Specifications

Management Guide CLI
TigerAccess™ EE
SMC7824M/VSW 67
5 Port Configuration
The switch provides maximum 24 VDSL ports including integrated splitters. In this chapter,
you can find the instructions for the basic port configuration such as auto-negotiation, flow
control, transmit rate, etc. Please read the following instructions carefully before you con-
figure a port in the switch.
This chapter contains the following sections.
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Port Basic
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Ethernet Port Configuration
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VDSL Port Configuration
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Port Mirroring
5.1 Port Basic
The switch provides 24 VDSL ports for the subscriber interface and 2 fixed ports of
10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet and 1 optional module of 2 uplink ports(2-port SFP
or 1-port GE-PON & 1-port SFP) supporting 100/1000Base-X interface.
5.2 Ethernet Port Configuration
5.2.1 Enabling Ethernet Port
To enable/disable the Ethernet port, use the following command.
Command Mode Description
port {enable | disable} PORTS Bridge
Enables/disables a port, enter a port number.
(default: enable)
The following is an example of disabling the Ethernet port 25.
SWITCH(bridge)# port disable 25
SWITCH(bridge)# show port 25
------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO TYPE PVID STATUS MODE FLOWCTRL INSTALLED
(ADMIN/OPER)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
25 Ethernet 2 Down/Down Auto/Full/0 Off Y
SWITCH(bridge)#
5.2.2 Auto-Negotiation
Auto-negotiation is a mechanism that takes control of the cable when a connection is es-
tablished to a network device. Auto-negotiation detects the various modes that exist in the
network device on the other end of the wire and advertises it own abilities to automatically
configure the highest performance mode of interoperation. As a standard technology, this
allows simple, automatic connection of devices that support a variety of modes from a va-