Configure Breakout Mode

Extreme 9920 supports breakout configuration.

About this task

The breakout mode enables you to partition a high-speed port into multiple low-speed ports to accommodate multiple data lanes at lower bandwidths.

Procedure

  1. Enter the global configuration mode.
    device# configure terminal
  2. Enter the hardware configuration mode.
    device# (config)# hardware
    device (config-hardware)#
  3. Configure the required breakout mode.
    • 4x10g: Partition a port into four 10G interfaces
    • 4x25g: Partition a port into four 25G interfaces
    device (config-hardware)# breakout [ 4x10g | 4x25g ]