Nortel Networks 4050 User Manual

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Chapter 10 Configuring system settings 473
Nortel Secure Network Access Switch 4050 User Guide
 
The Host Port menu includes the following options:
Managing interface ports using the CLI
To view and manage the ports assigned to an interface, use the following 
command:
/cfg/sys/host #/interface <interface ID>/ports
where 
interface ID
 is an integer in the range 1 to 252 that uniquely identifies 
the interface on the Nortel SNAS 4050 host.
The Interface Ports menu displays.
/cfg/sys/host #/port <port>
followed by:
autoneg on|off
Specifies the Ethernet auto-negotiation setting for the 
host and NIC port. The options are:
on
 — the port is set to auto-negotiate speed and 
mode. This is the recommended setting.
off
 — speed and mode are fixed at a specified 
setting.
The default is 
on
.
When auto-negotiation is on, ensure that the device to 
which the port is connected is also set to 
auto-negotiate.
speed <speed>
Sets the speed for the host and NIC port when 
auto-negotiation is set to 
off
.
speed
 — the port speed in megabits per second. 
The options are 
10|100|1000
.
mode full|half
Sets the duplex mode for the host and NIC port when 
auto-negotiation is set to 
off
. The options are 
full
 
and 
half
.
The default duplex mode is 
full
.