Setting Global Green Ethernet Properties - Cisco SF500-24 Administration Manual

Port Management
Configuring Green Ethernet
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Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide Release 1.3
802.3az EEE Configuration Workflow
This section describes how to configure the 802.3az EEE feature and view its
counters.
Ensure that auto-negotiation is enabled on the port by opening the Port
Management > Port Settings page.
a. Select a port and open the Edit Port Setting page.
b. Select Auto Negotiation field to ensure that it is Enabled.
Ensure that 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) is globally enabled in the Port
Management > Green Ethernet > Properties page (it is enabled by default). This
page also displays how much energy has been saved.
Ensure that 802.3az EEE is enabled on a port by opening the Green Ethernet > Port
Settings page.
a. Select a port, open the Edit Port Setting page.
b. Check the 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) mode on the port (it is enabled
by default).
c. Select whether to enable or disable advertisement of 802.3az EEE capabilities
through LLDP in 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) LLDP (it is enabled by
default).
To see 802.3 EEE-related information on the local device, open the
Administration > Discovery LLDP >LLDP Local Information page, and view the
information in the 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) block.
To display 802.3az EEE information on the remote device, open the Administration
> Discovery LLDP > LLDP Neighbor Information pages, and view the information in
the 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) block.

Setting Global Green Ethernet Properties

The Properties page displays and enables configuration of the Green Ethernet
mode for the device. It also displays the current power savings.
To enable Green Ethernet and EEE and view power savings:
Click Port Management > Green Ethernet > Properties.
Enter the values for the following fields:
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