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Chapter2 Administrative Commands
speed
speed
To configure the connection speed between Fibre Channel interface ports on your Server Switch and
Fibre Channel devices, enter the
speed
command in Fibre Channel Interface Configuration submode.
To assign an Ethernet connection speed to a port or ports, enter the
speed
command in Ethernet Interface
Configuration submode.
speed
speed
Syntax Description
Defaults By default, Fibre Channel connections run at 2000 Mbps (2 Gbp s).
Command Modes Fibre Channel Interface Configuration (config-if-fc) mode, Ethernet Interface Configuration
(config-if-ether) submode, InfiniBand Interface Configuration (config-if-ib) sub mode (se lec t Se rver
Switches).
Usage Guidelines Platform Availability:
Cisco SFS 3001, Cisco SFS 7000, Cisco SFS 7008, Cisco SFS 3012, Cisco 4x InfiniBand Switch Module
for IBM BladeCenter
Privilege Level:
Unrestricted read-write user, Fibre Channel read-write user, Ethernet read-write user, InfiniBand
read-write user.
Fibre Channel:
The speed of a connection does not necessarily match the speed that you configure. If your connection
cannot physically connect at the speed that you specify, the connection runs at a slower speed that your
Server Switch automatically detects. As soon as a physical change makes yo ur spee d s etting possib le,
the connection will run at the speed that you specified.
Note You cannot manually configure connection speed you enable auto-negotiation. Enter the
noauto-negotiate
command before you manually configure connection speed.
Ethernet:
The
speed
command sets the administrative speed (the speed that you want) only. Self-detection
determines the actual speed, which depends on the capabilities of the connection. You must disable the
auto-negotiation feature to manually configure speed.
speed Integer value that configures the speed (in Mbp s) of the conn ectio n between
your Server Switch and a Fibre Channel device or Ethernet device. For Fibre
Channel, enter 1000 for 1 Gbps or 2000 for 2 Gbps.