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Tutorial: Cisco Catalyst 3560 Switch Interfaces Configuration
It is important to understand how to access switch ports. The 3550 switch uses the type slot/port command, just like a 2621 router and just like the 3550 switch. For example, Fastethernet 0/3 is 10/100BaseT port 3.
The 3550 switch type slot/port command can be used with either the interface command or the show command. The interface command allows you to set interface specific configurations. The 3550 switch has only one slot: zero (0), just like the 1900.
Network Layout: Work with the saved network that you used to configure devices in lab 8.27.
Lab Steps
1. To configure an interface on a 3550 switch, go to global configuration mode and use the interface command as shown.
3550A#config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CTRL/Z
3550A(config)#interface ?
Async Async interface
BVI Bridge-Group Virtual Interface
Dialer Dialer interface
FastEthernet FastEthernet IEEE 802.3
Group-Async Async Group interface
Lex Lex interface
Loopback Loopback interface
Multilink Multilink-group interface
Null Null interface
Port-channel Ethernet Channel of interfaces
Transparent Transparent interface
Tunnel Tunnel interface
Virtual-Template Virtual Template interface
Virtual-TokenRing Virtual TokenRing
Vlan Catalyst Vlans
fcpa Fiber Channel
range interface range command
3550A(config)#interface
2. The next output asks for the slot. Since the 3550 switch is not modular, there is only one slot, which is 0, although it lists 0-2 for some odd reason. However, you can only type in 0 as the slot in this program. Any other slot number will give you an error. The next output gives us a slash (/) to separate the slot/port configuration.
3550A(config)#interface fastethernet ?
<0-2> FastEthernet interface number
3550A(config)#interface fastethernet 0?
/
3550A(config)#interface fastethernet 0/?
<0-12> FastEthernet interface number
3. After the 0/configuration command, the above output shows the amount of ports you can configure. The output below shows the completed command.
3550A(config)#interface fastethernet 0/4
3550A(config-if)#
4. Once you are in interface configuration mode, the prompt changes to (config-if). After you are at the interface prompt, you can use the help commands to see the available commands.
3550A(config-if)#?
Interface configuration commands:
arp Set arp type (arpa, probe, snap) or timeout
bandwidth Set bandwidth informational parameter
carrier-delay Specify delay for interface transitions
cdp CDP interface subcommands
channel-group Etherchannel/port bundling configuration
default Set a command to its defaults
delay Specify interface throughput delay
description Interface specific description
dot1x IEEE 802.1X subsystem
duplex Configure duplex operation.
exit Exit from interface configuration mode
help Description of the interactive help system
hold-queue Set hold queue depth
ip Interface Internet Protocol config commands
keepalive Enable keepalive
load-interval Specify interval for load calculation for an interface
logging Configure logging for interface
mac-address Manually set interface MAC address
mls mls interface commands
mvr MVR per port configuration
no Negate a command or set its defaults
ntp Configure NTP
--More--
You can switch between interface configurations by using the int fa 0/# command at any time from global configuration mode.
5. Let’s look at the duplex and speed configurations for a switch port.
3550A(config-if)#exit
3550A(config)#int fa0/4
3550A(config-if)#duplex ?
auto Enable AUTO duplex configuration
full Force full duplex operation
half Force half-duplex operation
3550A(config-if)#
3550A(config-if)#speed?
10 Force 10 Mbps operation
100 Force 100 Mbps operation
auto Enable AUTO speed configuration
3550A(config-if)#
6. Since the switch port’s duplex and speed settings are already set to auto by default, you do not need to change the switch port settings. It is recommended that you allow the switch port to auto negotiate speed and duplex settings in most situations. In a rare situation, when it is required to manually set the speed and duplex of a switch port, you can use the following configuration.
3550A(config-if)#speed 100
Duplex will not be set until speed is set to non-auto value
3550A(config-if)#duplex full
| full duplex - transmission of data in two directions simultaneously. It has a higher throughput than half duplex. There are no collision domains with this setting Both sides must have the capability of being set to full duplex Both sides of the connection must be configured with full duplex Each side transmits and receives at full bandwidth in both directions |
7. Notice in the above command that to run full duplex, you must set the speed to non-auto value.
8. In addition to the duplex and speed commands that can be configured on the switch port, you also can turn on what is called portfast. The portfast command allows a switch port to come up quickly. Typically a switch port waits 50 seconds for spanning-tree to go through its"gotta make sure there are no loops!" cycle. However, if you turn port fast on, then you better be sure you do not create a physical loop on the switch network. A spanning tree loop can severely hurt or bring your network down. Here is how you would enable port fast on a switch port.
3550A(config-if)#spanning-tree ?
bpdufilter Don't send or receive BPDUs on this interface
bpduguard Don't accept BPDUs on this interface
cost Change an interface's spanning tree port path cost
guard Change an interface's spanning tree guard mode
link-type Specify a link type for spanning tree protocol use
port-priority Change an interface's spanning tree port priority
portfast Enable an interface to move directly to forwarding on link up
stack-port Enable stack port
vlan VLAN Switch Spanning Tree
9. The command above shows the available options for the spanning-tree command. We want to use the portfast command.
3550A(config-if)#spanning-tree portfast
%Warning: portfast should only be enabled on ports connected to a single
host. Connecting hubs, concentrators, switches, bridges, etc... to this
interface when portfast is enabled, can cause temporary bridging loops.
Use with CAUTION
%Portfast has been configured on FastEthernet0/4 but will only
have effect when the interface is in a non-trunking mode.
3550A(config-if)#
10. Notice the message the switch provides when enabling portfast. Although it seems like the command did not take effect, as long as the port is in access mode (discussed in a minute), the port will now be in portfast mode.
11. After you make any changes you want to the interfaces, you can view the different interfaces with the show interface command. The switch output below shows the command used to view a 10/100BaseT interface on the 3550 switch.
3550A(config-if)#ctrl+z
3550A#sh int f0/4
FastEthernet0/4 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is Fast Ethernet, address is 00b0.c5e4.e2cf (bia 00b0.c5e4.e2cf)
MTU 1500 bytes, BW 10000 Kbit, DLY 1000 usec,
reliability 255/255, txload 1/255, rxload 1/255
Encapsulation ARPA, loopback not set
Keepalive set (10 sec)
Full duplex, 100Mb/s
input flow-control is off, output flow-control is off
ARP type: ARPA, ARP Timeout 04:00:00
Last input never, output 1w6d, output hang never
Last clearing of "show interface" counters never
Input queue: 0/75/0/0 (size/max/drops/flushes); Total output drops: 0
Queueing strategy: fifo
Output queue :0/40 (size/max)
5 minute input rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
5 minute output rate 0 bits/sec, 0 packets/sec
1 packets input, 64 bytes, 0 no buffer
Received 0 broadcasts, 0 runts, 0 giants, 0 throttles
0 input errors, 0 CRC, 0 frame, 0 overrun, 0 ignored
0 watchdog, 0 multicast, 0 pause input
0 input packets with dribble condition detected
1 packets output, 64 bytes, 0 underruns
0 output errors, 0 collisions, 3 interface resets
0 babbles, 0 late collision, 0 deferred
0 lost carrier, 0 no carrier, 0 PAUSE output
0 output buffer failures, 0 output buffers swapped out
3550A#
12. In addition to the show interface command, you can use the show running-config command to see the interface configuration as well.
3550A#sh run
[output cut]
interface FastEthernet0/3
switchport mode dynamic desirable
!
interface FastEthernet0/4
switchport mode dynamic desirable
spanning-tree portfast
!
interface FastEthernet0/5
[output cut]
13. You can administratively set a name for each interface on the 3550 switch. Like the hostname, the descriptions are only locally significant. For the 3550 series switch, use the description command. You can use spaces with the description command, but you can use underlines if you need to.
To set the descriptions, you need to be in interface configuration mode. From interface configuration mode, use the description command to describe each interface.
3550A#config t
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CTRL/Z
3550A(config)#int fa 0/4
3550A(config-if)#description Marketing VLAN
3550A(config-if)#int fa 0/10
3550A(config-if)#description trunk to Building 3
3550A(config-if)#
In the configuration example above, we set the description on both port 4 and 10.
14. Once you have configured the descriptions you want on each interface, you can then view the descriptions with either the show interface command, or show running-configcommand. View the configuration of the Ethernet interface 0/9 by using the show interface ethernet 0/4 command.
3550A(config-if)#ctrl+z
3550A#sh int fa 0/4
FastEthernet0/4 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is Fast Ethernet, address is 00b0.1a09.2097 (bia 00b0.1a09.2097)
Description: Marketing VLAN
(output cut)
15. Use the show running-config command to view the interface configurations as well.
3550A#sh run
[output cut]
!
interface FastEthernet0/4
description "Marketing VLAN"
duplex full
speed 100
spanning-tree portfast
!
[output cut]
Notice in the above switch output that the sh int fa0/4 command and the show run command both show the description command set on an interface.
---Original reading at content.digiex.net
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