11-2
Optimizing Port Usage Through Traffic Control and Port Trunking
Overview
Ports: Traffic Control
and Trunking
Overview
This chapter includes:
■Configuring ports, including mode (speed and duplex), flo w control, and
broadcast control parameters (page 11-2)
■Creating and modifying a dynamic LACP or static port trunk group (pa ge
11-10)
Port numbers in the status and configuration screens correspond to the port
numbers on the front of the switch.
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters
Port Status and ConfigurationFeatures

Note On

Connecting

Transceivers

to Fixed-

Configuration

Devices

If the switch either fails to show a link between an installed transceiver and
another device, or demonstrates errors o r other unexpected behavior on the
link, check the port configuration on both devices for a speed and/or duplex
mismatch. To check the speed and duplex setting on the Switch 4108GL, use
either the Port Status screen in the menu interface (page 11-5) or show
interfaces brief in the CLI (page 11-6).
Feature Default Menu CLI Web
viewing port status n/a page 11-5 page 11-6 page 11-9
configuring ports See Table 11-1
on pages 11-3
and 11-4..
page 11-5 page 11-8 page 11-9