Port Status and Configuration

Overview

Overview

This chapter describes how to view the current port configuration and how to configure ports to non-default settings, including

Enable/Disable

Mode (speed and duplex)

Flow Control

Broadcast Limit

Friendly Port Names

Viewing Port Status and Configuring PortParametersPort Status and Configuration Features

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

viewing port status

n/a

page 10-4

page 10-8

page 10-22

viewing transceiver status

n/a

n/a

page 10-14

page 10-22

configuring ports

 

page 10-7

page 10-16

page 10-22

configuring ProCurve auto-mdix

 

 

page 10-19

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note On Connecting

If the switch either fails to show a link between an installed transceiver and

Transceivers to

another device, or demonstrates errors or other unexpected behavior on the

Fixed-Configuration

link, check the port configuration on both devices for a speed and/or duplex

Devices

(mode) mismatch.

 

To check the mode setting for a port on the switch, use either the Port

 

Status screen in the menu interface (page 10-4) or show interfaces brief in

 

the CLI (page 10-8).

 

To display information about the transceivers installed on a switch, enter the

 

show tech transceivers command in the CLI (page 10-15).

 

 

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