Cabletron Systems 2M46 User Manual

Chapter 1: Changes to Local Management Screens

LINK STATUS (Read-only)

Indicates whether there is a physical connection from this port to another 
Ethernet device. One of the following values displays:

Link – A link signal is present; there is a valid physical connection 
from this port to another device.

No Link – No link signal is present; there is no valid physical 
connection from this port to another device.

PORT STATUS (Read-only)

Indicates whether the port was turned on or off administratively (by the 
user). One of the following values is displayed:

ENABLED – The port is turned on administratively.

DISABLED – The port is turned off administratively.

SET ALL PORTS (Toggle)

All front panel ports can be set at once to either STANDARD or FULL 
DUPLEX from this field. To set ports, refer to 

[1-12], [13-24], [25-36], or [37-48] (Navigation Key)

When the Full Duplex Configuration screen displays, the current 
operation mode and status information are displayed for the first 12 ports. 
This field allows the user to step to another screen for the same type of 
information for ports 13 through 24, 25 through 36, and 37 through 48, if 
available. The number of ports available is dependent on the SmartSwitch 
model. To navigate to the next screen, highlight the 

field and press 

ENTER. The user can change the Operation Mode fields while in any of 
the selected screens.

The Operational Mode may be set to Standard Ethernet or Full Duplex 
either one port at a time or all at once. The following steps describe 
setting the port Operational Mode for individual ports followed by steps 
to set the Operational Mode for all ports.

Enabling or disabling ports from the Switch Configuration 
screen is described in