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Internet address is not set
Mode of IPv4 Address Assignment : NONE
DHCP Client-ID :3417ebf225c6
MTU 1554 bytes, IP MTU 1500 bytes
LineSpeed 40000 Mbit
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For information about which optics and transceivers are supported, contact your Dell representative.
Splitting 40G Ports without Reload
You can split 40G interfaces into 10G ports without reboot. You can also combine the split ports to create a 40G port without
reload.
● In stacking, configure profile first before provisioning for new units. Otherwise it is mandatory to reload for profile to take
effect.
● If there is a mismatch in fan-out profile between master and the new member in stacking, the master re-configures the
member with its quad-mode profile, quad-mode, and stack-group configuration and then reset the member. To avoid stack
split during profile mismatch, the master does stack group configurations of the new member.
To configure the quad-port-profile, use the following command:
CONFIGURATION mode
The defaults ports are:
To display the Fan-out capability profile, use the following show command:
The following example shows the interface status before splitting a 40G interface:
The physical port is not present in the show inventory media command output:
Splitting QSFP Ports to SFP+ Ports
The platform supports splitting a single 40G QSFP port into four 10G SFP+ ports using one of the supported breakout cables
(for a list of supported cables, refer to the Installation Guide or the Release Notes).
NOTE:
When you split a 40G port (such as fo 1/4) into four 10G ports, the 40G interface configuration is still available in
the startup configuration when you save the running configuration by using the write memory command. When a reload
of the system occurs, the 40G interface configuration is not applicable because the 40G ports are split into four 10G ports
after the reload operation. While the reload is in progress, you might see error messages when the configuration file is
being loaded. You can ignore these error messages. Similarly, such error messages are displayed during a reload after you
configure the four individual 10G ports to be stacked as a single 40G port.
NOTE: You can split the 40G ports to 10G ports and vice —versa without reloading the device.
To split a single 40G port into four 10G ports, use the following command.
● Split a single 40G port into four 10G ports.
CONFIGURATION mode
linecard line-card-number port port-number portmode quad
○ The range of Z9500 line-card numbers is 0 to 2.
○ The range of port numbers on a 40G port to be split is 0 to 188.
NOTE:
To revert the port mode to 40G, use the no stack-unit stack-unit-number port port-number
portmode quad command.
To verify port splitting, use the show system linecard linecard-numberfanout {count | configure}
command.
● The quad port must be in a default configuration before you can split it into 4x10G ports. The 40G port is lost in the
configuration when the port is split; be sure that the port is also removed from other L2/L3 feature configurations.
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