Reference Guide

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Port Features
Overview
The network ports of the switch are divided into internal and external ports.
The internal ports are connected to blade servers cards through the mid-plan
of the chassis.
Supported Features on Ports
In the CLI, an acknowledgment message is displayed to indicate when the
features above are not supported, as shown below:
Example 1: This example shows the error message received when a non-
supported feature is requested.
Feature VRTX 10G
External 10G
Ports
Internal 10G Ports External 1G Ports
Administrative Port
Status (shutdown)
Supported Supported Supported
Port Speed 1000Mbit/sec or
10Gbit/sec
N/A 10/100/1000
Mbits/sec
Duplex Mode Full Only N/A Full/Half
Auto Negotiation AP 1G/10G
802.3ap
AP 1G/10G
802.3ap
Enable /Disable
Flow Control Enable/Disable AP 1G/10G
802.3ap
Enable /Disable
MDIX N/A N/A Auto/MDI/MDIX
Green Ethernet N/A N/A Supported
Cable Diagnostic N/A N/A Supported