5 – Managing Ports
Viewing and Configuring Ports
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Viewing and Configuring Ports
Port color and text provide information about the port and its operational state. To
display port number and status information for a port, position the cursor over a
port on the faceplate display. The status information changes depending on the
View menu option selected. Green indicates active; gray indicates inactive.
Context-sensitive popup menus are displayed when you right-click a port icon in
the faceplate display. Use the drop-down lists in the Port Properties dialog to
change the following parameters:
Port Symbolic Name
Port States
Port Types
Port Speeds
Port Transceiver Media Status
I/O Stream Guard
Device Scan
The port settings or characteristics for 1/2/4-Gbps and 10-Gbps ports are
configured using the Port Properties dialog shown in
Figure 5-4
. To open the Port
Properties dialog, select one or more ports, open the Port menu and select
Port
Properties
.
Figure 5-4. Port Properties Dialog
Note:
Use the
Select to Propagate Changes to Entire Column
options to
propagate the same change to all selected ports, select the options
before making a change to a port.
