configure ports partition

configure ports [port_list | all] partition [1x100G | 1x40G | 2x50G | 4x10G | 4x25G]

Description

Partitions 100G and 40G ports into multiple partition speeds, and partitions 25G ports into a single 10G port for the ExtremeSwitching 5520 platform.

Syntax Description

port_list Specifies one or more ports.
all Specifies all ports.
1x100G Specifies partitioning a 100G port into a single 100G port (applies only to switches with 100G port(s)). This option is not available on the ExtremeSwitching 5520 platform.
1x40G Specifies partitioning a 40G port into a single 40G port (applies only to switches with 40G port(s)).
2x50G Specifies partitioning a 100G port into a two 50G port (applies only to switches with 100G port(s)).
3x1G Specifies partitioning a 5720-VIM-6YE into a three consecutive 1G ports.

Apply 3x1G option on the first VIM port (port 27 or 30 for 24-port models and ports 51 or 55 for 48-port models). All three ports (ports 27-29 or 30-32 for 24-port models and ports 51-53 and 54-56 on 48-port models) on the VIM become 1G ports when applying this option.

3x10G Specifies partitioning a 5720-VIM-6YE into a three consecutive 10G ports.

Apply 3x10G option on the first VIM port (port 27 or 30 for 24-port models and ports 51 or 55 for 48-port models). All three ports (ports 27-29 or 30-32 for 24-port models and ports 51-53 and 54-56 on 48-port models) on the VIM become 10G ports when applying this option.

3x25G Specifies partitioning a 5720-VIM-6YE into a three consecutive 25G ports.

Apply 3x25G option on the first VIM port (port 27 or 30 for 24-port models and ports 51 or 55 for 48-port models). All three ports (ports 27-29 or 30-32 for 24-port models and ports 51-53 and 54-56 on 48-port models) on the VIM become 25G ports when applying this option.

4x10G

Specifies partitioning a 40G port into a four 10G port (applies only to switches with 40G port(s)).

Specifies partitioning a 25G port into a single 10G port. Apply 4x10G option on the first 5520 VIM port (port 33 for 24-port models and port 57 for 48-port models). All four ports on the 5520 VIM become 10G ports when applying this option.

4x25G

Specifies partitioning a 100G port into a four 25G port.

Also specifies changing a 25G port that was partitioned to a 10G port to back to 25G. Apply 4x25G option on the first 5520 VIM port (port 33 for 24-port models and port 57 for 48-port models). All four ports on the 5520 VIM become 25G ports when applying this option.

Default

For 5520-VIM-4YE, 25G ports default to 1x25G.

For 5520 QSFP28 ports the default partition is 40G.

For 5720-VIM-2CE ports default to 1x100G.

For 5720-VIM-6YE ports default to 3x25G.

Usage Guidelines

For the ExtremeSwitching 5520 platform, the QSFP28 ports in Ethernet mode can be configured for 40G (default), 2x50G, 4x25G or 4x10G. These ports are normally configured for stacking. To use these for Ethernet, you must disable stacking support.

For the ExtremeSwitching 5520-VIM-4YE module you can switch all four ports on the VIM from 25G to 10G using the 4x25G option.

Example

The following example partitions port 6:1 into four 10G ports:

# configure ports 6:1 partition 4x10G

History

This command was available in ExtremeXOS 12.6.

This command was expanded to include partitioning 100G ports in ExtremeXOS 22.2

Dynamic partitioning (no reboot required) was added in ExtremeXOS 30.2.

Platform Availability

This command is available on ExtremeSwitching 5520 and 5720 switch models:
Table 1. QSFP28 Port Partitioning
Switch model Port bandwidth Port partitions
5520 (all models)

QSFP28

100 Gb One QSFP28 port with one of the following:
  • Two 50 Gb ports
  • One 40 Gb port (default)
  • Four 25 Gb ports
  • Four 10 Gb ports
Note: These ports do not support 1x100Gb
5720 (all models)

U1 and U2 ports

100Gb One U1 or U2 port with one of the following:
  • One 40 Gb port
  • One 100 Gb port (default)
  • Two 50 Gb ports
  • Four 10 Gb ports
  • Four 25 Gb ports
5720-VIM-6YE 25G The 5720-VIM-6YE has two speed groups, each with three ports that can be partitioned with the following:
  • Three 1 Gb ports
  • Three 10 Gb ports
  • Three 25 Gb ports (default)
5720-VIM-2CE 100G The 5720-VIM-2CE has two ports, each of which can be partitioned with the following:
  • One 100 Gb port (default)
  • One 40 Gb port
  • Four 10 Gb ports
  • Four 25 Gb ports