8-18 User Guide for the Avaya P580 and P882 Multiservice Switches, v6.1
Chapter 8
Figure 8-6. Detailed Physical Port Configuration Web Page for Port on
Gigabit Ethernet Module
6. Enter a port name in the Name field, if desired, or use the default name
supplied
7. Select one of the following from the Category field pull-down menu:
—User Port if this is an end-station p ort
—Service Port if this is a trunk port.
8. In the Flow Control Mode field, select one of the following options:
Enable – Sets the port to both send and receive pause signals. This
setting prevents buffer overflows on both local and remote port.
Disable – Sets the port to neither send or receive pause si gnals . Use thi s
setting when flow control is causing congestion in other areas of the
network.
Enable (Send Only) – Sets the port to only send pause signals. This
setting prevents buffer overflows on the local port, but not on the re mote
port.
Enable (Receive Only) – Sets the port to only receive and respond to
pause signals. This setting prevents buffer overflows on the remote port,
but not on the local port.
9. Select Enable from the Auto Negotiation Mode field pull down menu