Dell Force10 MXL Blade MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module FTOS Command Line Referen - Page 238

www.dell.com | support.dell.com Parameters long | medium | short Enter the keyword that matches the cable length to be used at the selected port: short = For 1-meter and 3-meter cable lengths medium = For 5-meter cable length long = For 10-meter and 15-meter cable lengths Defaults medium Command Mode INTERFACE Command History Usage Information Example Version 8.3.16.1 Introduced on MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module This command only works on ports that the system recognizes as CX4 ports. The figure below shows an attempt to configure an XFP port with the command after inserting a CX4 converter into the port: Figure 14-3. Example of Unsuccessful CX4 Cable Length Configuration FTOS#show interfaces tengigabitethernet 0/26 | grep "XFP type" Pluggable media present, XFP type is 10GBASE-CX4 FTOS(conf-if-te-0/26)#cx4-cable-length short % Error: Unsupported command. FTOS(conf-if-te-0/26)#cx4-cable-length medium % Error: Unsupported command. FTOS(conf-if-te-0/26)#cx4-cable-length long % Error: Unsupported command. FTOS(conf-if-te-0/26)# Example Figure 14-4 shows a successful CX4 cable length configuration. Figure 14-4. Example of CX4 Cable Length Configuration FTOS#config FTOS(conf)#interface tengigabitethernet 0/52 FTOS(conf-if-0/52)#cx4-cable-length long FTOS(conf-if-0/52)#show config ! interface TenGigabitEthernet 0/51 no ip address cx4-cable-length long shutdown FTOS(conf-if-0/52)#exit FTOS(conf)# Related Commands For details on using XFP ports with CX4 cables, refer to your MXL Switch hardware guide. show config Displays the configuration of the selected interface. dampening Configures dampening on an interface. Syntax dampening [[[[half-life] [reuse-threshold]] [suppress-threshold]] [max-suppress-time]] To disable dampening, use the no dampening [[[[half-life] [reuse-threshold]] [suppress-threshold]] [max-suppress-time]] command syntax. 238 | Interfaces