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Port Information
- Name— Read-only description of the selected device.
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Description —Optional text describing this setting.
Port States
- Admin State Enabled —Checkbox. Enables or disables traffic forwarding through the port.
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Operational State Enabled —Checkbox. When the port is operationally active it is receiving and
transmitting traffic.
Port Settings
- Auto-Negotiation Enabled —Checkbox. See other fields for impacts from selecting this. You
must disable
Auto-Negotiation to add a port to the Trunk Members. Auto Negotiation is a
protocol between two link partners that enables a port to advertise its transmission rate,
duplex mode and flow control abilities to its partner.
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Admin Advertisement —Visible only if this is available on the selected device and port. Defines
the auto-negotiation setting the device advertises. You can select
Max Capability, 10 Half, 10
Full, 100 Half, 100 Full,
or 1000 with the checkboxes on this line. For example, 10 Half
indicates that the device advertises for a 10 mbps speed LAG and half duplex mode setting.
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Flow Control —Select from pick list. Enabled only if you disable Auto-Negotiation, for some
switches.
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Current Flow Control —Read only. Possible values: None, Back-Pressure. Enables or disables
flow control or enables the auto negotiation of flow control on the port.
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Speed —Select a speed from the pick list alternatives. Enabled only if you disable Auto-
Negotiation.
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Duplex —Select the type of duplexing from the pick list. Enabled only if you disable Auto-
Negotiation
.
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MDI/MDIX— Select from the pick list. This lets the device decipher between crossed and
uncrossed cables. Hubs and switches are deliberately wired differently from end stations so
that when a hub or switch is connected to an end station, the network can go straight through
Ethernet cable, and the pairs match. When you connect two hubs/switches to each other, or
two end stations to each other, a crossover cable ensures that the correct pairs are connected.
Auto MDIX does not operate on FE ports if auto negotiation is disabled. The possible field
values are:
Auto–Automatically detects the cable type.
MDIX–For hubs and switches.
MDI–For end stations.
- Trunk / LAG —Field title depends on switch. Select from pick list. This is a list of possible trunks.
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LACP Enabled —Check to enable LACP.