Configuring the GbE Interconnect Switch Using the Console Management Interface

Scheduling Mechanism for CoS Queues—Provides two possibilities for setting Class of Service queue options, RoundRobin and Strict. If you select Strict, when the highest priority queue is full, those packets are the first to be forwarded. If you select RoundRobin, the forwarding is based on the settings made on the Class of Service Configuration screen.

Trunk Load Sharing Algorithm—Sets options for trunk load sharing. The trunk load sharing options are Dst Address, Src&Dst Address, and Src Address.

Backpressure—Select Enabled or Disabled to initiate or terminate traffic flow control in and out of the switch.

NOTE: A very long aging time can result in out-of-date Dynamic Entries that may cause incorrect packet filtering and forwarding decisions. A very short aging time may cause entries to be aged out too soon, resulting in a high percentage of received packets whose source addresses cannot be found in the address table, in which case the GbE Interconnect Switch will broadcast the packet to all ports, negating many of the benefits of having a switch.

3. After making your changes, highlight APPLY, then press the Enter key.

NOTE: To save the configuration settings permanently, you must enter them into NVRAM using the Save Changes option on the main menu. Refer to the “Saving Changes” section earlier in this chapter.

Configuring Port Settings

To configure ports:

1.Highlight Configure Ports from the Configuration menu.

2.Press the Enter key. The following screen is displayed.

3.Toggle the View Ports field, using the spacebar, to display the configuration of Ports 1 through 12 or Ports 13 through 24.

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Compaq ProLiant BL p-Class GbE Interconnect Switch User Guide