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Dell EMC Unity: How To change ethernet port settings (User Correctable)

Article Number: 502880

Version: 6
Article Type: How To
Audience Level: Level 10 = Public
Last Published: 25 Mar 2020
Summary: How can the ethernet ports settings be changed on a Unity ?

Instructions Ethernet port settings can changed in Unisphere and via uemcli.

In Unisphere:

1. Select the Settings icon, and then select Access > Ethernet.

2. To change Ethernet port speed and MTU, select the relevant Ethernet port, and then select the Edit icon.
 
MTU has a default value. If you change the value, you must also change all components of the network path (switch ports and host). If
you want to support jumbo frames, set the MTU size to 9000 bytes.

This is also described in the Unisphere help.

via uemcli:

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1. list all ethernet ports:

The -detail will show all attributes, so we can see, what speeds and MTU sizes are available for a particular port. 

C:\>uemcli -d 10.10.10.11 -u admin -p mikemyers /net/port/eth show -detail

Storage system address: 10.10.10.11
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

1:    ID                      = spa_mgmt
      Name                    = SP A Management Port
      SP                      = spa
      Protocols               = mgmt
      MTU size                = 1500
      Requested MTU size      = 0
      Available MTU sizes     = 1500
      Speed                   = 10 Gbps
      Requested speed         = auto
      Available speeds        = auto
      Health state            = OK (5)
      Health details          = "The port is operating normally."
      Connector type          = RJ45
      MAC address             = xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
      SFP supported speeds    =
      SFP supported protocols =

2:    ID                      = spa_eth2
      Name                    = SP A Ethernet Port 2
      SP                      = spa
      Protocols               = file, net, iscsi
      MTU size                = 1500
      Requested MTU size      = 0
      Available MTU sizes     = 1500, 9000
      Speed                   = 10 Gbps
      Requested speed         = auto
      Available speeds        = auto
      Health state            = OK (5)
      Health details          = "The port is operating normally."
      Connector type          = RJ45
      MAC address             = xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
      SFP supported speeds    =
      SFP supported protocols =

3:    ID                      = spa_eth3
      Name                    = SP A Ethernet Port 3
      SP                      = spa
      Protocols               = file, net, iscsi
      MTU size                = 1500
      Requested MTU size      = 0
      Available MTU sizes     = 1500, 9000
      Speed                   = 10 Gbps
      Requested speed         = auto
      Available speeds        = auto
      Health state            = OK (5)
      Health details          = "The port is operating normally."
      Connector type          = RJ45
      MAC address             = xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
      SFP supported speeds    =
      SFP supported protocols =

4:    ID                      = spa_eth1
      Name                    = SP A Ethernet Port 1
      SP                      = spa
      Protocols               = file, net, iscsi
      MTU size                = 1500
      Requested MTU size      = 0
      Available MTU sizes     = 1500, 9000
      Speed                   = 10 Gbps
      Requested speed         = auto
      Available speeds        = auto

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      Health state            = OK (5)

      Health details          = "The port is operating normally."
      Connector type          = RJ45
      MAC address             = xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
      SFP supported speeds    =
      SFP supported protocols =

5:    ID                      = spa_eth0
      Name                    = SP A Ethernet Port 0
      SP                      = spa
      Protocols               = file, net, iscsi
      MTU size                = 1500
      Requested MTU size      = 0
      Available MTU sizes     = 1500, 9000
      Speed                   = 10 Gbps
      Requested speed         = auto
      Available speeds        = auto
      Health state            = OK (5)
      Health details          = "The port is operating normally."
      Connector type          = RJ45
      MAC address             = xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
      SFP supported speeds    =
      SFP supported protocols =

2. modify ethernet port settings:

set port to auto:

C:\>uemcli -d 10.10.10.11 -u admin -p mikemyers /net/port/eth -id spa_eth0 set -speed auto
Storage system address: 10.10.10.11
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

ID = spa_eth0
Operation completed successfully.

Valid speed qualifiers are: Kbps, Mbps, Gbps ( case-sensitive)

Example:

-speed 1Gbps would set the port to 1GBit/sec.

set port to MTU 9000:

C:\>uemcli -d 10.10.10.11 -u admin -p mikemyers /net/port/eth -id spa_eth0 set -mtuSize 9000
Storage system address: 10.10.10.11
Storage system port: 443
HTTPS connection

ID = spa_eth0
Operation completed successfully.

Please note:

- Only speed and MTU can be set.

- Only data Ethernet Port can be configured, Sync Replication Management Ports cannot be modified.

If you try, you will get this error message:

Operation failed. Error code: 0x6000935

Only data Ethernet Port can be configured. (Error Code:0x6000935)

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