Configuring Interface Connections - SMC Networks TigerSwitch 100 Management Manual

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Configuring Interface Connections

You can use the Trunk Configuration or Port Configuration page to
enable/disable an interface, manually fix the speed and duplex mode, set
flow control, set auto-negotiation, and set the interface capabilities to
advertise.
Command Attributes
• Name – Allows you to label an interface. (Range: 1-64 characters)
• Admin – Allows you to manually disable an interface. You can disable
an interface due to abnormal behavior (e.g., excessive collisions), and
then reenable it after the problem has been resolved. You may also
disable an interface for security reasons.
• Speed/Duplex – Allows manual selection of port speed and duplex
mode (i.e., with auto-negotiation disabled).
• Flow Control – Allows automatic or manual selection of flow control.
• Autonegotiation/Port Capabilities – Allows auto-negotiation to be
enabled/disabled. Specifies the capabilities to be advertised for a port
during auto-negotiation. The following capabilities are supported.
- 10half - Supports 10 Mbps half-duplex operation
- 10full - Supports 10 Mbps full-duplex operation
- 100half - Supports 100 Mbps half-duplex operation
- 100full - Supports 100 Mbps full-duplex operation
- 1000full - Supports 1000 Mbps full-duplex operation
- Sym (Gigabit only) – Check this item to transmit and receive pause
frames, or clear it to auto-negotiate the sender and receiver for
asymmetric pause frames.(The current switch chip only supports
symmetric pause frames.)
- FC - Supports flow control. Flow control can eliminate frame loss by
"blocking" traffic from end stations or segments connected directly
to the switch when its buffers fill. When enabled, back pressure is
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