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4 Interface Configuration
This chapter describes the following topics:
◆ Port Configuration – Configures connection settings, including auto-
negotiation, or manual setting of speed, duplex mode, and flow control.
◆ Local Port Mirroring – Sets the source and target ports for mirroring on the local
switch.
◆ Remote Port Mirroring – Configures mirroring of traffic from remote switches
for analysis at a destination port on the local switch.
◆ Displaying Statistics – Shows Interface, Etherlike, and RMON port statistics in
table or chart form.
◆ Cable Test – Tests the cable attached to a port.
◆ Trunk Configuration – Configures static or dynamic trunks.
◆ Traffic Segmentation – Configures the uplinks and down links to a segmented
group of ports.
◆ VLAN Trunking – Configures a tunnel across one or more intermediate switches
which pass traffic for VLAN groups to which they do not belong.
Port Configuration
This section describes how to configure port connections, mirror traffic from one
port to another, and run cable diagnostics.
Configuring by
Port List
Use the Interface > Port > General (Configure by Port List) page to enable/disable
an interface, set auto-negotiation and the interface capabilities to advertise, or
manually fix the speed, duplex mode, and flow control.
Command Usage
â—† Auto-negotiation must be disabled before you can configure or force an RJ-45
interface to use the Speed/Duplex mode or Flow Control options.
â—† When using auto-negotiation, the optimal settings will be negotiated between
the link partners based on their advertised capabilities. To set the speed, duplex
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