34 Brocade ICX 6650 Administration Guide
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Basic port parameter configuration
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The port speed down-shift and maximum port speed advertisement features operate dynamically
at the physical link layer, independent of logical trunk group configurations. Although Brocade
recommends that you use the same cable types and auto-negotiation configuration on all
members of a trunk group, you could utilize the auto-negotiation features conducive to your cabling
environment. For example, in certain circumstances, you could configure each port in a trunk
group to have its own auto-negotiation maximum port speed advertisement or port speed
down-shift configuration.

Maximum port speed application notes

Port speed down-shift and maximum port speed advertisement work only when
auto-negotiation is enabled (CLI command speed-duplex auto). If auto-negotiation is OFF, the
device will reject the port speed down-shift and maximum port speed advertisement
configuration.
When port speed down-shift or maximum port speed advertisement is enabled on a port, the
device will reject any configuration attempts to set the port to a forced speed mode (100 Mbps
or 1000 Mbps).
When the port speed down-shift feature is enabled on a combo port, the port will not support
true media automatic detection, meaning the device will not be able to detect and select the
fiber or copper connector based on link availability.
Modifying port duplex mode
You can manually configure a 10/100 Mbps port to accept either full-duplex (bi-directional) or
half-duplex (uni-directional) traffic.
NOTE
You can modify the port duplex mode of copper ports only. This feature does not apply to fiber ports.
Port duplex mode and port speed are modified by the same command.

Port duplex mode configuration syntax

To change the port speed of interface 1/1/1 from the default of 10/100/1000 auto-sense to 10
Mbps operating at full-duplex, enter the following.
Brocade(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/1
Brocade(config-if-e10000-1/1/1)# speed-duplex 10-full
Syntax: speed-duplex <value>
The <value> can be one of the following:
10-full
10-half
100-full
100-half
auto (default)