Trunk Configuration - Dell PowerConnect 3248 System User's Manual

interface ethernet unit/port
shutdown
description string
speed-duplex {1000full | 100full |
100half | 10full | 10half}
negotiation
capabilities {1000full | 100full |
100half | 10full | 10half | flowcontrol |
symmetric}
flowcontrol
show interfaces status ethernet
unit/port
show interfaces switchport [ethernet
unit/port]
NOTICE: Flow control only works for ports that are connected to the same internal switch chip (ports 1 to 24, 49 and ports 25 to 48, 50). Cross-chip
flow control does not work.
Example
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/5
Console(config-if)#
Console(config-if)#description RD SW#3
Console(config-if)#no negotiation
Console(config-if)#speed-duplex 100half
Console(config-if)#flowcontrol

Trunk Configuration

On the Trunk Configuration page, you can enable and disable the aggregate port links that have been created on the switch. To set up trunks and select port
members, use the Link Aggregation page.
For each trunk number listed in the Trunk column, you can change the following parameters listed by column name on the screen:
Name/Type — Allows a user-defined label for the trunk and also indicates the type of ports in the trunk
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Admin/Oper — Allows the network administrator to manually disable a trunk and also indicates the status of the link: up or down
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Speed/Duplex Mode — Allows the manual selection of port speed and duplex mode and also indicates the current speed and mode of member ports
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Flow Control — Allows automatic or manual selection of support for flow control and also indicates the type of flow control currently in use
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Autonegotiation/Port Capabilities — Allows autonegotiation to be enabled/disabled for all ports in the trunk and also indicates the capabilities of the
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port members
To save any changes you make in this page, click Apply Changes. If you don't want to save the changes, click Refresh.
Configures an Ethernet port interface and enters interface
configuration mode.
Disables an interface.
To restart a disabled interface, use the no form command.
Adds a description to an interface.
Configures the speed and duplex mode of a given interface when
autonegotiation is disabled.
Enables autonegotiation for a given interface.
Use the no form command to disable autonegotiation.
Advertises the port capabilities of a given interface during
autonegotiation.
Use the no form with parameters command to remove an advertised
capability, or the no form without parameters command to restore
the default values.
Enables flow control.
Use the no form command to disable flow control.
Displays status for enabled interfaces.
Displays the configuration for a port.