Viewing the Current TimeP Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29 Configuring (Enabling or Disabling) the TimeP Mode . . . . . . . . 9-30

SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . 9-35Displaying All SNTP Server Addresses Configured on the Switch . . 9-35 Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

Menu: Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses

Configured . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36

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 the USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17

Behavior of Autorun When USB Port is Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18 Enabling or Disabling Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18 Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Configuring ProCurve Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-21 Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-24

Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-25 Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26 Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-27

Configuring Transceivers and Modules That Haven’t

Been Inserted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

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