Disabling Or Re-Enabling A Port; Changing The Default Gigabit Negotiation Mode - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

BigIron RX(config)#interface ethernet 2/4
BigIron RX(config-if-e10000-2/4)#speed-duplex 1000-slave
Syntax: [no]
auto - Autonegotiation
1000-master - Forces 1000 Mbps master port
1000-slave - Forces 1000 Mbps slave port
1000-full - Forces 1000 Mbps full-duplex operation
1000-half - Forces 100 Mbps half-duplex operation
100-full - Forces 100 Mbps full-duplex operation
100-half - Forces 100 Mbps half-duplex operation
10-full - Forces 10 Mbps full-duplex operation
10-half - Forces 10 Mbps half-duplex operation

Disabling or re-enabling a port

The port can be made inactive (disable) or active (enable) by selecting the appropriate status
option. The default value for a port is enabled.
To disable port 8 on module 1 of a device, enter the following.
BigIron RX(config)# interface e 1/8
BigIron RX(config-if-e10000-1/8)# disable
Syntax: disable
Syntax: enable
You also can disable or re-enable a virtual routing interface. To do so, enter commands such as the
following.
BigIron RX(config)# interface ve v1
BigIron RX(config-vif-1)# disable
Syntax: disable
To re-enable a virtual routing interface, enter the enable command at the Interface configuration
level. For example, to re-enable virtual routing interface v1, enter the following command.
BigIron RX(config-vif-1)# enable
Syntax: enable

Changing the default Gigabit negotiation mode

You can configure the default Gigabit negotiation mode to be one of the following:
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speed-duplex {auto |1000-master |1000-slave |1000-full | 100-full | 100-half | 10-full |
10-half}
auto-full - The port tries to perform a negotiation with its peer port to exchange capability
information. If it is unable to reach an agreen upon speed, the port goes into a fixed speed and
keeps the link up
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