Gigabit Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Using the Console Interface
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the physical location of the Switch for administrative
purposes.
♦
System Contact
Corresponds to the SNMP MIB II variable
sysContact
, and is used to give the name and contact
information for the person responsible for administering the
Switch.
The
Configure Advanced Switch Features
screen allows you to
enable or disable auto-partitioning on all ports as well as to enable
or disable head of line blocking prevention. Press ADVANCE
SETTINGS on the
System Configuration
window to access the
Configure Advanced Switch Features
screen:
Figure 6-11. Configure Advanced Switch Features screen
The field you can set is:
♦
Head Of Line (HOL) Blocking Prevention
If enabled, this
function is designed to prevent forwarding a packet to a
“blocking” port, that is, a port where an excess of packets are
queued up. Note that when a multicast packet or a packet with
an unknown destination address needs