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Figure 31. Port configuration
You can select or change the following values:
Slot This is a read/write field. The 16 base ports are associated with slot 0. A
feature module in Slot 1 or Slot 2 can have 2, 4, or 8 ports associated with
each of them, depending on the feature module that is installed.
Port You can use the All option to change the value for all ports in this slot. You
can specify Enable or Disable for the Admin Mode and Link Trap fields.
Note that when All is specified and you specify Disable in the Admin Mode
field, you lose in-band connection to the switch.
Indicates the port number.
The feature slots are Slot 1 and Slot 2. Available feature modules have 2,
4, and 8 ports.
Type This is a read only field. It indicates whether a port currently belongs to a
trunk or is enabled for monitoring. Type values are:
v Trnk: indicates that this port belongs to a trunk.
v Mntr: indicates that this port is enabled for port monitoring.
STP Mode
This is a configurable parameter. It specifies the spanning tree protocol
mode for the port. STP mode values are:
v 802.1D (the default)
v Fast, indicates you want to use the fast spanning tree mode
v Off, indicates the STP mode is turned off for a particular port
STP St. (STP state)
This is a read-only field. It contains a single letter to indicate the current
spanning tree protocol state, which can be:
v D: disabled
v B: blocking
v l: listening
v L: learning
v F: forwarding
v X: indicates port is diagnostically disabled
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