C H A P T E R 3 Standard Configuration

Changing the flow control

Flow control prevents the loss of frames during busy periods. To

on a port

change the flow mechanism on a port:

 

Note This feature is over-ridden by disabling the flow control set-

 

 

ting in Device Setup>Switching.

 

1

Click the port you want to change.

 

2

Select Port Setup.

 

3

Click Port Mode.

 

4

In Flow Control, click the flow control you want.

 

 

Default uses the same flow control as specified in Device

 

 

Setup.

 

5

Click OK.

 

Port Specific Spanning Tree

Purpose

You can:

 

View the Spanning Tree setups for the port

Changing the state of a port

Specify whether STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) is enabled on the port

Define which ports are going to be used most frequently

To specify that a port is using STP:

1Click the port you want to change.

2Select Port Setup.

3Click Spanning Tree.

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Intel 550T manual Change the flow mechanism on a port, Flow Control, click the flow control you want