3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 6 Ethernet Port Configuration
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Chapter 6 Ethernet Port Configuration

6.1 Ethernet Port Overview

The Switch 8800 provides conventional Ethernet ports, fast Ethernet ports, 1000 Mbps
Ethernet ports and 10 Gbps Ethernet ports. The configurations of these Ethernet ports
are basically the same, which will be described in the following sections.

6.2 Ethernet Port Configuration

The following sections describe Ethernet port configuration tasks:
z Entering Ethernet Port View
z Enabling/Disabling an Ethernet Port
z Setting Ethernet Port Description
z Setting the Duplex Attribute of the Ethernet Port
z Setting Speed on the Ethernet Port
z Setting the Cable Type for the Ethernet Port
z Enabling/Disabling Flow Control for the Ethernet Port
z Permitting/Forbidding Jumbo Frame to Pass the Ethernet Port
z Setting the Ethernet Port Broadcast Suppression Ratio
z Setting the Ethernet Port Mode
z Setting the Link Type for the Ethernet Port
z Adding the Ethernet Port to Specified VLANs
z Setting the Default VLAN ID for the Ethernet Port
z Setting the VLAN VPN Feature
z Copying Port Configuration to Other Ports
z Setting Port Hold Time
z Setting the Ethernet Port in Loopback Mode

6.2.1 Entering Ethernet Port View

Before configuring the Ethernet port, enter Ethernet port view first.
Perform the following configuration in system view.
Table 6-1 Enter Ethernet port view
Operation Command
Enter Ethernet port view interface { interface_type interface_num |
interface_name }