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SNTP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Menu: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
CLI: Viewing and Configuring SNTP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
TimeP: Viewing, Selecting, and Configuring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13
Menu: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-14
CLI: Viewing and Configuring TimeP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-16
SNTP Unicast Time Polling with Multiple SNTP Servers . . . . . . . . 8-21
Address Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
Adding and Deleting SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
Menu: Operation with Multiple SNTP Server Addresses . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
SNTP Messages in the Event Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
9 Optimizing Traffic Flow with Port Controls, Port
Trunking, and Port-Based Priority
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Menu: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . 9-5
CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . . 9-6
Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 9-9
Port Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Switches 2650 and 6108 Port Trunk Features and Operation . . . . . . 9-11
Trunk Configuration Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Menu: Viewing and Configuring a Static Trunk Group . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
CLI: Viewing and Configuring Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Web: Viewing Existing Port Trunk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Trunk Group Operation Using LACP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Trunk Group Operation Using the “Trunk” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Trunk Operation Using the “FEC” Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
How the Switch Lists Trunk Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Outbound Traffic Distribution Across Trunked Links . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
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