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Chapter 13 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces

TFTP and the Ethernet Management Port

Use the commands in Tabl e 13-2 when using TFTP to download or upload a configuration file to the boot
loader.
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
These sections contain this configuration information:
Default Ethernet Interface Configuration, page 13-27
Configuring Interface Speed and Duplex Mode, page 13-28
Configuring IEEE 802.3x Flow Control, page 13-30
Configuring Auto-MDIX on an Interface, page 13-31
Configuring a Power Management Mode on a PoE Port, page 13-32
Budgeting Power for Devices Connected to a PoE Port, page 13-33
Configuring Power Policing, page 13-35
Adding a Description for an Interface, page 13-36
Tab le 13-2 Boot Loader Commands
Command Description
arp [ip_address]Displays the currently cached ARP1 table when this command is entered
without the ip_address parameter.
Enables ARP to associate a MAC address with the specified IP address
when this command is entered with the ip_address parameter.
1. ARP = Address Resolution Protocol.
mgmt_clr Clears the statistics for the Ethernet management port.
mgmt_init Starts the Ethernet management port.
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.