The SmartSwitch 2000 Chassis View
2-32 Managing the Hub
If Auto Negotiation is the selected mode, the Current Operational Mode field
will indicate which mode was selected by the link partners. See Setting the
Desired Operational Mode, on page2-33, for more information.
Advertised Abilities
For 100Base-TX ports which have been configured to operate in Auto Negotiation
mode, this field allows you to select which of the operational modes available to
the port can be selected by the negotiating link partners. During Auto
Negotiation, each of the link partners will advertise all selected modes in
descending bandwidth order: 100Base-TX Full Duplex, 100Base-TX, 10Base-T Full
Duplex, and 10Base-T. Of the selected abilities, the highest mode mutually
available will automatically be used. If there is no mode mutually advertised, no
link will be achieved.
If you have selected a specific operational mode for your 100Base-TX port, the
Advertised Abilities do not apply; the selected Advertised Abilities also do not
restrict the local node’s ability to set up a link with a partner who is not currently
Auto-Negotiating.
Remote Capabilities
When the local node is set to Auto-Negotiation, this field will display the
advertised abilities of the remote link — even if the remote link is not currently set
to auto-negotiate. Possible values for this field are:
• 100Base-TX Full Duplex
• 100Base-TX
• 10Base-T Full Duplex
• 10Base-T
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CAUTION
If you choose to select a specific mode of operation (rather than auto-negotiation), you
should be sure that the link partner supports the same mode. Otherwise, no link will be
achieved.
If you select a Full Duplex mode and the link partner supports the sa me wir e sp eed but not
Full Duplex, a link will be achieved, but it will be unstable and will behave erratically.
If you select Auto-Negotiation, the local node will try to match the mode of the link
partner, even if the link partner is not set to auto-negotiate, and even if the local node
must use a mode which it is not currently advertising.
NOTE
Auto-Negotiation is not currently supported for 100Base-FX ports.