General Steps for Running a Time Protocol on the Switch: . . . . . . . . 9-3 Disabling Time Synchronization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3

SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Viewing the Current SNTP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the SNTP Mode . . . . . . . . . 9-10

TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16 Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17 CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18 Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19 Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the TimeP Mode . . . . . . . . 9-20

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . 9-25Displaying All SNTP Server Addresses Configured on the Switch . . 9-25 Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

Menu: Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses

Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

10 Port Status and Configuration

Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . 10-3Menu: Port Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6 CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-8 Viewing Port Status and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8 Customizing the Show Interfaces Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10 Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Note on Using Pattern Matching with the “Show Interfaces Custom” Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Viewing Port Utilization Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13 Viewing Transceiver Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14 Enabling or Disabling Ports and Configuring Port Mode . . . . . . . . . 10-15 Enabling or Disabling Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

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