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Management Software Ha-VIS mCon Series / Edition 2.4
System Settings
User Manual Ha-VIS mCon Switch Management Software
8.3 User Management
This section allows you to create new users and to specify a new password for the
admin
or
guest
account.
8.3.1 User Management
Figure 8-5
User Management tab
Create User
To create a new user you must be logged in to the switch as an
administrator. It is possible to create new
Guest
and
Admin
accounts.
After the required information has been entered, the
Apply
button
must be pressed and finally the creation of the new account must
be verified with the password of the actual logged in user account.
User List
All users existing on the switch are shown in this list. The maximum
of users is limited to 20. Selected users can be deleted from the
switch by pressing the delete button on the bottom. The default
admin account can only be deactivated, if another admin account
was created on the switch first. You must be logged in via this new
admin account to deactivate the
Default Admin
account.
8.2.2 Port Control
Figure 8-4
Port Control tab
In this tabbed section, the characteristics of individual ports can be specified in the following columns:
Function
Description
Select/Port
Select the port that you would like to change by clicking on the
checkbox here.
Autonegotiation
Select whether Autonegotiation is disabled or enabled. Autonegotiation
is a function which enables the participating interfaces to automatically
determine the best possible transmission parameters. The auto-
negotiation function can either be activated (
Enable
) or deactivated
(
Disable
). If
Enable
is selected, the auto-negotiated settings will be used
and the data-rate and duplex columns will be greyed out.
Range of value:
Enable
/
Disable
Default value:
Enable
Duplex
Select the data transmission mode for the respective port from the drop-
down list.
Half
means that data flows in only one direction via the port at
a given time;
Full
enables data to flow in both directions simultaneously.
Range of value:
Half
/
Full
Default value:
Full
Speed
Select the data transmission rates for the port from the drop-down
list: 100 Mbit/s or 10 Mbit/s, 100 Mbit/s or 1 Gbit/s, depending on the
type of port interface.
Range of value:
10 Mbit/s
or
100 Mbit/s
/
100 Mbit/s
or
1 Gbit/s
Default value:
Physical maximum
Flow Control Admin
Status
Select if flow control is activated (
Enable
) or deactivated (
Disable
). If
enabled, the port sends out Pause frames when the buffer capacity
reaches a certain limit.
Range of value:
Enable
/
Disable
Default value:
Disable
Autocrossing
The automatic crossover of the RX / TX lines can be switched from the
standard auto mode in the following modes: MDI (no crossing of lines),
MDIX (RX / TX lines are crossed) and AUTO (automatic crossover).
Range of value:
MDI
/
MDIX
/
AUTO
Default value:
AUTO
Note
For the usage of the Ha-VIS mCon 3102-AASFP the following restrictions apply: Depending on
the capabilities of the used SFP-modules the adjustable parameters may vary. For example, it is
not possible to deactivate Autonegotiation and Autocrossing for Gigabit SFP-Modules.