Owner's Manual

134 Ethernet Configuration Commands
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negotiation
The negotiation interface configuration command enables auto-negotiation operation for the
speed and duplex parameters of a given interface. To disable negotiation, use the
no form of this
command.
Syntax
negotiation [capability1 [capability2…capability5]]
no negotiation
• capabilities—
Port capabilities to be advertised.
(Possible values: 10h, 10f, 100h, 100f and 1000f)
Default Configuration
auto-negotiation with all capabilities
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (Ethernet, port-channel, Out-of-Band Ethernet) mode
User Guidelines
Turning off auto-negotiation on an aggregate link may, under some circumstances, make it
non-operational. If the other side has auto-negotiation turned on, it may re-synchronize all
members of the aggregated link to half-duplex operation, and may, as per the standards, set
them all inactive.
Example
The following example enables autonegotiation with all capabilities on g5.
flowcontrol
The flowcontrol interface configuration command configures the Flow Control on a given
interface. To restore the default, use the
no form of this command.
Syntax
flowcontrol { auto | on | off }
no flowcontrol
• auto —Enables auto-negotiation of Flow Control.
•
on —Enables Flow Control.
Console(config)# interface ethernet g5
Console(config-if)# negotiation