Configuration Menu  107  
 
 
Table 99  Port Configuration Menu options 
Command Description 
gig  Displays the Gigabit Ethernet Physical Link Menu. 
aclqos   Displays the Access Control List (ACL)/Quality of Service (QoS) 
configuration menu.  
8021ppri  Configures the port’s 802.1p priority level.  
pvid <1-4095>  Sets the default VLAN number which will be used to forward frames 
which are not VLAN tagged. The default number is 1. 
Note: VLAN 4095 is reserved for switch management.  
name <1-64 characters>|none  Sets a name for the port (maximum 64 characters). The assigned port 
name displays next to the port number on some information and statistics 
screens. 
rmon enable|disable  Enables or disables Remote Monitoring for the port. RMON must be 
enabled for any RMON configurations to function.  
tag enable|disable  Disables or enables VLAN tagging for this port. It is disabled by default. 
tagpvid enable|disable  Disables or enables VLAN tag persistence. When disabled, the VLAN tag 
is removed from packets whose VLAN tag matches the port PVID. The 
default value is enabled.  
*media   Displays the current port’s transmission media: copper, fiber, or 
auto 
This option is only available on uplink ports.  
This option applies only to the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch.  
*fiber   Configures the port’s transmission media as fiber.  
This option is only available on uplink ports. 
This option applies only to the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch. 
*copper   Configures the port’s transmission media as copper.  
This option is only available on uplink ports. 
This option applies only to the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch. 
*automedia   Configures the port’s transmission media as auto.   
This option is only available on uplink ports. 
This option applies only to the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch. 
brate <0-262143>|dis  Limits the number of broadcast packets per second to the specified value. 
If disabled (
dis), the port forwards all broadcast packets.  
mrate <0-262143>|dis  Limits the number of multicast packets per second to the specified value. If 
disabled (
dis), the port forwards all multicast packets. 
drate <0-262143>|dis  Limits the number of unknown unicast packets per second to the specified 
value. If disabled (
dis), the port forwards all unknown unicast packets. 
ena  Enables the port. 
dis  Disables the port. To temporarily disable a port without changing its 
configuration attributes, see the “Temporarily disabling a port” section 
later in this chapter. 
cur  Displays current port parameters. 
* indicates commands that are available only on the GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch.