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5 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.
◆ Trunk Configuration – Configures static or dynamic trunks.
◆ Saving Power – Adjusts the power provided to ports based on the
length of the cable used to connect to other devices.
◆ 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.
CLI REFERENCES
â—† "Interface Commands" on page 699
COMMAND USAGE
â—† Auto-negotiation must be disabled before you can configure or force
the interface to use the Speed/Duplex mode or Flow Control options.
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