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4 Physical ports configuration
4.1 Physical data ports overview
120385-00 Rev 01, March 2007
Summit WM, Getting Started Guide
This chapter describes how to configure the Summit WM Switch's physical ports.
The topics in this chapter are organized as follows:
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Physical data ports overview
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Configuring data ports
Port configuration defines the administrative state of each interface. By default,
the data interface states are disabled. You must enable each of the data
interfaces individually. A disabled interface does not allow data to flow (receive/
transmit).
You can define the data ports to function as one of the following three types:
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Host Port – You must use a Host Port definition to connect the Access Points
with dynamic routing disabled. The dynamic routing is disabled to ensure that
the port does not participate in dynamic routing operations to advertise the
availability of virtual network segments (WM-AD) hosted by the SWM. Host
ports may still be used as the target for static route definitions.
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Third-party AP Port – You must use a Third-party AP Port definition for a
port to which you will be connecting the third-party APs. The third-party APs
must be deployed within a segregated network for which the Summit WM
Switch becomes the single point of access to the network. When you define
a port as the third-party AP port, the interface segregates the third-party AP
from the remaining network. Only one port can be configured for the third-
party APs.
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Router Port – You must use a Router Port definition for a port that you will
be connecting to an upstream, next-hop router in the network. When you
define a port as the router port, the system knows that the particular interface
is eligible to participate in dynamic routing protocol exchanges. The Summit
WM Switch supports OSPF as the dynamic routing protocol.
The Summit WM Switch is shipped from the factory with all of its data ports set-
up as host ports. You must set-up or configure how each port should function.
HWC_GSG_PhysicalPortConfiguration..fm
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