User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- The Command Line Interface
- First-Time Configuration
- Using the Setup Utility
- Setting Passwords
- Menu Basics
- The Information Menu
- Information Menu
- System Information
- Layer 2 Information
- Layer 3 Information
- IP Routing Information
- ARP Information
- BGP Information
- BGP Peer information
- BGP Summary information
- OSPF Information
- Routing Information Protocol Information
- IP Information
- IGMP Multicast Group Information
- IGMP Group Information
- IGMP Multicast Router Port Information
- IGMP Mrouter Information
- VRRP Information
- Quality of Service Information
- 802.1p Information
- Access Control List Information
- Link Status Information
- Port Information
- Logical Port to GEA Port Mapping
- Fiber Port SFP Status
- Information Dump
- The Statistics Menu
- The Configuration Menu
- Configuration Menu
- Viewing, Applying, and Saving Changes
- System Configuration
- Port Configuration
- Layer 2 Configuration
- 802.1x Configuration
- Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol/ Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol Configuration
- Common Internal Spanning Tree Configuration
- Spanning Tree Configuration
- GVRP Configuration
- GVRP Port Configuration
- Trunk Configuration
- IP Trunk Hash Configuration
- LACP Configuration
- Layer 2 Failover Configuration
- VLAN Configuration
- Protocol-based VLAN Configuration
- Private VLAN Configuration
- Layer 3 Configuration
- IP Interface Configuration
- Default Gateway Configuration
- IP Static Route Configuration
- IP Multicast Route Configuration
- ARP Configuration
- IP Forwarding Configuration
- Network Filter Configuration
- Routing Map Configuration
- Routing Information Protocol Configuration
- Open Shortest Path First Configuration
- Border Gateway Protocol Configuration
- IGMP Configuration
- Domain Name System Configuration
- Bootstrap Protocol Relay Configuration
- VRRP Configuration
- Quality of Service Configuration
- Access Control List Configuration
- Port Mirroring Configuration
- Setup
- Dump
- Saving the Active Switch Configuration
- Restoring the Active Switch Configuration
- The Operations Menu
- The Boot Options Menu
- The Maintenance Menu
- Alteon OS Syslog Messages
- Alteon OS SNMP Agent
- Glossary
- Index

Alteon OS Command Reference
The Configuration Menu
21143W7774, May 2007
/cfg/port <port alias or number> gig
Port Link Configuration
Use these menu options to set port parameters for the port link.
NOTE – The speed and mode parameters are fixed for Gigabit Ethernet ports, and
cannot be configured.
Link menu options are described in Table 6-26 and appear on the gig port configuration menu
for the
GbE Switch Module. Use this menu to set port parameters such as speed, flow control,
and negotiation mode for the port link.
[Gigabit Link Menu]
speed - Set link speed
mode - Set full or half duplex mode
fctl - Set flow control
auto - Set auto negotiation
cur - Display current gig link configuration
Table 6-26 Port Link Configuration Menu Options (/cfg/port/gig)
Command Syntax and Usage
speed 10|100|1000|any
Sets the link speed. Some options are not valid on all ports. The choices include:
10 Mbps
100 Mbps
1000 Mbps
“Auto,” for auto negotiation
mode full|half|any
Sets the operating mode. The choices include:
“Any,” for auto negotiation (default)
Full-duplex
Half-duplex
fctl rx|tx|both|none
Sets the flow control. The choices include:
Receive flow control
Transmit flow control
Both receive and transmit flow control (default)
No flow control
auto on|off
Enables or disables auto negotiation for the port.