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Cajun P880 Routing Switch Installation Guide
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Configuring Physical Port Parameters on Gigabit Ports
To configure ports on a gigabit module:
1.
In the
System Configuration
section of the Web Agent
window, select
Modules & Ports
. The Module Information
dialog box opens.
2.
In the
Ports
column, click the number (
2
or
4
for gigabit
modules) for the module you want to configure. The Physical
Port Configuration dialog box opens.
3.
Click the
Enable
check box to enable a port, or if the check box
is enabled, click the Enable check box if you want to disable the
port.
4.
Click
APPLY
to save your settings, or
CANCEL
to restore
previous settings.
5.
In the
Name
field, click the
port name
to set additional
parameters. The Detailed Physical Port Configuration dialog box
opens.
Refer to Table 9 for more information on the Gigabit port
parameters.
6.
In the
Name
field, enter a
port name
.
7.
If this is an end-station port, from the
Category
pull-down
menu, select
User Port
. For trunk ports, select
Service Port
.
8.
From the
Flow Control Mode
pull-down menu, select
Enable
to use flow control to prevent buffer overflows. Disable this
feature only when flow control is causing congestion in other
areas of the network.
9.
From the
Pace Priority Mode
pull-down menu, select
Enable
to recognize and use 3Com’s PACE priority mechanism.
10.
From the
Remote Fault Detect
pull-down menu, select
Enable
to detect remote link errors.
Notes
:
—
The remote fault detection functionality should be
enabled (on both ends of a Cajun to Cajun link) in two
cases. The first case is when two Cajun gigabit ports are
connected that do not support auto-negotiation. The
second case is when a Cajun gigabit port that does not
support auto-negotiation is connected to a Cajun gigabit
