Chapter 10: Port Management; Configuring Ports - Cisco 500 Series Administration Manual

Port Management

Configuring Ports

Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switch Administration Guide
This section describes port configuration, link aggregation, and the Green
Ethernet feature.
It covers the following topics:
• Configuring Ports
• Loopback Detection
• Link Aggregation
• UDLD
• Configuring Green Ethernet
Workflow
To configure ports, perform the following actions:
1. Configure port by using the Port Settings page.
2. Enable/disable the Link Aggregation Control (LAG) protocol, and configure the
potential member ports to the desired LAGs by using the LAG Management
page. By default, all LAGs are empty.
3. Configure the Ethernet parameters, such as speed and auto-negotiation for the
LAGs by using the LAG Settings page.
4. Configure the LACP parameters for the ports that are members or candidates
of a dynamic LAG by using the LACP page.
5. Configure Green Ethernet and 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet by using the
Properties page.
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