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Set-up> Port Configuration
You can configure the status per port at ‘Port Configuration’ menu.
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Port Number:
The port number on the switch
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Port Name:
The name of the port. This is a user-defined label.
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Link Status:
A green triangle pointing up indicates a valid link, while a red triangle pointing down indicates no link.
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On/Off:
Indicates if the port is enabled or disabled by the Administrator.
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State:
This refers to the Spanning Tree state of the port. Ports will be Blocking (Blk), Listening (Lis), Learning (Lrn),
Forwarding (Fwd) or Disabled (Dis).
Blk
=Blocking.
The port is either no link or only receiving PDU packets to monitor the Spanning Tree.
Fwd
=Forwarding.
The port is sending and receiving all traffic.
Lrn
=Learning.
The port is in learning stage of Spanning Tree Algorithm.
Lis
=Listening.
The port is in listening stage.
Dis
=Disabled.
The port is disabled by admin.
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Speed:
Indicates the speed and duplex for the port. The possible entries are Auto-negotiation (Auto); 10 Mbps half duplex
(10M Half); 10 Mbps full duplex (10M Full); 100 Mbps half duplex (100M Half); 100 Mbps full duplex (100M Full) ;
Or 1G full duplex (1000M Full).
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Flow Control:
Indicates whether Flow Control support is set for automatic (Auto) or off (Disabled)
Figure 7-11: Setup: Port Configuration