Interface Speed And Duplex Mode; Speed And Duplex Configuration Guidelines - Cisco Catalyst 2960-XR Configuration Manual

Interface Speed and Duplex Mode

Feature
Auto-MDIX
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
Keepalive messages
Interface Speed and Duplex Mode
Ethernet interfaces on the switch operate at 10, 100, 1000, or 10,000 Mb/s and in either full- or half-duplex
mode. In full-duplex mode, two stations can send and receive traffic at the same time. Normally, 10-Mb/s
ports operate in half-duplex mode, which means that stations can either receive or send traffic.
Switch models include Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000-Mb/s) ports, 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and small
form-factor pluggable (SFP) module slots supporting SFP modules.

Speed and Duplex Configuration Guidelines

When configuring an interface speed and duplex mode, note these guidelines:
• The 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports do not support the speed and duplex features. These ports operate only
• Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000-Mb/s) ports support all speed options and all duplex options (auto, half,
• For SFP module ports, the speed and duplex CLI options change depending on the SFP module type:
• If both ends of the line support autonegotiation, we highly recommend the default setting of auto
• If one interface supports autonegotiation and the other end does not, configure duplex and speed on both
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at 10,000 Mb/s and in full-duplex mode.
and full). However, Gigabit Ethernet ports operating at 1000 Mb/s do not support half-duplex mode.
◦ The 1000BASE-x (where -x is -BX, -CWDM, -LX, -SX, and -ZX) SFP module ports support the
nonegotiate keyword in the speed interface configuration command. Duplex options are not
supported.
◦ The 1000BASE-T SFP module ports support the same speed and duplex options as the
10/100/1000-Mb/s ports.
For information about which SFP modules are supported on your switch, see the product release notes.
negotiation.
interfaces; do not use the auto setting on the supported side.
Configuring Interface Characteristics
Default Setting
Enabled.
Note The switch might not support a pre-standard
powered device—such as Cisco IP phones
and access points that do not fully support
IEEE 802.3af—if that powered device is
connected to the switch through a crossover
cable. This is regardless of whether
auto-MIDX is enabled on the switch port.
Enabled (auto).
Disabled on SFP module ports; enabled on all other
ports.
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