Users Guide

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, see the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100–ON.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100–ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-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.
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 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet interfaces.
You can use the command on the 10G ports on the device.
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-10/100/1000/10G 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:
● Forced-master
● Force-slave
● Master
● Slave
● Auto-neg Error — typically indicates that both ends of the node are configured with forced-master or
forced-slave.
CAUTION: Ensure that one end of your node is configured as forced-master and one is
configured as forced-slave. If both are configured the same (that is, forced-master or
forced-slave), the show interfaces command flaps between an auto-neg-error and
forced-master/slave states.
You can display master/slave settings with the show interfaces command.
Interfaces
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