Intel 510T manual Adaptive Forwarding Mode

C H A P T E R 3 Standard Configuration

	Adaptive Forwarding Mode
Purpose	You can:
	• Change the Sample Time
	• Define the minimum and maximum errors acceptable before
		changing the forwarding mode
	Note While CRC errors and runts are the most likely parameters
		to cause the switching mode to change, they are not the only
		ones.
Changing the time to	The sample time should be the shortest time needed to detect errors.
measure errors	If the sample time is too great, there may be too many errors before
	the forwarding mode changes. To change the time the switch retains
	error counters:
	1	Select Device Setup or Stack Setup.
	2	Click Switching.
	3	Click Advanced.

4Click Sample Time.

5Type the required number of seconds.

6Click OK.

Changing number of errors before adaptive forwarding mode operates

Adaptive forwarding changes the forwarding mode depending on the upper and lower limits of specific error types. To change the number of upper and lower limits:

1Select Device Setup or Stack Setup.

2Click Switching.

3Click Advanced.

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