CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Port Configuration

Displaying Connection Status

You can use the Port Information or Trunk Information pages to display the current connection status, including link state, speed/duplex mode, flow control, and auto-negotiation.

Field Attributes (Web)

Name – Interface label.

Type – Indicates the port type.

(1000BASE-T, 1000BASE-SX, 1000BASE-LX or 100BASE-FX)

Admin Status – Shows if the interface is enabled or disabled.

Oper Status – Indicates if the link is Up or Down.

Speed Duplex Status – Shows the current speed and duplex mode. (Auto, or fixed choice)

Flow Control Status – Indicates the type of flow control currently in use.

(IEEE 802.3x, Back-Pressure or None)

Autonegotiation – Shows if auto-negotiation is enabled or disabled.

Forced Mode1 – Shows the forced/preferred port type to use for combination ports 21-24. (Copper-Forced, Copper-Preferred-Auto, SFP-Forced, SFP-Preferred-Auto)

Trunk Member1 – Shows if port is a trunk member.

Creation2 – Shows if a trunk is manually configured or dynamically set via LACP.

1:Port Information only.

2:Trunk Information only

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