Reference Guide

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Figure 11-14. Display Auto-negotiation Master/Slave Setting (partial)
Both sides of the link must have auto-negotiation enabled or disabled for the link to come up.
The following table details the possible speed and auto-negotiation combinations for a line between
two 100/1000/10GB Base-T Ethernet interfaces.
Related
Commands
show config (INTERFACE mode)
Displays the interface configuration.
Syntax
show config
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Table 11-3. Auto-negotiation and Link Speed Combinations
Port 0 Port 1
Link Status between Port
1 and Port 2
auto-negotiation enabled* speed
1000 or auto
auto-negotiation enabled* speed
1000 or auto
Up at 1000 Mb/s
auto-negotiation enabled speed
100
auto-negotiation enabled speed
100
Up at 100 Mb/s
auto-negotiation disabled speed
100
auto-negotiation disabled speed
100
Up at 100 Mb/s
auto-negotiation disabled speed
100
auto-negotiation enabled speed
100
Down
auto-negotiation enabled* speed
1000 or auto
auto-negotiation disabled speed
100
Down
* You cannot disable auto-negotiation when the speed is set to 1000 or auto.
FTOS#show interfaces configured
TenGigabitEthernet 13/18 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is Dell Force10Eth, address is 00:01:e8:05:f7:fc
Current address is 00:01:e8:05:f7:fc
Interface index is 474791997
Internet address is 1.1.1.1/24
MTU 1554 bytes, IP MTU 1500 bytes
LineSpeed 1000 Mbit, Mode full duplex, Master
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last clearing of "show interfaces" counters 00:12:42
Queueing strategy: fifo
Input Statistics:
...
speed (for 1000/10000/auto
interfaces)
Set the link speed to 1000, 10000, or auto-negotiate the speed.
Version 8.3.17.0 Supported on M I/O Aggregator