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Default Settings for Switching Modes
Cut-through switching is enabled by default.
Configuring Switching Modes
Enabling Store-and-Forward Switching
Enabling store-and-forward switching mode might impact your port-to-port switching latency.Note
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Enables store-and-forward switching mode.switch(config) # switching-mode
store-forward
Step 2
(Optional)
Saves the change persistently through reboots and
restarts by copying the running configuration to the
startup configuration.
switch(config)# copy running-config
startup-config
Step 3
This example shows how to enable store-and-forward switching:
switch# configure terminal
switch(config) # switching-mode store-forward
switch(config) #
Reenabling Cut-Through Switching
Cut-through switching is enabled by default. To reenable cut-through switching, use the no form of the
switching-mode store-forward command.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters global configuration mode.switch# configure terminal
Step 1
Disables store-and-forward switching mode. Enables
cut-through switching mode.
switch(config) # no switching-mode
store-forward
Step 2
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Configuring Switching Modes
Default Settings for Switching Modes