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The Host Port menu includes the following options:

/cfg/sys/host #/port <port> followed by:

autoneg onoff

Specifies the Ethernet auto-negotiation setting for the

 

host and NIC port. The options are:

 

on — the port is set to auto-negotiate speed and

 

mode. This is the recommended setting.

 

off — speed and mode are fixed at a specified

 

setting.

 

The default is on.

 

When auto-negotiation is on, ensure that the device to

 

which the port is connected is also set to

 

auto-negotiate.

 

 

speed <speed>

Sets the speed for the host and NIC port when

 

auto-negotiation is set to off.

 

speed — the port speed in megabits per second.

 

The options are 101001000.

 

 

mode fullhalf

Sets the duplex mode for the host and NIC port when

 

auto-negotiation is set to off. The options are full

 

and half.

 

The default duplex mode is full.

 

 

Managing interface ports using the CLI

To view and manage the ports assigned to an interface, use the following command:

/cfg/sys/host #/interface <interface ID>/ports

where interface ID is an integer in the range 1 to 252 that uniquely identifies the interface on the Nortel SNAS 4050 host.

The Interface Ports menu displays.

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