Table 12 Network Configuration Port Set fields
Description
Field name
The name of the Port Set
Port Set Name
The ports that have been defined for use by the Port
Set and their speed.
All hardware products have four 1Gbit ports. 10Gbit
ports may be available for some hardware products.
Ports
This depends upon whether the model supports 10Gbit
Ethernet and whether network cards have been
installed.
Any bond mode that has been defined. Bond modes
are only appropriate if there is more than one port in
the Port Set.
Bond mode
This defines whether the Port Set is VLAN enabled or
not.
VLAN Tagging Enable
This defines the amount of data contained in an
Ethernet frame, the default is 1500 bytes. Larger size
Frame size
frames, often referred to as "Jumbo" frames, can
improve performance of the Port Set. Use this field to
increase or decrease the value, which must be an
integer between 1280 and 9000.
IMPORTANT:
Other devices on the network (clients
and switches) must also be configured to enable Jumbo
frames for transfer of frames larger than 1500 bytes to
be possible and to avoid packets fragmenting or
dropping.
3.
If multiple ports are selected, the
Bond Mode
selection will be active.
If required, check the
VLAN Tagging Enable
box and click
OK
.
NOTE:
VLAN tagging is not supported with Bonding Mode 6.
To add a custom network configuration
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