Configuring the GbE Interconnect Switch Using the Console Management Interface

4.Type the port number in the Configure Port field.

5.Toggle the State field to enable or disable a given port.

6.Toggle the Speed/Duplex field to select the speed and duplex state of the port. Auto means auto-negotiation between 10-Mb/s, 100-Mb/s, or 1000-Mb/s devices in full- or half-duplex mode. The Auto setting allows the port to automatically determine the fastest settings that the device the port is connected to can handle. The other options are 1000M/Full, 100M/Full, 100M/Half, 10M/Full, or 10M/Half. There is no automatic adjustment of port settings with any option other than Auto.

NOTE: If you have the ProLiant BL p-Class F-GbE Interconnect Kit option with the DualTSX Interconnect Modules, the management interface supports only 1000M/Full and Auto options for the Speed/Duplex fields for Gigabit uplink ports, The fiber Dual TSX Interconnect module supports only 1000-Mb/s (Gigabit) speed, and not 10-Mb/s or 100-Mb/s.

7.Toggle Flow Control to On or Off.

8.Highlight APPLY and press the Enter key to make the change effective.

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 Bandwidth

To configure bandwidth:

1.Highlight Configure Bandwidth on the Configuration menu.

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

The Bandwidth Configuration menu allows you to access screens that set and display the ingress bandwidth and egress bandwidth of specified ports on the GbE Interconnect Switch.

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