Service Manual

negotiation auto
Enable auto-negotiation on an interface.
Syntax
negotiation auto
To disable auto-negotiation, use the no negotiation auto command.
Defaults Enabled.
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.8(0.0) Introduced on the S3048-ON and S4048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000-ON.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.2.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
This command is supported on C-Series, S-Series, and E-Series (TeraScale and
ExaScale) 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet interfaces.
The no negotiation auto command is only available if you first manually set
the speed of a port to 10Mbits or 100Mbits.
The negotiation auto command provides a mode option for configuring an
individual port to forced-master/forced slave after you enable auto-negotiation.
NOTE: The mode option is not available on non-10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet
line cards.
If you do not use the mode option, the default setting is slave. If you do not
configure forced-master or forced-slave on a port, the port negotiates to either a
master or a slave state. Port status is one of the following:
Interfaces
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