breakout ethernet

Configures sub-ports from 40 Gbps or 100 Gbps ports.
Syntax
breakout ethernet unit/slot/port
breakout ethernet unit/slot/port to ethernet unit/slot/port
breakout ethernet unit/slot/port ethernet unit/slot/port
no breakout ethernet unit/slot/port
no breakout ethernet unit/slot/port to ethernet unit/slot/port
no breakout ethernet unit/slot/port ethernet unit/slot/port
Parameters
ethernet
Specifies the connection as ethernet.
unit/slot/port
Specifies the port to break out certain 40 Gbps ports into four 10 Gbps sub-ports for ICX 7750 devices and 40/100 Gbps ports into four 10/25 Gbps sub-ports for ICX 7850 devicesrespectively. If there are two port identifiers in the command line, the first port designates the beginning port in a range of ports to be broken out, and the second port indicates the end of the breakout range. When a range is specified, the 10 Gbps sub-ports within the range are implicitly included.
to
Designates a range of ports to be configured when followed by an ending port identifier. This is an optional keyword.
Modes

Global configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

Use the no form of the command to remove breakout configuration from the designated port or range of ports.

No configuration may be present on a port for which the breakout ethernet command is issued. When the command is issued on a port with pre-existing configuration, an error message is returned. The existing configuration must be removed before the breakout ethernet command is re-issued.

The breakout ethernet command is available only on certain ICX 7850 40 Gbps ports and 100 Gbps ports. Refer to the FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide for a table of available breakout ports. Refer to the ICX 7850 Ethernet Switch Hardware Installation Guide for detailed information on breakout cables.

The breakout ethernet command can be issued on stand-alone units only. Stacking cannot be enabled on a port configured for breakout. An error is returned if you try to enable stacking on a unit that has any breakout ports configured. The breakout configuration must be removed manually before stacking can be enabled. Use the show breakout command to display the breakout configuration for a unit.

The breakout ethernet and no breakout ethernet commands must be followed by a write memory command and a reload command for the port configuration changes to take effect.

Examples

The following example configures breakout on port 1/1/5, after existing configuration on the port is removed.

Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# breakout ethernet 1/1/5
Error: Port 1/1/5 has sflow forwarding
Device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/5
Device(config-if-e40000-1/1/5)# no sflow forwarding
Device(config-if-e40000-1/1/5)# end
Device# write memory
Write startup-config done.
Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# breakout ethernet 1/1/5 
Reload required.  Please write memory and then reload or power cycle.
Device(config)# write memory
Write startup-config done.
Device(config)# Flash Memory Write (8192 bytes per dot) .
Copy Done.
Device(config)# end
Device# reload

The following example checks for ports with active breakout configuration and then removes breakout from ports 1/3/1 through 1/3/6.

Device# show breakout

Unit-Id: 1    

Port       Module Exist    Module Conf     breakout_conf   breakout_oper    
1/1/5      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/1/6      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/1/7      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/1/8      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/1/9      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/1/10     Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/1/11     Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/1/12     Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/2/1      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/2/2      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/2/3      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/2/4      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/2/5      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/2/6      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/3/1      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/3/2      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/3/3      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/3/4      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/3/5      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            
1/3/6      Yes             No              Yes             Yes            

Device# configure terminal
Device(config)# no breakout ethernet 1/3/1 to 1/3/6
Reload required.  Please write memory and then reload or power cycle.
Device(config)# write memory
Write startup-config done.

Device(config)# Flash Memory Write (8192 bytes per dot) .
Copy Done.
Device(config)# end
Device# reload
Note: If there had been any configuration on any sub-ports (1/3/1:1 to 1/3/6:4), the no breakout command would have returned an error. The configuration would then have to be removed from the sub-ports before breakout configuration could be removed.
History
Release version Command history
08.0.30 This command was introduced.