Chapter 5: Local Management
Advertised Ability (Selectable)
During auto-negotiation, the FE-100TX sends information about its capability to the device at the other end of the segment. The capabilities of a port with an FE-100TX installed are 10BASE-T, 10BASE-TFD (full duplex mode), 100BASE-TX and 100BASE-TXFD (full duplex mode). In normal operation, with all capabilities enabled, the FE-100TX “advertises” that it has the ability to operate in any mode. The Network Manager may choose to set up the port so that only a portion of the available capabilities are advertised and the others are disabled. For example, only 100BASE-TX and 100BASE-TXFD might be enabled so that only devices that operate at 100 Mbps can communicate with that port. Section 5.11.3 describes how to enable or disable advertised modes.
Flow Control Admin Status (Selectable)
This setting controls whether or not the switch will send a jam out all ports when there is too much traffic for the switch to process. The jam will clear the ports and enable the switch to process the current frame information. It will enable the optional ports, 7 and 8, to continue to pass traffic, giving those two ports priority. Section 5.11.3 describes the how to enable or disable advertised modes.
5.11.1 Configuring an FE-100TX Interface
In normal operation, a port with an FE-100TX interface automatically establishes a link with the device at the other end of the segment and no user setup is required. Section 5.11.2 and Section 5.11.3 provide instructions for manually configuring the port with an FE-100TX installed.
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