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INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
CNGE2FE16MS
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Port Control
In Port Control (See Figure 55) you can configure the parameters of the connection for each port.
»
Port
: Scroll up/down the scroll bar and select on the port number to choose a particular port
to be configured.
»
State
: Enable/disable the port. If the port state is set on
Disable
, the port will not be able to
receive or transmit any packet.
»
Negotiation
: Options include
Auto
and
Force
. With this parameter set on
Auto
, the speed and
duplex fields display in grey, which means the ports are negotiated automatically. When you
set it on
Force
, you have to set the speed and duplex mode manually by selecting the pull-
down menus of the
Speed
and
Duplex
fields.
»
Speed
: It is available for selecting when the
Negotiation
field is set on
Force
. When the
Negotiation
field is set on
Auto
, this field becomes a read-only field displaying in grey.
»
Duplex
: It is available for selecting when the
Negotiation
field is set on
Force
. When the
Negotiation
field is set on
Auto
, this field becomes a read-only field displaying in grey.
»
Flow Control
: Whether or not the receiving node sends feedback to the sending node is
determined by this item. With this item enabled, if the input data rate of the receiving device
exceeds, the receiving device will send a PAUSE frame that halts the transmission of the sender
for a specified period of time. With this item disabled, the receiving device will drop the
packets it is unable to process.
»
Security
: When the Security selection is set as
On
, any access from the device that connects
to this port will be blocked unless the MAC address of the device is included in the static MAC
address table. Keep in mind that the Security item is set as
On
so that the MAC violation event
log/email alert will then be issued. Further information please review the segments of
MAC
Address Table—Static MAC Addresses
and
System Event Log—Event Configuration
.
»
Select
Apply
to have the configuration take effect.
