breakout mode 4x10g

Configures any 100G/40G port on the fixed form factor SLX device as four 25G or 10G ports.

Syntax

breakout mode 4x10g

no breakout mode 4x10g

Modes

Hardware connector configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

You must shut down the port or ports to be configured before using this command.

Note

When configuring breakout mode - either breaking into multiple interfaces or consolidating into one interface - it is a best practice to remove all configuration on the interface, and set the interface to the disabled state.

When you configure the break out of the port, the breakout ports of the Ethernet interface appear after the slot and port as breakout ports 1 through 4. For example, breakout ports of Ethernet interface 0/1 are as follows:

interface ethernet 0/1:1
interface ethernet 0/1:2
interface ethernet 0/1:3
interface ethernet 0/1:4

Use the no form of the command to reset the port to a 100G or 40G port.

Examples

The following example shows the configuration of a 40G port into four 10G ports.

device# configure terminal
device (config)# interface ethernet 0/1
device (config)# shutdown
device (config)# exit
device# configure terminal
device(config)# hardware
device(config-hardware)# connector 0/1
device(config-connector-0/1)# breakout mode 4x10g

Note

Dynamic breakout is supported; the user does not need to reboot the switch to execute the breakout.

device(config-connector-0/1)# exit
device(config-hardware)# exit
device(config)# show interface status
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Port         Status          Mode       Speed    Type            Description
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Eth 0/1:1      adminDown       --         --        --                                  
Eth 0/1:2      adminDown       --         --        --                                  
Eth 0/1:3      adminDown       --         --        --                                  
Eth 0/1:4      adminDown       --         --        --                                  
Eth 0/2        adminDown       --         --        --                                  
Eth 0/3        adminDown       --         --        --                                  
Eth 0/4        adminDown       --         --        --                                  
Eth 0/5        adminDown       --         --        --