3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 6 Ethernet Port Configuration
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6.2.2 Enabling/Disabling an Ethernet Port After configuring the related parameters and protocol of the port, you can use undo
shutdown command to enable the port. If you do not want a port to forward data any
more, use shutdown command to disable it.
Perform the following configuration in Ethernet port view.
Table 6-2 Enable/disable an Ethernet port
Operation Command
Disable an Ethernet port shutdown
Enable an Ethernet port undo shutdown
By default, the port is enabled.
6.2.3 Setting Ethernet Port Description To distinguish the Ethernet ports, you can use the following command to make some
necessary descriptions.
Perform the following configuration in Ethernet port group view.
Table 6-3 Set Ethernet port description
Operation Command
Set an Ethernet port description description text
Delete the Ethernet port description undo description
By default, an Ethernet port has no description.
6.2.4 Setting the Duplex Attribute of the Ethernet Port To configure a port to send and receive data packets at the same time, set it to
full-duplex. To configure a port to either send or receive data packets at a time, set it to
half-duplex. If the port has been set to auto-negotiation mode, the local and peer ports
will automatically negotiate about the duplex mode.
Perform the following configuration in Ethernet port view.
Table 6-4 Set the duplex attribute for the Ethernet port
Operation Command
Set duplex attribute for Ethernet port duplex { auto | full | half }
Restore the default duplex attribute of Ethernet port undo duplex