Reference Guide

620 | Interfaces
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Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Usage
Information
For 1-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces only.
ipg (10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces)
e
Set the Inter-packet Gap for traffic on 10 Gigabit Ethernet interface.
Syntax
ipg {ieee-802.3ae | shrink}
To return to the default of averaging the IPG, enter
no ipg {shrink | ieee-802.3ae}
Parameters
Defaults
averaging the IPG
Command Modes
INTERFACE
Command
History
Usage
Information
For 10 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces only.
IPG equals 96 bits times from end of the previous packet to start of the pre-amble of the next
packet.
keepalive
c e s
On SONET interfaces, send keepalive packets periodically to keep an interface alive when it
is not transmitting data.
Syntax
keepalive [seconds]
To stop sending SONET keepalive packets, enter
no keepalive.
Version 8.2.1.0 Support for 4093 VLANs on E-Series ExaScale. Prior releases supported
2094.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on E-Series ExaScale
pre-Version 6.1.1.0 Introduced for E-Series
Note: This command is an EtherScale only command.
ieee-802.3ae
Enter the keyword ieee-802.3ae to set the IPG to 12 (12-15) bytes (packet
size dependent)
shrink
Enter the keyword shrink to set the IPG to 8 (8-11) bytes (packet size
dependent).
pre-Version 6.1.1.0 Introduced for E-Series (EtherScale-only)