Configuring Ph y s ic al Ports 6-5
Configuring a LAN Por t
Each S martSwi tc h 1 800 con ta i ns an Ether net o r T ok e n R i ng (depend i ng on the m odel)
port. To configure the port, press [B] at the Port Configuration Menu.
Figure 6-4 LAN Car d Configu ration Record
[A],[C],[B] from Main Menu
Item C (Ring Speed) will not be displayed if Type is Ethernet.
This screen is called LAN "Car d" C onfigur ation because the software code
is shared with th e FRX6000 and Fr ame Relay Module, both of which
contain one or (F R X 6000 on ly) two L AN cards .

LAN Ca rd Parame t ers

1Token Ring SmartSwitch only.
Locally Admin MAC Addr
is a MAC addres s that will override th e universally administered MAC address. If all
zeros are specified, the unive rsal address will be used. Under most circumstanc es, this
parameter should be left at the default setting.
Ring Speed
specifies the speed of the ring to which the interface will connect.
Table 6-1 LAN Card Parameters
Parameter Valid Values Default Value
Locally Admin M AC Addr 000000 000000– 7fffff fffffff 000000 000000
Ring Spe ed 14 MB it s/ sec or 16 MBits/ sec 16 MBits/se c
Node Name=nodexyz
LAN Card Configuration
* Interface Number: 0
* Type Token Ring
B Locally Admin MAC Addr 400000000001
C Ring Spee d 16 MB its/s ec
Option: