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Catalyst 2950 Desktop Switch Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 3 Getting S tar ted with CMS Front Panel View
To sele ct or ch an ge a m ode, cl ick the M ode button u nt il the desi red mo de LED is gre en .

VLAN Membership Modes

Ports in the Front Panel view are outlined by colors (see Table 3-6) when yo u click Highlight VLAN
Port Membership Modes on t he C onfigur e V LAN s ta b on the VLAN wi nd ow
(VLAN > VLAN > Configure VLANs). The colors show the VLAN membership mode of each port.
The VLAN mem b ership mode determines the kind of tra ffic the port carries and the number of VLAN s
it can bel ong to. For m ore infor ma tion ab out th ese mod es, se e t he VLAN Port Membership Modes
section on page 14 -3.
Note Th is feature is not supported on t he Catalyst 1900 an d Catalyst 2820 swi tches.
Table 3-4 Port Modes
Mode LED Description
STAT Link status of the ports or the E thernet link status on th e remote customer premises equipment
(CPE) device. This is the default mode except for the Catalyst 2950 LRE switches.
DUPLX Dupl ex setting on the ports. The default setting on the 10/100 po rts is auto. The default setting
on the 10/ 100/100 0 ports is f ull.
SPEED Speed sett ing on the port s. T he d efau lt setting on the 10/10 0 and 10 /100 /1000 po rts i s au to.
Table 3-5 Port LEDs
Port Mode Port LED Color Description
STAT Cyan (off) No link.
Green Link present.
Amber Link fault. Error frames can affect connectivity, and errors such as excessive
collisions, CRC errors, and alignment and jabber errors are monitored for a link-f ault
indication.
Port is not fo rwardin g. Port was di sable d by m anag emen t, by an addr ess viol atio n,
or by Spanni ng Tree Prot ocol ( STP).
Note A fter a port is reconfigu red, th e port LE D can remain am ber fo r up to
30 secon ds as STP checks t he switch for poss ible loops.
Brown No link and port is administra tively shut down.
DUPL X Cyan (off) Port is oper ating in half-dupl ex mode.
Green Port i s op er ati ng in ful l- duplex m od e.
SPEED Cyan (off) Port is operating at 10 Mbps (10/100 ports) or no link (10/100/1000 ports and GBIC
module po rts).
Green Port is op er ati ng a t 10 0 Mbps ( 10/1 00 port s) o r 100 0 M bp s ( GBIC mo dule po rt s).
Blinking gr een Port i s op er ating a t 10 00 Mbps (10 /100/ 1 000 port s).