This task describes how to configure speed, duplex and auto-negotiation settings.
BlueCat strongly recommends keeping speed, duplex, and auto-negotiation at their default settings. However, we recognize that sometimes it's necessary to configure these options for network environments that use switches that need specific speed and duplex settings rather than automatically negotiated settings.
- Address Manager—eth0, eth1 (network redundancy; hardware appliances only)
- DNS/DHCP Server—eth0, eth1 (xHA Backbone), eth2 (Dedicated
Management), eth3 (hardware appliances only), bond0*,
vlan-interface**
*Only available once a bonding interface has been created (port bonding on hardware appliances only).
**Only available when VLAN interfaces have been configured.
You must set the speed and duplex manually if you are using Crossover High Availability (xHA). To ensure trouble-free HA operation, set the speed to 100 and set full duplex on the DNS/DHCP Server and on the switch you are using.
To configure speed, duplex, and auto-negotiation settings:
Proteus> configure interfaces
Proteus:configure:interfaces> modify eth0
Proteus:configure:interfaces> set speed 100
Proteus:configure:interfaces> set duplex full
Proteus:configure:interfaces> set autoneg off
Proteus:configure:interfaces> save
Save interface details for eth0