Operation Manual – Port Correlation Configuration
H3C S5500-EI Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 Port Correlation Configuration
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To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enable flow control
flow-control
Required
Turned off by default
1.1.4 Configuring the Suppression Time of Physical-Link-State Change on
an Ethernet Port
An Ethernet port operates in one of the two physical link states: up or down. During the
suppression time, physical-link-state changes will not be propagated to the system.
Only after the suppression time has elapsed will the system be notified of the
physical-link-state changes by the physical layer. This functionality reduces the extra
overhead occurred due to frequent physical-link-state changes within a short period of
time.
Follow these steps to configure the suppression time of physical-link-state changes on
an Ethernet port:
To do...
Use the command...
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter Ethernet port view
interface interface-type
interface-number
—
Configure the up/down
suppression time of
physical-link-state
changes
link-delay delay-time
Required
The default suppression
time is 0 seconds,
indicating that the
physical layer reports the
change of the port state to
the system right after the
port state changes.
1.1.5 Enabling Loopback Test on an Ethernet Port
You can enable loopback testing to check whether the Ethernet port functions properly.
Note that no data packets can be forwarded during the testing. Loopback testing falls
into the following two categories:
z
Internal loopback test, which is performed within switching chips to test the
functions related to the Ethernet ports.
z
External loopback test, which is used to test the hardware functions of an Ethernet
port. To perform external loopback testing on an Ethernet port, you need to install
a loopback plug on the Ethernet port. In this case, packets sent from the port are
received by the same port.