SMC Networks TigerSwitch 100 manual Configuring Interface Connections

CONFIGURING THE SWITCH

Configuring Interface Connections

You can use the Trunk Configuration or Port Configuration page to enable/disable an interface, manually fix the speed and duplex mode, set flow control, set auto-negotiation, and set the interface capabilities to advertise.

Command Attributes

•Name – Allows you to label an interface. (Range: 1-64 characters)

•Admin – Allows you to manually disable an interface. You can disable an interface due to abnormal behavior (e.g., excessive collisions), and then reenable it after the problem has been resolved. You may also disable an interface for security reasons.

•Speed/Duplex – Allows manual selection of port speed and duplex mode (i.e., with auto-negotiation disabled).

•Flow Control – Allows automatic or manual selection of flow control.

•Autonegotiation/Port Capabilities – Allows auto-negotiation to be enabled/disabled. Specifies the capabilities to be advertised for a port during auto-negotiation. The following capabilities are supported.

-10half - Supports 10 Mbps half-duplex operation

-10full - Supports 10 Mbps full-duplex operation

-100half - Supports 100 Mbps half-duplex operation

-100full - Supports 100 Mbps full-duplex operation

-1000full - Supports 1000 Mbps full-duplex operation

-Sym (Gigabit only) – Check this item to transmit and receive pause frames, or clear it to auto-negotiate the sender and receiver for asymmetric pause frames.(The current switch chip only supports symmetric pause frames.)

-FC - Supports flow control. Flow control can eliminate frame loss by “blocking” traffic from end stations or segments connected directly to the switch when its buffers fill. When enabled, back pressure is

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