Siemens SCALANCE XB-200 Configuration Manual page 148

Configuring with Web Based Management
5.4 The "System" menu
● Port Name
Enter a name for the port here.
● MAC Address
Shows the MAC address of the port.
● Mode Type
From this drop-down list, select the transmission speed and the transfer mode of the port.
If you set the mode to "Auto negotiation", these parameters are automatically negotiated
with the connected partner port.
Before the port and partner port can communicate with each other, the settings must
match at both ends.
Note
"Auto negotiation" mode
• If a port is set permanently to full duplex, the connected partner port must also be set
• If a port operating in the "Auto negotiation" mode is connected to a partner port that is
• Devices not supporting "Auto negotiation" must be set permanently to 100 Mbps or
Note
"Auto negotiation" and Autocrossover
• SCALANCE XB-200/SCALANCE XC-200: If you disable the "Auto negotiation"
• SCALANCE XP-200: If you disable the "Auto negotiation" function, the "MDI/MDI-X"
● "Mode
Shows the transmission speed and the transfer mode of the port. The transmission speed
can be 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps or 1000 Mbps. As the transmission mode, you can configure
full duplex (FD) or half duplex (HD).
● Negotiation
Shows whether the automatic configuration of the connection to the partner port is
enabled or disabled.
● Flow Ctrl. Type
Enable or disable flow control for the port.
● Flow Ctrl.
Shows whether flow control is working on this port.
Note
Turning flow control on/off with Auto negotiation
You can only enable or disable flow control when the "Auto negotiation" function is turned
off. Afterwards you can enable "Auto negotiation" again.
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to full duplex.
not operating in the"Auto negotiation" mode, the partner port setting must be fixed.
10 Mbps half duplex.
function, the "MDI/MDI-X" autocrossover function is also turned off. The use a
crossover cable.
autocrossover function remains active.
SCALANCE XB-200/XC-200/XP-200 Web Based Management
Configuration Manual, 07/2016, C79000-G8976-C360-04