DELL 9.7(0.0) User Manual

To report interval frequency and mode adjustments, use the following commands.

Setup two or more connected interfaces for Layer 2 or Layer 3.
INTERFACE mode

ip address ip address, switchport

2. Activate the necessary ports administratively.

INTEFACE mode

no shutdown

3. Enable fefd globally.

CONFIGURATION mode

fefd {interval | mode}

Example of the show fefd Command

To display information about the state of each interface, use the show fefd command in EXEC privilege
mode.

Dell#show fefd

FEFD is globally 'ON', interval is 3 seconds, mode is 'Normal'.

INTERFACE MODE INTERVAL STATE

(second)

Te 1/0 Normal 3 Bi-directional

Te 1/1 Normal 3 Admin Shutdown

Te 1/2 Normal 3 Admin Shutdown

Te 1/3 Normal 3 Admin Shutdown

Dell#show run fefd

fefd-global mode normal

fefd-global interval 3

Enabling FEFD on an Interface

To enable, change, or disable FEFD on an interface, use the following commands.

• Enable FEFD on a per interface basis.

INTERFACE mode

fefd

• Change the FEFD mode.

INTERFACE mode

fefd [mode {aggressive | normal}]

• Disable FEFD protocol on one interface.

INTERFACE mode

fefd disable

Disabling an interface shuts down all protocols working on that interface’s connected line. It does not
delete your previous FEFD configuration which you can enable again at any time.

Layer 2

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