Port Setting; Configure Ports; Display Ports - IBM BladeCenter Installation And User Manual

Port Setting

When you select Port Setting from the Configuration menu, you can then select
either Configure Ports or Display Ports from the Port Setting menu. These menu
choices are described in the following sections.

Configure Ports

When you select Port Setting from the Configuration menu and Configure Ports
from the Port Setting menu, a window similar to the following opens:
Select the port that you want to configure by using the drop-down menus in the
Configure Port from and to fields. Follow these steps:
1. Enable or disable the port. If you select Disabled in the State field, devices
2. Configure the Speed/Duplex setting for the four external 10/100/1000 Mbps
3. Configure the Flow Control setting for the port. Selecting Enabled in full-duplex
4. Click Apply to make your changes effective.
To view the configuration settings for the ports on the switch module, see "Display
Ports".

Display Ports

When you select Port Setting from the Configuration menu and Display Ports
from the Port Setting menu, a window similar to the following opens:
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connected to that port cannot use the switch, and the switch purges their
addresses from its address table after the MAC address aging time elapses.
ports. Select Auto to enable the port to select the best transmission speed,
duplex mode, and flow control settings based on the capabilities of the device at
the other end. The other selections enable you to force the port to operate in
the specified manner. Select 1000M/Full for port operation at 1000 Mbps and
full duplex. Select 100M/Full for port operation at 100 Mbps and full duplex.
Select 100M/Half for port operation at 100 Mbps and half duplex. Select
10M/Full for port operation at 10 Mbps and full duplex. Select 10M/Half for port
operation at 10 Mbps and half duplex. The 14 internal ports are 1000M/Full
only.
mode will implement IEEE 802.3x flow control. Select Disabled for no flow
control. Also, if the port is set for Auto (NWay) in the Speed/Duplex field and
flow control is enabled, flow control (whether full- or half-duplex) will only be
implemented if the other device can auto-negotiate flow control.