Enterasys Networks 2H252, 2E253, 2H253, 2H258 manual 10Port Configuration Menu Screens

Ethernet Port Configuration Screen

Table 5-3 Ethernet Port Configuration Screen Field Descriptions (Continued)

Use this field… To…

Advertised Ability Select the port advertised mode of operation. In normal operation, with

(Selectable)all capabilities enabled, the port “advertises” that it has the ability to operate in any mode. The user may choose to set up the port so that only a portion of the available capabilities are advertised and the others are disabled. The left field displays the advertised ability of the port, but only becomes active on ports that have Auto-Negotiation enabled. The status of a particular ability is displayed in the right field. The “T” in an ability stands for twisted pair. The possible abilities are listed below. Only those abilities that are supported will be available.

•10Base-T – 10 Mbps operation

•10Base-TFD – 10 Mbps full duplex operation

•100Base-TX – 100 Mbps operation

•100Base-TXFD – 100 Mbps full duplex operation

•1000Base-X – 1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX Gigabit Ethernet

•1000Base-T – 1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet

•1000Base-XFD – 1000Base-SX, 1000Base-LX Full Duplex Gigabit Ethernet

•1000Base-TFD – 1000Base-T Full Duplex Gigabit Ethernet

•FDX PAUSE – Symmetric PAUSE operation for 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports in full duplex

•FDX APAUSE – Asymmetric PAUSE operation for full-duplex links in Gigabit Ethernet

•FDX SPAUSE – Symmetric PAUSE operation for full-duplex links in Gigabit Ethernet

•FDX BPAUSE – Asymmetric and Symmetric PAUSE operation for full duplex links in Gigabit Ethernet

•Rem Fault 1 – simple fault or error detection is supported

•Rem Fault 2 – simple fault or error detection is supported

•To enable or disable advertised modes, refer to Section 5.3.2.

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