Asante Technologies 6000 Series user manual PortCtrl, Field Description Group, StNFw

PortCtrl

PortCtrl

This menu displays read-only and configurable port parameter informa- tion for each port within the device.

It allows you to enable or disable a port as well as enable or disable the following:

❏Broadcast filtering

❏Store-and-forwarding

❏The Spanning Tree protocol

Table 5-14 describes each field in the PortCtrl menu.

ΔNote: For instructions on using this menu, see “Config- uring Port Parameters” on page 4-11 or “Enabling or Dis- abling a Port” on page 4-14.

	Table 5-14 PortCtrl Menu
Field	Description
Group	Read-only field; displays the number of the group to
	which the selected port belongs.
Port	Read-only field; displays the number of the selected
	port.
State	Configurable field; allows you to enable or disable the
	selected port.
	▲ Important: This not only enables or disables the
	selected port, but it also controls the port’s Spanning
	Tree Protocol and LED status.
Filter	Configurable field; enables or disables the broadcast
	packet filtering control on the selected port.
	❏ enabled — broadcast packets are discarded.
	❏ disabled — broadcast packets are processed
	normally.
StNFw	Configurable field; enables or disables the store-and-
	forward control information for the selected port.
	❏ enabled — the port stores the received
	packet then forwards it.
	❏ disabled — the store-and-forward ability is
	disabled.

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