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User's Manual 12. Network
Version 6.8 111 Mediant 500 E-SBC
Parameter Description
Group Member
CLI: group-member
[PhysicalPortsTable_GroupMember]
(Read-only) Displays the group to which the port belongs.
Group Status
CLI: group-status
[PhysicalPortsTable_GroupStatus]
(Read-only) Displays the status of the port:

"Active" - the active port. When the Ethernet Group
includes two ports and their transmit/receive mode is
configured to 2RX 1TX or 2RX 2TX, both ports show
"Active".

"Redundant" - the standby (redundant) port
12.2 Configuring Ethernet Port Groups
The Ethernet Group Settings table lets you configure Ethernet Groups. An Ethernet Group
represents a physical Ethernet port(s) on the device. You can assign an Ethernet Group
with one, two, or no ports (
members ). When two ports are assigned to an Ethernet Group,
1+1 Ethernet port redundancy can be implemented in your network. In such a
configuration, one port can be active while the other in standby mode or both ports can be
active, depending on the ports' transmit (Tx) and receive (Rx) settings. This provides port
redundancy within the Ethernet Group, whereby if an active port is disconnected, the
device switches over to the other port in the Ethernet Group. If you configure an Ethernet
Group with only one port, the Ethernet Group operates as a single port, without
redundancy. You can also configure a combination of Ethernet Group types, where some
contain one port and others two ports.
The Ethernet Group Settings table also lets you configure the transmit (Tx) and receive
(Rx) settings for the Ethernet ports per Ethernet Group. The Tx/Rx setting applies only to
Ethernet Groups that contain two ports. This setting determines whether both ports or only
one of the ports can receive and/or transmit traffic.
The maximum number of Ethernet Groups that can be configured is the same as the
number of Ethernet ports provided by the device. Thus, the device supports up to four
Ethernet Groups, each containing one port, or up to two Ethernet Groups, each containing
two ports. By default, each Ethernet Group is assigned two ports; the other Ethernet
Groups are empty.
You can assign Ethernet ports to IP network interfaces. This is done by first configuring an
Ethernet Device with the required Ethernet Group containing the port or ports (see
'Configuring Underlying Ethernet Devices' on page
114 ). Then by assigning the Ethernet
Device to the IP network interface in the Interface table (see 'Configuring IP Network
Interfaces' on page
115 ). This enables physical separation of network interfaces, providing
a higher level of segregation of sub-networks. Equipment connected to different physical
ports is not accessible to one another; the only connection between them can be
established by cross connecting them with media streams (VoIP calls).
The port names (strings) displayed in the Ethernet Group Settings table represent the
physical ports on the device. For the mapping of these strings to the physical ports, see
'Configuring Physical Ethernet Ports' on page
109 .