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Configuring Ethernet interfaces
Configuring common Ethernet interface settings
Configuring basic settings of an Ethernet interface
Configuring jumbo frame support
Configuring dampening on an Ethernet interface
Setting the statistics polling interval
Enabling loopback testing on an Ethernet interface
Restoring the default settings for an interface
Display and maintenance commands
Configuring Ethernet interfaces
About Ethernet interface
The device supports Ethernet interfaces. For the interface types and the number of interfaces supported by a switch model, see the installation guide.
This chapter describes how to configure Ethernet interfaces.
Configuring common Ethernet interface settings
Configuring basic settings of an Ethernet interface
About this task
You can configure an Ethernet interface to operate in one of the following duplex modes:
· Full-duplex mode—The interface can send and receive packets simultaneously.
· Half-duplex mode—The interface can only send or receive packets at a given time.
· Autonegotiation mode—The interface negotiates a duplex mode with its peer.
You can set the speed of an Ethernet interface or enable it to automatically negotiate a speed with its peer.
Restrictions and guidelines
The shutdown and loopback commands are mutually exclusive.
Procedure
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Enter Ethernet interface view.
interface interface-type interface-number
3. Set the description for the Ethernet interface.
description text
The default setting is interface-name Interface. For example, GigabitEthernet1/0/1 Interface.
4. Set the duplex mode for the Ethernet interface.
duplex { auto | full | half }
By default, the duplex mode is auto for Ethernet interfaces.
Fiber ports do not support the half keyword.
5. Set the speed for the Ethernet interface.
speed { 10 | 100 | 1000 | auto }
By default, an interface autonegotiates its speed.
6. Set the expected bandwidth for the Ethernet interface.
bandwidth bandwidth-value
By default, the expected bandwidth (in kbps) is the interface baud rate divided by 1000.
7. Bring up the Ethernet interface.
undo shutdown
By default, an Ethernet interface is up.
Configuring jumbo frame support
About this task
Jumbo frames are frames larger than 1600 bytes and are typically received by an Ethernet interface during high-throughput data exchanges, such as file transfers.
The Ethernet interface processes jumbo frames in the following ways:
· When the Ethernet interface is configured to deny jumbo frames (by using the undo jumboframe enable command), the Ethernet interface discards jumbo frames.
· When the Ethernet interface is configured with jumbo frame support, the Ethernet interface performs the following operations:
¡ Processes jumbo frames within the specified length.
¡ Discards jumbo frames that exceed the specified length.
Procedure
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Enter Ethernet interface view.
interface interface-type interface-number
3. Configure jumbo frame support.
jumboframe enable [ size ]
By default, the device allows jumbo frames within 1600 bytes to pass through.
If you set the size argument multiple times, the most recent configuration takes effect.
Configuring dampening on an Ethernet interface
About this task
The interface dampening feature uses an exponential decay mechanism to prevent excessive interface flapping events from adversely affecting routing protocols and routing tables in the network. Suppressing interface state change events protects the system resources.
If an interface is not dampened, its state changes are reported. For each state change, the system also generates an SNMP trap and log message.
After a flapping interface is dampened, it does not report its state changes to the CPU. For state change events, the interface only generates SNMP trap and log messages.
Parameters
· Penalty—The interface has an initial penalty of 0. When the interface flaps, the penalty increases by 1000 for each down event until the ceiling is reached. It does not increase for up events. When the interface stops flapping, the penalty decreases by half each time the half-life timer expires until the penalty drops to the reuse threshold.
· Ceiling—The penalty stops increasing when it reaches the ceiling.
· Suppress-limit—The accumulated penalty that triggers the device to dampen the interface. In dampened state, the interface does not report its state changes to the CPU. For state change events, the interface only generates SNMP traps and log messages.
· Reuse-limit—When the accumulated penalty decreases to this reuse threshold, the interface is not dampened. Interface state changes are reported to the upper layers. For each state change, the system also generates an SNMP trap and log message.
· Decay—The amount of time (in seconds) after which a penalty is decreased.
· Max-suppress-time—The maximum amount of time the interface can be dampened. If the penalty is still higher than the reuse threshold when this timer expires, the penalty stops increasing for down events. The penalty starts to decrease until it drops below the reuse threshold.
When configuring the dampening command, follow these rules to set the values mentioned above:
· The ceiling is equal to 2(Max-suppress-time/Decay) × reuse-limit. It is not user configurable.
· The configured suppress limit is lower than or equal to the ceiling.
· The ceiling is lower than or equal to the maximum suppress limit supported.
Figure 1 shows the change rule of the penalty value. The lines t0 and t2 indicate the start time and end time of the suppression, respectively. The period from t0 to t2 indicates the suppression period, t0 to t1 indicates the max-suppress-time, and t1 to t2 indicates the complete decay period.
Figure 1 Change rule of the penalty value
Restrictions and guidelines
· The dampening command does not take effect on the administratively down events. When you execute the shutdown command, the penalty restores to 0, and the interface reports the down event to the upper-layer protocols.
· Do not enable the dampening feature on an interface with spanning tree protocols enabled.
Procedure
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Enter Ethernet interface view.
interface interface-type interface-number
3. Enable dampening on the interface.
dampening [ half-life reuse suppress max-suppress-time ]
By default, interface dampening is disabled on Ethernet interfaces.
Setting the statistics polling interval
About this task
To display the interface statistics collected in the last statistics polling interval, use the display interface command. To clear the interface statistics, use the reset counters interface command.
Setting the statistics polling interval in Ethernet interface view
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Enter Ethernet interface view.
interface interface-type interface-number
3. Set the statistics polling interval for the Ethernet interface.
flow-interval interval
By default, the statistics polling interval is 300 seconds.
Enabling loopback testing on an Ethernet interface
About this task
Perform this task to determine whether an Ethernet link works correctly.
Loopback testing includes the following types:
· Internal loopback testing—Tests the device where the Ethernet interface resides. The Ethernet interface sends outgoing packets back to the local device. If the device fails to receive the packets, the device fails.
· External loopback testing—Tests the inter-device link. The Ethernet interface sends incoming packets back to the remote device. If the remote device fails to receive the packets, the inter-device link fails.
Restrictions and guidelines
· After you enable this feature on an Ethernet interface, the interface does not forward data traffic.
· The shutdown and loopback commands are mutually exclusive.
· After you enable this feature on an Ethernet interface, the Ethernet interface switches to full duplex mode. After you disable this feature, the Ethernet interface restores to its duplex setting.
Procedure
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Enter Ethernet interface view.
interface interface-type interface-number
3. Enable loopback testing.
loopback{ external | internal }
Restoring the default settings for an interface
Restrictions and guidelines
CAUTION: This feature might interrupt ongoing network services. Make sure you are fully aware of the impacts of this feature when you use it in a live network. |
This feature might fail to restore the default settings for some commands because of command dependencies or system restrictions. You can use the display this command in interface view to check for these commands and perform their undo forms or follow the command reference to restore their default settings. If your restoration attempt still fails, follow the error message to resolve the problem.
Procedure
1. Enter system view.
system-view
2. Enter Ethernet interface view.
interface interface-type interface-number
3. Restore the default settings for the interface.
default
Display and maintenance commands
Execute display commands in any view and reset commands in user view.
Task |
Command |
Display interface traffic statistics. |
display counters { inbound | outbound } interface [ interface-type [ interface-number ] ] |
Display traffic rate statistics of interfaces in up state over the last statistics polling interval. |
display counters rate { inbound | outbound } interface [ interface-type [ interface-number ] ] |
Display the Ethernet module statistics. |
display ethernet statistics |
Display the operational and status information of the specified interfaces. |
display interface [ interface-type [ interface-number ] ] [ brief [ description | down ] ] |
Display information about dropped packets on the specified interfaces. |
display packet-drop { interface [ interface-type [ interface-number ] ] | summary } |
Clear interface statistics. |
reset counters interface [ interface-type [ interface-number ] ] |
Clear the Ethernet module statistics. |
reset ethernet statistics |
Clear the statistics of dropped packets on the specified interfaces. |
reset packet-drop interface [ interface-type [ interface-number ] ] |