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Cajun P880 Routing Switch Installation Guide

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