Installation Guide

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Using the Main Configuration Screen
Complete the following steps to define new security settings:
1 Type
Y (or type any other key to abort). A screen appears allowing you to
configure ARP settings, such as the destination address of ARP messages, along
with Ethernet Types.
2 Enter the new data.
3 Type
S to save the new security settings (or type Q to cancel).
Port Configuration
Serial/Telnet sessions display port status as well as allowing configuration of some
port features. Type
Port and press Enter to be taken to the Port screen. From this
screen, you can view the port speed, duplex and link status.
The Port screen contains the following commands:
Command Description
Port Enable Enable/Disable the port. (Select Enable to enable the port.)
Admin Status Set Administration level. (Select UP to enable the port.)
Port Speed Ctrl Set the port manually or for auto-negotiation.
Advertise Ctrl This is the Selective Advertising feature. Selective Advertising,
when used in combination with Auto Negotiation, advertises the
configured speed and duplex mode for the twisted pair ports.
Auto Negotiation must be enabled for Selective Advertising.
Note: Selective Advertising must be used when connecting to a
device that Auto Negotiates and a specific speed and duplex
mode is desired.
Advertise FlowC and
Force FlowCtrl
This is the FlowControl feature.
 When using FlowControl functionality on any port, enable
Global FlowControl. Then, configure each port individually.
 When using Auto Negotiation and FlowControl, set
Advertise FlowC to Advertise Flow and set Force FlowCtrl to
Flow Auto.
 Set Advertise FlowC to No Flow to disable FlowControl on a
given port.
 When using FlowControl and Force Mode on a given port,
set Advertise FlowC to Advertise Flow and set Force
FlowCtrl to Frc FlowCt.
Unit FlowControl This enables/disables FlowControl functionality on the unit and
must be enabled for FlowControl to function on any port.