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Chapter 3 – Configuring the Ports 
Port Configuration Menu 
The Configure Port Parameters Command will provide a summary of the 
settings of all ports.  Selecting a particular port and pressing enter will allow you to 
configure that port.  
Figure 13: Port Parameters Menu 
Name 
A mnemonic name used to identify the device connected on the port. 
Status 
Disabling a port will prevent all frames from being sent and received on that port.  
Link integrity pulses are not sent while the port is disabled and the link/activity 
LED will never be lit.  You may want to disable a port for troubleshooting, to 
reduce power consumption or to secure it from unauthorized connections.  
Media Type 
Selects the speed and duplex of the port.  Choosing “Auto Select” results in speed 
and duplex being negotiated upon link detection; both end devices must be 
autonegotiation compliant (802.3u) for the best possible results.  As fiber optic 
media do not support “Auto Select”, these media must be explicitly configured to 
either half or full duplex.  
Note: 
If one end of the link is fixed to a specific speed and duplex type and the peer 
autonegotiates, there is a strong possibility that the link will either fail to raise, or raise with the 
wrong settings on the autonegotiating side.   
Most often the autonegotiating peer will fall back to half-duplex operation, even when the fixed 
side is full duplex.  Full duplex operation requires that both ends are configured as such or else 
severe frame loss will occur during heavy network traffic.  At lower traffic volumes the link may 
display few if any errors.  As the traffic volume rises the fixed negotiation side will begin to 
experience dropped packets while the autonegotiating side will experience excessive collisions.  
Ultimately, as traffic load approaches 100% the link will become entirely unusable. 
 
These problems can be avoided by always configuring ports to the appropriate fixed values. 
My Switch                 Port Parameters                           Admin Access 
 
                          Port          16 
                          Name          My Port Name 
                          Status        Enabled 
                          Media Type    Auto Select 
                          Flow Control  Enabled 
                          FEFI          Disabled 
                          Link Alarms   Enabled 
 
 
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