CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . .

10-7

Using the CLI To View Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10-8

Using the CLI To Configure Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10 Using the CLI To Configure a Broadcast Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11 Configuring HP Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-13 Manual Auto-MDIX Override on the Series 2600/2600-PWR

and 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-17

Jumbo Packets on the Series 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10-17

Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18

Configuring Jumbo Packet Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19 Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22

Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-22

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25

QoS Pass-Through Mode on the Series 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 QoS Priority Mapping With and Without QoS

Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26 How to enable/disable QoS Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27

Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets on the

4100gl and 6108 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

The Role of 802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Operating Rules for Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Configuring and Viewing Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32

Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33

Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-34

Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35

Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-37

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