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Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 7 Configuring Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces
Enabling the Interface
To configure speed and duplex operation, complete these steps in the interface configuration mode:

Enabling the Interface

To enable the interface, complete these steps:
Note In the following procedure, press the Return key after each step unless otherwise noted. At any time,
you can exit the privileged level and return to the user level by entering disable at the Router# prompt.

Modifying MTU Size on the Interface

Complete the following steps to modify the MTU size on Gigabit Ethernet interface:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. enable
2. configure terminal
3. interface gigabitethernet slot/port
4. mtu bytes
Command Purpose
Step 1 duplex [auto | half | full]
Example:
Router(config-if)# duplex auto
Specify the duplex operation.
Step 2 speed [auto | 1000 | 100]
Example:
Router(config-if)# speed auto
Specify the speed.
Command Purpose
Step 1 interface gigabitethernet
slot
/
port
Example:
Router(config)# interface
gigabitethernet 0/1
Specify the port adapter type and the location of the interface to be
configured. The slot is always 0 and the port is the number of the port.
Step 2 no shutdown Enable the gigabit Ethernet interface using the no shutdown command.