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Switch command reference Switching
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iMG/RG Software Reference Manual (Switching)
Description This command changes the rate of the “special” ping messages used to detect loop condi-
tion on one or more Ethernet ports.
If more then one port is configured for loop detection, each port will generate a “ping”
message rate equal to the polling time multiplied by the number of “coax” ports.
Options The following table gives the range of values for each option, which can be specified with
this command, and a default value (if applicable).
Example switch set loopdetection pollingtime 100
See also switch show
2.2.4.1.20 SWITCH SET PORT 802.1P
Syntax SWITCH SET PORT <portname> 802.1P { Enabled | Disabled }
Description This command enables the support of 802.1p priority field on the incoming frames.
This command is usually used in conjunction with the switch set qos 802.1p command to
specify on which egress queue an incoming tagged frames having a specific value on the
priority field will be forwarded.
When 802.1p is is disabled, no specific forwarding policy is applied on incoming tagged
frames except the normal forwarding process.
To show the current port status, use the SWITCH SHOW PORT command.
Options The following table gives the range of values for each option which can be specified with
this command and a default value (if applicable).
Option Description Default Value
polling-time The loop detection “ping” rate in milliseconds. Avail-
able values are between 50msec up to 5000 msec.
50
Option Description Default Value
port-name The name of the switch port to be configured.
See Section 2.3 for a list of possible port names.
N/A