Configuring Auto Negotiation, Crossover, And Flow Control Settings; Enabling And Disabling Auto Negotiation - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Manual

Setting Ethernet Port Parameters
Configuring Auto Negotiation, Crossover, and Flow Control
Settings
The following subsections describe how to enable and disable auto negotiation (see
Disabling Auto Negotiation" on page
Settings" on page 1-23), and configuring flow control (see

Enabling and Disabling Auto Negotiation

By default, auto negotiation is enabled. To enable or disable auto negotiation on a single port, a range of
ports, or an entire slot use the
page 1-23 and "Enabling and Disabling Flow" on page 1-23
To enable or disable auto negotiation on an entire switch enter interfaces followed by the slot number,
autoneg, and either enable or disable. For example, to enable auto negotiation on slot 2 enter:
-> interfaces 2 autoneg enable
To enable or disable auto negotiation on a single port enter interfaces followed by the slot number, a slash
(/), the port number, autoneg, and either enable or disable. For example, to enable auto negotiation on
port 3 on slot 2 enter:
-> interfaces 2/3 autoneg enable
To enable or disable auto negotiation on a range of ports enter interfaces followed by the slot number, a
slash (/), the first port number, a hyphen (-), the last port number, autoneg, and either enable or disable.
For example, to enable auto negotiation on ports 1 through 3 on slot 2 enter:
-> interfaces 2/1-3 autoneg enable
As an option, you can document the interface type by entering ethernet, fastethernet, or gigaethernet
before the slot number. For example, to enable auto negotiation on port 3 on slot 2 and document the port
as Ethernet enter:
-> interfaces ethernet 2/3 autoneg enable
Please note a link will not be established on any copper Ethernet port if any one of the following is true:
The local port advertises 100 Mbps full duplex and the remote link partner is forced to 100 Mbps full
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duplex.
The local port advertises 100 Mbps full duplex and the remote link partner is forced to 100 Mbps half
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duplex.
The local port advertises 10 Mbps full duplex and the remote link partner is forced to 10 Mbps full
•
duplex.
The local port advertises 10 Mbps full duplex and the remote link partner is forced to 10 half duplex.
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This is due to the fact that when the local device is set to auto negotiating 10/100 full duplex it senses the
remote device is not auto negotiating. Therefore it resolves to Parallel Detect with Highest Common
Denominator (HCD), which is "10/100 Half" according to IEEE 802.3 Clause 28.2.3.1.
However, since the local device is set to auto negotiating at 10/100 full duplex it cannot form a 10/100
Mbps half duplex link in any of the above mentioned cases. One solution is to configure the local device to
auto negotiation, 10/100 Mbps, with auto or half duplex.
page 1-22
1-22), configuring crossover settings (see
interfaces autoneg command. (See
OmniSwitch 6600 Family Network Configuration Guide
Configuring Ethernet Ports
"Configuring Crossover
"Enabling and Disabling Flow" on page
"Configuring Crossover Settings" on
for more information).
"Enabling and
1-23).
April 2006