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Chapter 12 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
These sections contain this configuration information:
Default Ethernet Interface Configuration, page 12-23
Setting the Type of a Dual-Purpose Uplink Port, page 12-25
Setting the Type of a Dual-Purpose Uplink Port, page 12-25
Configuring Interface Speed and Duplex Mode, page 12-26
Configuring IEEE 802.3x Flow Control, page 12-28
Configuring Auto-MDIX on an Interface, page 12-29
Configuring a Power Management Mode on a PoE Port, page 12-30
Budgeting Power for Devices Connected to a PoE Port, page 12-31
Configuring Power Policing, page 12-33
Adding a Description for an Interface, page 12-34

Default Ethernet Interface Configuration

Table 12-3 shows the Ethernet interface default configuration. For more details on the VLAN parameters
listed in the table, see Chapter 13, “Configuring VLANs.” For details on controlling traffic to the port,
see Chapter 23, “Configuring Port-Based Traffic Control.”
mgmt_show Displays the statistics for the Ethernet management port.
ping host_ip_address Sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to the specified network host.
boot tftp:/file-url ... Loads and boots an executable image from the TFTP server and enters
the command-line interface.
For more details, see the command reference for this release.
copy tftp:/source-file-url
filesystem:/destination-file-
url
Copies a Cisco IOS image from the TFTP server to the specified
location.
For more details, see the command reference for this release.
1. ARP = Address Resolution Protocol.
Table 12-2 Boot Loader Commands (continued)
Command Description
Table 12-3 Default Layer 2 Ethernet Interface Configuration
Feature Default Setting
Allowed VLAN range VLANs 1 to 4094.
Default VLAN (for access ports) VLAN 1.
Native VLAN (for IEEE 802.1Q
trunks)
VLAN 1.
VLAN trunking Switchport mode dynamic auto (supports DTP).