Dell S3100 Command Line Reference Guide for the Series 9.112.1 - Page 665

Usage Information Important Points to Remember: • To use special characters as a part of the description string, you must enclose the whole string in double quotes. • Spaces between characters are not preserved after entering this command unless you enclose the entire description in quotation marks ("desc_text"). • Entering a text string after the description command overwrites any previous text string that you previously configured as the description. • The shutdown and description commands are the only commands that you can configure on an interface that is a member of a port-channel. • Use the show interfaces description command to display descriptions configured for each interface. eee Enable Energy-Efficient Ethernet (EEE) on native or optional module copper ports. Syntax eee To disable EEE, use the no eee command. Defaults Command Modes Command History None. INTERFACE This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide. Version 9.11(0.) 9.10(0.1) 9.10(0.0) Description Introduced on the S3048-ON. Introduced on the S4820T and S5000. Introduced on the S3100 series. Usage Information Example EEE is an IEEE 802.3 az standard that reduces power consumptions on Ethernet ports. When EEE is enabled, transmission is stopped when there is no data to be transmitted and is resumed on arrival of new packets. You can enable EEE only on one Gigabit and ten Gigabit native or optional module copper ports. To enable EEE: Dell(conf)# interface gigabitethernet 1/1 Dell(conf-if-gi-1/1)# eee To disable EEE: Dell(conf)# interface gigabitethernet 1/1 Dell(conf-if-gi-1/1)# no eee flowcontrol Control how the system responds to and generates 802.3x pause flow control frames. Syntax flowcontrol {rx {off | on} tx {off | on} [negotiate | pause-threshold value | resume-offset value] | [monitor session-ID]} Interfaces 665