Cisco ME-3600X

Edificer

Good day folks,

I have been searching for the past hour (Shame on me) on how to get into the interface configuration mode for the copper ports.

After a show ip int br it lists

0-24 SFP ports
2 TenGigabitEthernet ports

This is this first time I am working with ME Series. Cannot for the life of me find out the command for the interface configuration mode for coppers. Tried plugging a network cable into one of the ports and a laptop hoping it would flash and show a log message in the CLI. Nope.

fredrikjj

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Cisco ME 3600X Series Ethernet Access Switches - Configuration Guides - Cisco

Edificer

Thanks! I scaled through that earlier in the morning, could not find anything related to the interface configuration mode for coppers.

I am currently in I/O MODE 1 - which supports the following
I/O Mode 1

In I/O Mode 1 the following ports are available:

• 24 GigabitEthernet ports 0/1 to 0/24
• Two TenGigabitEthernet ports 0/1 and 0/2
• Management port GigabitEthernet 0/0

Note 10GE XFP ports 0/3 and 0/4 are not available in I/O Mode 1.To enable I/O Mode 1, use the sdm prefer 2 command, and reload the system.
I/O Mode 2

In I/O Mode 2 the following ports are available:

• Eight GigabitEthernet ports 0/1 to 0/8
• Four TenGigabitEthernet ports 0/1 to 0/4
• Management port GigabitEthernet 0/0

Note SFP GigabitEthernet ports 0/9 to 0/24 are not available in I/O Mode 2.
TenGigabit upgrade license is required to enable TenGigabit port 0/3 and TenGigabit port 0/4.To enable I/O Mode 2, use the sdm prefer 4 command and reload the system.

Limitations

TenGigabitEthernet port 0/1 can be bundled only with TenGigabit port 0/2 for Etherchannel (and vice-versa).
TenGigabit port 0/3 can be bundled only with TenGigabit port 0/4 for Etherchannel (and vice-versa).

I/O Mode 3

In I/O Mode 3 the following ports are available:

• 16 GigabitEthernet ports
• Three TenGigabitEthernet ports
• Management port GigabitEthernet 0/0

Edificer

It looks like the entire upper part of this switch is not even operational.

am I in the wrong I/O mode??

Edificer

To be kind of sentimental towards it, I spent 5 hours today of my time trying to figure this out. I have been able to find out finally what I needed to do in order to use the copper ports.
It's all good! Learned a few things while trying to find out.
thanks Fred, it was actually in the documentation that you provided

Dual-Purpose Port

You can configure a dual-purpose port as either a 10/100/1000 port or as an SFP module port. Each port is considered as a single interface with dual front ends—an RJ-45 connector and an SFP module connector. The dual front ends are not redundant interfaces. The switch activates only one connector of the pair at a time.
By default, the switch dynamically selects the interface type that first links up. However, you can use the media-type interface configuration command to manually select the RJ-45 connector or the SFP module connector. For information about configuring speed and duplex settings for a dual-purpose uplink, see the software configuration guide.
Each uplink port has two LEDs: one shows the status of the RJ-45 port, and one shows the status of the SFP module port. The port LED is on the active connector.