Administrator Guide

Related
Commands
● show interfaces dampening — displays interface dampening information.
● dampening — configures dampening on an interface.
combo-port-type
You can pre-provision the medium of combo ports as copper or fiber.
Syntax
combo-port-type{copper | fiber}
Parameters
copper Enter the keyword copper to provision the combo port as a copper port.
fiber Enter the keyword fiber to provision the combo port as a fiber port.
Defaults None
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command
History
Version Description
9.11(0.0) Introduced on the N20xx and N30xx series port extenders.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
Usage
Information
By default, a combo port is in Hybrid mode. Use the combo-port-type command to provision the
combo port as either copper or fiber. Use the no combo-port-type command to change the combo
port to Hybrid mode.
The negotiation auto command is not available on the combo ports in the hybrid mode. You need to
provision the combo port as copper or fiber medium using the combo-port-type command.
Example
Dell(conf-if-pegi-2/0/48)# combo-port-type copper
Dell(conf-if-pegi-2/0/48)# combo-port-type fiber
combo-port-type
You can pre-provision the medium of combo ports as copper or fiber.
Syntax
combo-port-type{copper | fiber}
Parameters
copper Enter the keyword copper to provision the combo port as a copper port.
fiber Enter the keyword fiber to provision the combo port as a fiber port.
Defaults None
Command Modes INTERFACE
Command
History
Version Description
9.11(0.0) Introduced on the N20xx and N30xx series port extenders.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
Usage
Information
By default, a combo port is in Hybrid mode. Use the combo-port-type command to provision the
combo port as either copper or fiber. Use the no combo-port-type command to change the combo
port to Hybrid mode.
The negotiation auto command is not available on the combo ports in the hybrid mode. You need to
provision the combo port as copper or fiber medium using the combo-port-type command.
Example
Dell(conf-if-pegi-2/0/48)# combo-port-type copper
Dell(conf-if-pegi-2/0/48)# combo-port-type fiber
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