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Chapter 11 Configuring Interface Characteristics
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
TFTP and the Ethernet Management Port
Use the commands in Table 11-1 when using TFTP to download or upload a configuration file to the boot
loader.
Configuring Ethernet Interfaces
These sections contain this configuration information:
• Default Ethernet Interface Configuration, page 11-17
• Configuring Interface Speed and Duplex Mode, page 11-19
• Configuring IEEE 802.3x Flow Control, page 11-21
• Configuring Auto-MDIX on an Interface, page 11-22
• Adding a Description for an Interface, page 11-23
Default Ethernet Interface Configuration
Table 11-2 shows the Ethernet interface default configuration, including some features that apply only
to Layer 2 interfaces. For more details on the VLAN parameters listed in the table, see Chapter 13,
“Configuring VLANs.” For details on controlling traffic to the port, see Chapter 26, “Configuring
Port-Based Traffic Control.”
Note To configure Layer 2 parameters, if the interface is in Layer 3 mode, you must enter the switchport
interface configuration command without any parameters to put the interface into Layer 2 mode. This
shuts down the interface and then re-enables it, which might generate messages on the device to which
Table 11-1 Boot Loader Commands
Command Description
arp [ip_address] Displays the currently cached ARP
1
table when this command is entered
without the ip_address parameter.
Enables ARP to associate a MAC address with the specified IP address
when this command is entered with the ip_address parameter.
1. ARP = Address Resolution Protocol.
mgmt_clr Clears the statistics for the Ethernet management port.
mgmt_init Starts the Ethernet management port.
mgmt_show Displays the statistics for the Ethernet management port.
ping host_ip_address Sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to the specified network host.
boot tftp:/file-url ... Loads and boots an executable image from the TFTP server and enters
the command-line interface.
For more details, see the command reference for this release.
copy tftp:/source-file-url
filesystem:/destination-file-
url
Copies a Cisco IOS image from the TFTP server to the specified
location.
For more details, see the command reference for this release.
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