Reference Guide

ATTENTION
Enabling FEC is disruptive to traffic. FEC can be enabled or disabled only at 16 Gbps, or at 10 Gbps on E_Ports with octet
mode 2 or 3 on Gen 5 devices. The FEC is always enabled at 32 Gbps.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the portCfgFec --enable command, specifying the port or range of ports on which FEC is to be enabled.
portcfgfec --enable -FEC slot/port
3. Enter the portCfgFec --show command to display the current FEC configuration.
portcfgfec --show slot/port
Enabling FEC on a single port
switch:admin> portcfgfec --enable -FEC 1
Warning : FEC changes will be disruptive to the traffic
FEC has been enabled.
switch:admin> portcfgfec --show 1
Port: 1
FEC Capable: YES
10G/16G FEC Configured: ON
16 FEC via TTS Configured: OFF
FEC State: active
Disabling forward error correction
Use the following procedure to disable FEC.
ATTENTION
Disabling FEC is disruptive to traffic and can be disabled at 10, 16, 32 Gbps. However, FEC is always active (even if disabled) at
32 Gbps.
1. Connect to the switch and log in using an account with admin permissions.
2. Enter the portCfgFec --disable command, specifying the port or range of ports on which FEC is to be enabled.
portcfgfec --disable -FEC slot/port
3. Enter the portCfgFec --show command to display the current FEC configuration.
portcfgfec --show slot/port
Disabling FEC on a single port
switch:admin> portcfgfec --disable -FEC 1
Warning : FEC changes will be disruptive to the traffic
FEC has been disabled.
switch:admin> portcfgfec --show 1
Port: 1
FEC Capable: YES
10G/16G FEC Configured: OFF
16G FEC via TTS Configured: OFF
FEC State: Inactive
Performing Advanced Configuration Tasks
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