Phy-Interface Configuration

This section describes how to configure phy-interfaces.

  1. Access the phy-interface configuration element. 
    ORACLE# configure terminal
ORACLE(configure)# system
ORACLE(system)#phy-interface
ORACLE(phy-interface)#
  2. name—Set a name for the interface using any combination of characters entered without spaces. For example: s0p0.
  3. admin-state—Leave the administrative state parameter set to enabled to receive and send traffic on this interface. Select disabled to prevent media and signaling from being received and sent. The default for this parameter is enabled.
  4. operation-type—Select the type of phy-interface connection to use. Refer to the appropriate platform section to identify how this parameter corresponds to an external interface. The default value is control. The valid values are:

    • media—Use this value for configuring the media interfaces which carry production traffic.

    • maintenance—Use this value for configuring the management phy-interfaces, used for management protocols or HA.

    • control—This legacy parameter may also be used to configure the management phy-interfaces.

  5. slot—Set the slot number for this phy-interface. Refer to the appropriate platform section to identify how this parameter corresponds to an external interface.
  6. port—Set the port number for this phy-interface. Refer to the appropriate platform section to identify how this parameter corresponds to an external interface.
  7. auto-negotiation—Leave this parameter set to enabled so that the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller and the device to which it is linked can automatically negotiate the duplex mode and speed for the link.

    If auto-negotiation is enabled, the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller begins to negotiate the link to the connected device at the duplex mode you configure. If auto-negotiation is disabled, then the Oracle Communications Session Border Controller will not engage in a negotiation of the link and will operate only at the duplex mode and speed you set. The default is enabled. The valid values are:

    • enabled | disabled

    Auto negotiation is a requirement for 1Gbit/sec speeds and higher, per the Ethernet Standard.
  8. duplex-mode—Set the duplex mode. The default is full; this field is only used if the auto-negotiation field is set to disabled.

    Given an operating speed of 100 Mbps, full duplex mode lets both devices on a link send and receive packets simultaneously using a total bandwidth of 200 Mbps. Given the same operating speed, half duplex mode limits the devices to one channel with a total bandwidth of 100 Mbps. The valid values are:

    • half | full

  9. speed—Set the speed in Mbps of the phy-interfaces; this field is only used if the auto-negotiation field is set to disabled. 100 is the default. The valid values are:

    • 10 | 100 | 1000

  10. virtual-mac—Refer to Oracle Communications Session Border Controller High Availability (HA) documentation to learn how to set this parameter on an HA interface.
  11. Type done to save your configuration.