HP ProCurve 6600 Port Status and Configuration, Note on Using Pattern Matching with the, Configuring a Broadcast Limit on the Switch

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Port Status and Configuration

Contents

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

Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Clearing the Module Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

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