Interface Configuration and Behavior

• Hardware Description
• Interface Capabilities
• Speed Configuration
• Show Commands for Speed and Auto-negotiation Capabilities
• Supported Transceivers

Hardware Description

Refer to the AWE-5310-2F-FLX section for detailed information.

The Arista 5310 Enterprise WAN Router provides 5 Gbps Encrypted / 30 Gbps aggregate throughput. It has 4xRJ45 (1/2.5 G/10G) Ethernet ports, 2x fail-to-wire (FTW) ports and 4x SFP+ (1/2.5G/10G) Ethernet ports, and 2x Network Interface Module (NIM) expansion slots. The ports are labeled 1, 2, 3, 3 FTW, 4, 4 FTW, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

In the EOS CLI, all the on-board ports have the prefix 1 (Et1/X, X from 1-8) to indicate they are on the main system, rather than the pluggable NIM cards.

Interface Capabilities

This section describes interface capabilities like speed and Forward Error Correction (FEC). For additional information, see the EOS User's Guide. These capabilities are displayed with the following command:

The speed/auto-negotiation depends on the MAC/PHY capabilities, the front panel connector, and the type of transceiver inserted. The default capabilities of the Arista 5310 Enterprise WAN Router are as follows:

When a transceiver is inserted, EOS recognizes the transceiver type. To see which types of transceivers are supported, refer to the Supported Transceivers. EOS decides the capable speed/auto-negotiation that both the hardware and the modules satisfy. To view the show commands and example outputs, refer to the Show Commands for Speed and Auto-negotiation Capabilities.

When there is no speed configuration on the interface, EOS applies the default speed. On an RJ45 port, the default configuration is auto-negotiation enabled with 10G. On an SFP port, the default configuration is auto-negotiation disabled with 10G.

Speed Configuration

This section describes the configuration of interface speed and auto-negotiation.

Interface speed and auto-negotiation are configured using the speed speed-lane-token command as shown in the following examples:

To configure 10G speed with auto-negotiation disabled:

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#speed 10g

To configure 1G speed with auto-negotiation disabled:

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#speed 1g

To configure 10G speed with auto-negotiation enabled:

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#speed auto 10gfull

To configure 5G speed with auto-negotiation enabled:

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#speed auto 5gfull

To configure 2.5G speed with auto-negotiation enabled:

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#speed auto 2.5gfull

To configure 1G speed with auto-negotiation enabled:

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#speed auto 1gfull

To remove speed configuration:

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#no speed

Use the following show command to check whether interfaces are connected, not connected, or error-disabled:

Arista(config)#show interfaces status
Port Name Status Vlan Duplex SpeedType Flags Encapsulation
Et1/1 connectedrouted full 10G10GBASE-T
Et1/2 connectedrouted full 10G10GBASE-T
Et1/3 connectedrouted full 10G10GBASE-T
Et1/4 connectedrouted full 10G10GBASE-T
Et1/5 connectedrouted full 10G10GBASE-CR
Et1/6 connectedrouted full 10G10GBASE-CR
Et1/7 connectedrouted full 10G10GBASE-CR
Et1/8 errdisabledrouted full 100G 10GBASE-CR

Use the following show command to display why an interface is error-disabled:

Arista(config)#show interfaces ET1/8 status errdisabled
PortName Status Reason
----------- ---------------- ------------ -------------------
Et1/8errdisabled speed-misconfigured

When a transceiver is in an error-disabled state due to a misconfigured speed, the following syslog message is logged:

bessd[4392]: %ETH-4-LINKMODEUNSUPPORTED: Unsupported link mode 100G/full for interface Ethernet1/8
Ebra: %ETH-4-ERRDISABLE: speed-misconfigured error detected on Ethernet1/8.

Show Commands for Speed and Auto-negotiation Capabilities

Supported speed and auto-negotiation are displayed by the following command when the transceiver is inserted:

RJ45 port output:

Arista(config)#show interfaces Et1/1 hardware Ethernet1/1
Model: AWE-5310
Type: 10GBASE-T
Speed/duplex: 1G/full,2.5G/full,5G/full,10G/full,auto(default)
Flowcontrol: rx-(off),tx-(off)
Error correction: unsupported

SFP port output:

Arista(config)#show interfaces Et1/5 hardware Ethernet1/5
Model: AWE-5310
Type: 10GBASE-CR
Speed/duplex: 10G/full(default)
Flowcontrol: rx-(off),tx-(off)
Error correction: unsupported

Supported Transceivers

The on-board SFP ports support a wide range of 1G and 10G pluggable transceivers.

• CAB-SFP-SFP (10GBASE-CR)

• AOC-S-S-10G (10GBASE-AOC)

• SFP-10G-SRL

• SFP-10G-SR

• SFP-10G-LRL

• SFP-10G-LR

• SFP-10G-ER

• SFP-10G-ZR

• SFP-10G-DZ (10GBASE-DWDM)

• SFP-SFP-10G-T

• SFP-1G-SX

• SFP-1G-LX

• SFP-1G-T

For details about the different transceiver modules and cables, visit https://www.arista.com/en/products/transceivers-cables.

• Hardware Description
• Interface Capabilities
• Speed Configuration
• Show Commands for Speed and Auto-negotiation Capabilities
• Supported Transceivers
• Transceiver Configuration Command Support
• Front Panel Port LEDs

Hardware Description

Refer to the AWE-5510-2F-FLX section for detailed information.

The Arista 5510 Enterprise WAN Router provides 50 Gbps Encrypted / 100 Gbps aggregate throughput. It has 16x 10G Ethernet ports (SFP+), and 4x Network Interface Module (NIM) expansion slots. The ports are labeled 1 through 16.

In the EOS CLI, all the onboard ports have the prefix 1 (Et1/X, X from 1-16) to indicate that they are on the main system rather than the pluggable NIM cards.

Interface Capabilities

This section describes interface capabilities. These capabilities are displayed using the following command:

Interface speed and auto-negotiation depends on the MAC/PHY capabilities, the front panel connector, and the type of transceiver inserted. The default capabilities of the Arista 5510 Enterprise WAN Router are as follows:

When a transceiver is inserted, EOS recognizes the transceiver type. To see which types of transceivers are supported, refer to the Supported Transceivers. EOS decides the capable speed/auto-negotiation that both the hardware and the modules satisfy. To view the show commands and examples output, refer to Show Commands for Speed and Auto-negotiation Capabilities.

When there is no speed configuration on the interface, EOS applies the default speed. On an RJ45 port, the default configuration is auto-negotiation, enabled with 10G. On an SFP port, the default configuration is auto-negotiation, disabled with 10G.

Speed Configuration

Refer to Arista 5310 Enterprise WAN Router.

Show Commands for Speed and Auto-negotiation Capabilities

Supported speed and auto-negotiation are displayed by the following command when the transceiver is inserted:

Arista(config)#show int ET1/1 hardware Ethernet1/1
Model: AWE-5510
Type: 10GBASE-SR
Speed/duplex: 10G/full(default)
Flowcontrol: rx-(off),tx-(off)
Error correction: unsupported

Supported Transceivers

The on-board SFP ports support a wide range of 1G and 10G pluggable transceivers. The first eight ports (ports 1-8) support the following transceivers:

• CAB-SFP-SFP (10GBASE-CR)

• AOC-S-S-10G (10GBASE-AOC)

• SFP-10G-SRL

• SFP-10G-SR

• SFP-10G-LRL

• SFP-10G-LR

• SFP-1G-SX

• SFP-1G-LX

• SFP-1G-T

The last eight ports (ports 9-16) support the following transceivers:

• CAB-SFP-SFP (10GBASE-CR)

• AOC-S-S-10G (10GBASE-AOC)

• SFP-10G-SRL

• SFP-10G-SR

• SFP-10G-LRL

• SFP-10G-LR

• SFP-10G-ER

• SFP-10G-ZR

• SFP-10G-DZ (10GBASE-DWDM)

• SFP-10G-T

• SFP-1G-SX

• SFP-1G-LX

• SFP-1G-T

For details about the different transceivers, modules, and cables, visit https://www.arista.com/en/products/transceivers-cables.

Transceiver Configuration Command Support

The first eight ports (ports 1-8) are subject to minor differences in transceiver configuration.

The shut and no shut configuration commands may not make use of the SFP transceiver’s software TX Disable control register. Instead, the TX Disable hardware low-speed pin signal will always be used. This does not result in operational or behavioral differences for Arista Networks transceivers.

The configuration commands for transceiver frequency and transceiver channel are not supported on the first eight ports (ports 1-8).

Front Panel Port LEDs

The first eight port LEDs (ports 1-8) may flash at a different rate than the last eight port LEDs (ports 9-16) when using the locator-led interface CLI command.

Caveats

Auto-negotiation parallel detection on ports 1-8.

Parallel detection is used on Arista 5510 router ports 1-8, where the port is capable of auto-negotiation. This happens when the link partner might not support auto-negotiation or when the auto-negotiation is disabled on the router. In this condition, the port that is capable of auto-negotiation can determine if it should use auto-negotiation and can match the speed with the other router.

Parallel detection is enabled by default and cannot be disabled. Links can come up with a mismatch in the auto-negotiation configuration. If auto-negotiation is enabled on Arista 5510 ports 1-8 but not on the link partner, and links can be established, auto-negotiation status is successful.

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#show int st
Port Name Status Vlan Duplex SpeedType Flags Encapsulation
Et1/1 connectedrouted a-full a-1G 1000BASE-SX

LinkPartner(config)#show int ET25 st
Port Name Status Vlan Duplex SpeedType Flags Encapsulation
Et25connected1full 1G 1000BASE-SX

Arista(config-if-Et1/1)#show int ET1/1 negotiation detail Ethernet1/1
Auto-Negotiation Mode 1000BASE-X (IEEE Clause 37)
Auto-Negotiation Status Success
Speed DownshiftingNot Applicable

Advertisements Speed Duplex Pause
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Local1Gfull Disabled
Link Partner 1Gfull Disabled

Resolution 1Gb/s full Rx=Unsupp.,Tx=Unsupp.