has a pre-configured rate limit policy may result in the
inability to remove the port's rate limit policy.
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(config)# ip address 192.45.6.1/24
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