Reference Guide

Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version 9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
Version
8.3.19.0
Introduced on the S4820T.
Version 8.3.11.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Version 8.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-Version
6.2.1.0
Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage
Information
This command is supported on C-Series, S-Series, and E-Series (TeraScale and
ExaScale) 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet interfaces.
The no negotiation auto command is only available if you first manually set
the speed of a port to
10Mbits or 100Mbits.
The negotiation auto command provides a mode option for configuring an
individual port to forced-master/forced slave after you enable auto-negotiation.
NOTE: The mode option is not available on non-10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet
line cards.
If you do not use the mode option, the default setting is slave. If you do not
configure forced-master or forced-slave on a port, the port negotiates to either a
master or a slave state. Port status is one of the following:
• Forced-master
• Force-slave
• Master
• Slave
• Auto-neg Error — typically indicates that both ends of the node are configured
with forced-master or forced-slave.
CAUTION: Ensure that one end of your node is configured as forced-master
and one is configured as forced-slave. If both are configured the same (that
is, forced-master or forced-slave), the show interfaces command flaps
between an auto-neg-error and forced-master/slave states.
You can display master/slave settings with the show interfaces command.
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Interfaces