28 CHAPTER 2: PORT CONFIGURATION
■ Displaying and Debugging Ethernet Ports
Entering Ethernet Port View
Before configuring the Ethernet port, enter Ethernet port view.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
The subslot on the Fabric is always set to 1.
Enabling and Disabling Ethernet Ports
The following command can be used for disabling or enabling the port. After
configuring the related parameters and protocol of the port, you can use the
following command to enable the port.
Perform the following configuration in Ethernet port view.
By default, the port is enabled.
Setting the Description Character String for an Ethernet Port
You can use the following command to identify the Ethernet ports.
Perform the following configuration in Ethernet port view.
By default, the port description is a null character string.
Setting the Duplex Attribute of the Ethernet Port
Set the port to full duplex to send and receive data packets at the same time. Set
the port to half-duplex to either send or receive only. If the port has been set to
auto-negotiation mode, the local and peer ports will automatically negotiate the
duplex mode.
Table 1 Enter Ethernet Port View
Operation Command
Enter Ethernet port view interface { Gigabit | Ethernet }
slot/subslot/port
Table 2 Enable/Disable an Ethernet Port
Operation Command
Disable an Ethernet port shutdown
Enable an Ethernet port undo shutdown
Table 3 Set Description Character String for Ethernet Port
Operation Command
Set description character string for Ethernet
port.
description text
Delete the description character string of
Ethernet.
undo description