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Configuring admin status, Configuring Maximum Transmission Unit, Configuring auto negotiation

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3. Select the Breakout Type. First apply "Hardware Default" and then select the required breakout. NOTE: Breakouts can be configured only for Fabric Mode IOMs. Configuring admin status You can switch the admin status for all ports, which is enabled by default. For the MX9116n FSE port groups 1/1/15 and 1/1/16, when you breakout the fiber channel ports, the admin status is disabled by default. Enable the status if required. To switch the admin status: Select the port and click Toggle Admin State. The Toggle Admin State window is displayed. Configuring Maximum Transmission Unit You can configure the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) for full-switch and fabric mode IOMs. To configure MTU: 1. Click Devices > I/O Modules > View Details > Hardware > Port Information. 2. Select the Ethernet port and click MTU. The Configure MTU window is displayed. 3. Select the MTU Size. The approximate value for MTU is 1500 bytes. The default value is 1532 bytes, and the maximum is 9000 bytes. If the port has both FCoE and Ethernet, the value is 2500 bytes. Configuring auto negotiation You can switch auto negotiation (AutoNeg). For DAC cabling, the AutoNeg is enabled by default. For AOC (fiber), AutoNeg is disabled by default. To switch AutoNeg: Select the port and click Toggle AutoNeg. The Toggle AutoNeg window is displayed. If Ethernet links are not displayed automatically, switch the auto negotiation setting. Ethernet IO Modules 69

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3.
Select the
Breakout Type
.
First apply "Hardware Default" and then select the required breakout.
NOTE:
Breakouts can be configured only for Fabric Mode IOMs.
Configuring admin status
You can switch the admin status for all ports, which is enabled by default. For the MX9116n FSE port groups 1/1/15 and 1/1/16, when you
breakout the fiber channel ports, the admin status is disabled by default. Enable the status if required.
To switch the admin status:
Select the port and click
Toggle Admin State
.
The
Toggle Admin State
window is displayed.
Configuring Maximum Transmission Unit
You can configure the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) for full-switch and fabric mode IOMs.
To configure MTU:
1.
Click
Devices
>
I/O Modules
>
View Details
>
Hardware
>
Port Information
.
2.
Select the Ethernet port and click
MTU
.
The
Configure MTU
window is displayed.
3.
Select the
MTU Size
.
The approximate value for MTU is 1500 bytes. The default value is 1532 bytes, and the maximum is 9000 bytes. If the port has both
FCoE and Ethernet, the value is 2500 bytes.
Configuring auto negotiation
You can switch auto negotiation (AutoNeg). For DAC cabling, the AutoNeg is enabled by default. For AOC (fiber), AutoNeg is disabled by
default.
To switch AutoNeg:
Select the port and click
Toggle AutoNeg
.
The
Toggle AutoNeg
window is displayed.
If Ethernet links are not displayed automatically, switch the auto negotiation setting.
Ethernet IO Modules
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