Interface
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Select the port number.
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Port Description
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Enter the port user-defined name or comment.
Note
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The Interface and Port Description are displayed on the main page in the Port column.
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Port Type
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Displays the port type and speed. The possible options are:
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Copper Ports—Regular, not Combo, support the following values: 10M, 100M, 1000M (type: Copper) and 10G, 2.5G, 5G and 10G.
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Combo Ports —Combo port connected with either copper CAT6a cable or SFP Fiber Gigabit Interface
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10G-Fiber Optics—Ports with speed of either 1G or 10G
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Administrative Status
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Select whether the port must be Up or Down when the device is rebooted.
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Operational Status
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Displays whether the port is currently Up or Down. If the port is down because of an error, the description of the error is
displayed
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Link Status SNMP Traps
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Select to enable generation of SNMP traps that notify of changes to the link status of the port.
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Time Range
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Select to enable the time range during which the port is in Up state. When the time range isn’t active, the port is in shutdown.
If a time range is configured, it is effective only when the port is administratively Up.
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Time Range Name
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Select the profile that specifies the time range. Not relevant for the OOB port. If a time range isn’t yet defined, click
Edit to go to the Time Range.
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Operational Time Range State
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Range State—Displays whether the time range is currently active or inactive.
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Auto Negotiation
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Select to enable auto-negotiation on the port. Auto-negotiation enables a port to advertise its transmission speed, duplex
mode, and Flow Control abilities to the port link partner.
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Operational Auto Negotiation
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Displays the current auto-negotiation status on the port.
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Administrative Port Speed
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Select the speed of the port. The port type determines the available speeds. You can designate Administrative Speed only when
port auto-negotiation is disabled.
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Operational Port Speed
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Displays the current port speed that is the result of negotiation.
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Administrative Duplex Mode
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Select the port duplex mode. This field is configurable only when auto-negotiation is disabled, and the port speed is set
to 10M or 100M. At port speed of 1G, the mode is always full-duplex. The possible options are:
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Half—The interface supports transmission between the device and the client in only one direction at a time.
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Full—The interface supports transmission between the device and the client in both directions simultaneously.
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Operational Duplex Mode
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Displays the ports current duplex mode.
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Auto Advertisement
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Select the capabilities advertised by auto-negotiation when it is enabled.
Note
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Not all options are relevant for all devices.
The options are:
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Max Capability—All port speeds and duplex mode settings can be accepted.
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10 Half—10 Mbps speed and Half Duplex mode (doesn’t appear on XG devices)
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10 Full—10 Mbps speed and Full Duplex mode (doesn’t appear on XG devices)
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100 Half—100 Mbps speed and Half Duplex mode (doesn’t appear on XG devices)
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100 Full—100 Mbps speed and Full Duplex mode
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1000 Full—1000 Mbps speed and Full Duplex mode
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Operational Advertisement
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Displays the capabilities currently published to the ports neighbor. The possible options are those specified in the Administrative
Advertisement field.
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Preference Mode
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Available only if auto-negotiation is enabled. Select the active-member mode of the interface for the auto-negotiation operation.
Select one of the following options:
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Slave—Begin negotiation with the preference that the device port is the member in the auto-negotiation process.
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Master—Begin negotiation with the preference that the device port is the active in the auto-negotiation process.
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Neighbor Advertisement
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Displays the capabilities advertised by the neighboring device.
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Back Pressure
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Select the Back Pressure mode on the port (used with Half Duplex mode) to slow down the packet reception speed when the device
is congested. Selecting this option disables the remote port, preventing it from sending packets by jamming the signal.
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Flow Control
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Enable or disable 802.3x Flow Control, or enable the auto-negotiation of Flow Control on the port (only when in Full Duplex
mode). Flow control auto-negotiation can’t be enabled on combo ports.
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MDI/MDIX-Media Dependent Interface (MDI)/Media Dependent Interface with Crossover (MDIX) status on the port.
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The options are:
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MDIX—Select to swap the port's transmit and receive pairs.
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MDI—Select to connect this device to a station by using a straight through cable.
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Auto-Select to configure this device to automatically detect the correct pinouts for connection to another device.
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Operational MDI/MDIX
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Displays the current MDI/MDIX setting.
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Protected Port
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Select to make this a protected port. (A protected port is also referred as a Private VLAN Edge (PVE).) The features of a
protected port are as follows:
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Protected Ports provide Layer 2 isolation between interfaces (Ethernet ports and LAGs) that share the same VLAN.
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Packets received from protected ports can be forwarded only to unprotected egress ports. Protected port filtering rules are
also applied to packets that are forwarded by software, such as snooping applications.
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Port protection is not subject to VLAN membership. Devices connected to protected ports are not allowed to communicate with
each other, even if they are members of the same VLAN.
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Both ports and LAGs can be defined as protected or unprotected. Protected LAGs are described in LAG Settings.
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Member in LAG
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If the port is a member of a LAG, the LAG number appears; otherwise this field is left blank.
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