C H A P T E R 3 Console Command Reference
NOTE
Setting a port to full duplex automatically disables flow control. Since collisions don’t happen on a 
One exception is between two Express 10/100 switches. A special piece of information is added to packets traveling between switches to accom- plish this.
Port Configuration Commands
Use these commands to configure and display port settings.
get-port-cfg 
Displays the current port configuration.
SYS_console>   | 
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PORT_ID LAN_TYPE LINK IF_TYPE SPEED_SEL LAN_SPEED  | FDPLX FCTRL  | 
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1  | ETH10/100  | OFF  | TPFD  | ASENSE  | 10Mbps  | OFF  | ON  | 
2  | ETH10/100  | OFF  | TPFD  | ASENSE  | 10Mbps  | OFF  | ON  | 
3  | ETH10/100  | OFF  | TPFD  | ASENSE  | 10Mbps  | OFF  | ON  | 
4  | ETH10/100  | OFF  | TPFD  | ASENSE  | 10Mbps  | OFF  | ON  | 
5  | ETH10/100  | ON  | TPFD  | ASENSE  | 10Mbps  | OFF  | ON  | 
6  | ETH10/100  | OFF  | TPFD  | ASENSE  | 10Mbps  | OFF  | ON  | 
7  | ETH10/100  | OFF  | TPFD  | ASENSE  | 10Mbps  | OFF  | ON  | 
8  | ETH10/100  | OFF  | TPFD  | ASENSE  | 10Mbps  | OFF  | ON  | 
9  | NONE  | 
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10  | NONE  | 
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11  | NONE  | 
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12  | NONE  | 
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The command displays the following information for each port:
•LAN type: ETH10/100 indicates the port can operate at 10 or 100 Mbps.
•Link status: ON or OFF.
•Physical interface type: TPFD indicates 
•Speed select: ASENSE indicates the port 
•LAN Speed: LAN_SPEED indicates the speed of the link. By default, all ports are 10 Mbps when no device is attached.
•Full duplex mode: ON or OFF (default).
•Flow control: ON (default) or OFF. If you set a port to full duplex, flow control is automatically turned off (changes take effect after a reset). If you try to set flow control to ON while full duplex is selected, the Console Manager ignores the change on reset.
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