Chapter 3 Configuring Ports and Interfaces

Configuring Ports

Table 3-2 Port Status

Parameter

Description

 

 

Power Over Ethernet (PoE)

Determines if the connecting device is equipped to receive power

 

through the Ethernet cable and if so provides -48 VDC.

 

Values: Enable or Disable

 

Note Some older Cisco access points do not draw PoE even if it is

 

enabled on the controller port. In such cases, contact the Cisco

 

Technical Assistance Center (TAC).

 

 

Step 3 Table 3-3lists and describes the port’s configurable parameters. Follow the instructions in the table to make any desired changes.

Table 3-3

Port Parameters

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

 

Description

 

 

 

 

Admin Status

 

Enables or disables the flow of traffic through the port.

 

 

Options: Enable or Disable

 

 

Default: Enable

 

 

Note Administratively disabling the port does not affect the port’s

 

 

link status.The link can be brought down only by other Cisco

 

 

devices.

 

 

 

Physical Mode

 

Determines whether the port’s data rate is set automatically or specified

 

 

by the user. The supported data rates vary based on controller type.

 

 

Default: Auto

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controller

Supported Data Rates

 

 

 

 

 

 

4400 and

Auto or 1000 Mbps full duplex

 

 

4100 series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2000 series

Auto or 10 or 100 Mbps, half or full duplex

 

 

 

 

 

 

WiSM

Auto or 1000 Mbps full duplex

 

 

 

 

 

 

Integrated

Auto or 100 Mbps full duplex

 

 

Services

 

 

 

Routers

 

 

 

 

 

Link Trap

 

Causes the port to send a trap when the port’s link status changes.

 

 

Options: Enable or Disable

 

 

Default: Enable

 

 

Multicast Appliance Mode

Enables or disables the multicast appliance service for this port.

 

 

Options: Enable or Disable

 

 

Default: Enable

 

 

 

 

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