Users Guide

Network Administration: Port Settings 169
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– Operational Status — Displays the port operational status. The
possible options are:
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Suspended — Port is currently active, and is not receiving or
transmitting traffic.
•
Active — Port is currently active, and is receiving and
transmitting traffic.
•
Disable — Port is currently disabled, and is not receiving or
transmitting traffic.
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Admin Speed — Select the configured rate for the port. The port type
determines the available speed setting options. You can designate
Administrative Speed only when port auto-negotiation is disabled.
–
Current Port Speed — Displays the actual synchronized port speed
(bps).
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Admin Duplex — Select the port duplex mode (this is only possible if
Auto Negotiation is not enabled). The options are:
•
Full — The interface supports transmission between the device
and the client in both directions simultaneously.
•
Half — The interface supports transmission between the device
and the client in only one direction at a time.
–
Current Duplex Mode — Displays the synchronized port duplex
mode.
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Auto Negotiation — Select to enable auto-negotiation on the port.
Auto-Negotiation enables a port to advertise its transmission rate,
duplex mode, and Flow Control abilities to other devices.
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Energy Efficient Ethernet LLDP — Globally enable/disable Energy
Efficient Ethernet and the EEE LLDP advertisement feature.
•
Short Reach Energy Saving — Globally enable/disable Short Reach
Energy Saving feature.
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Current Auto Negotiation — Displays the current auto-negotiation
setting.
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Admin Advertisement — Check the auto-negotiation setting the port
advertises. The possible options are:
•
Max Capability — The port advertises all the options that it can
support.