Allied Telesis AT-S79 manual Port, Trunk, Type, Link, Status, Mode

AT-S79 Management Software User’s Guide

The Port Configuration Menu displays the following columns of information about the status of the ports:

Port

The port number.

Trunk

The trunk group number. This column contains the number of the port trunk if the port is a member of a trunk. To configure a trunk, refer to Chapter 5, “Port Trunking” on page 57.

Type

The port type. The type for a 10/100/1000Base-TX port is 1000TX. The port type for an optional fiber optic SFP module is 1000BaseX.

Link

The status of the link between the port and the end node connected to the port. The possible values are:

Up - A link exists between the port and the end node.

Down - The port has not established a link with an end node.

Status

The current operating status of the port. The possible values are:

Enabled - The port is able to send and receive Ethernet frames. This is the default setting for all ports on the switch.

Disabled - The port has been manually disabled.

To change a port’s status, see “Enabling and Disabling a Port” on page 53.

Mode

The port’s speed and duplex mode setting. The possible values are:

Auto - The port is using Auto-Negotiation to set the operating speed and duplex mode. This is the default setting for all ports. The actual operating speed and duplex mode of the port are displayed in parentheses (for example, “Auto (1000F)” for 1000 Mbps full duplex mode).

If the speed and duplex mode were set manually on a port, mode will be one of the following:

10-HDx - 10 Mbps in half-duplex mode

100-HDx - 100 Mbps in half-duplex mode

10-FDx - 10 Mbps in full-duplex mode

100-FDx - 100 Mbps in full-duplex mode

1000-FDx - 1000 Mbps in full-duplex mode

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