3 Configuring the Switch

Configuring Interface Connections

You can use the Port Configuration or Trunk Configuration page to enable/disable an interface, set auto-negotiation and the interface capabilities to advertise, or manually fix the speed and duplex mode.

Note: Interface settings for the management port can only be configured from the CLI.

Command Attributes

Port – Port number. (Range: 1-8)

Name – Allows you to label an interface. (Range: 1-64 characters)

Admin – Allows you to manually disable an interface. You can disable an interface due to abnormal behavior (e.g., excessive collisions), and then reenable it after the problem has been resolved. You may also disable an interface for security reasons.

Speed/Duplex10 – Allows you to manually set the port speed and duplex mode; i.e., with auto-negotiation disabled. (This is fixed at 10G, full duplex for Ports 1 - 8.)

Autonegotiation10 (Port Capabilities) – Allows auto-negotiation to be enabled/ disabled. When auto-negotiation is enabled, you need to specify the capabilities to be advertised. When auto-negotiation is disabled, you can force the settings for speed and mode.The following capabilities are supported.

-10half - Supports 10 Mbps half-duplex operation

-10full - Supports 10 Mbps full-duplex operation

-100half - Supports 100 Mbps half-duplex operation

-100full - Supports 100 Mbps full-duplex operation

-10Gfull - Supports 10 Gbps full-duplex operation

(Default: Disabled for Ports 1-8, enabled for Port 9; Advertised capabilities for

Ports 1-8: 10Gfull, Port 9: 100BASE-TX – 10half, 10full, 100half, 100full)

Trunk – Indicates if a port is a member of a trunk. To create trunks and select port members, see “Creating Trunk Groups” on page 3-90.

Note: Auto-negotiation must be disabled before you can configure or force the interface to use the Speed/Duplex Mode.

10. The settings for this parameter cannot be changed.

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