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CLI: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . . . 10-7
Using the CLI To View Port Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Using the CLI To Configure Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Using the CLI To Configure a Broadcast Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Configuring HP Auto-MDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Manual Auto-MDIX Override on the Series 2600/2600-PWR
and 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
Web: Viewing Port Status and Configuring Port Parameters . . . . . 10-17
Jumbo Packets on the Series 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Operating Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Configuring Jumbo Packet Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19
Viewing the Current Jumbo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Enabling or Disabling Jumbo Traffic on a VLAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Operating Notes for Jumbo Traffic-Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
QoS Pass-Through Mode on the Series 2800 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
QoS Priority Mapping With and Without QoS
Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
How to enable/disable QoS Pass-Through Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Configuring Port-Based Priority for Incoming Packets on the
4100gl and 6108 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
The Role of 802.1Q VLAN Tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Outbound Port Queues and Packet Priority Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Operating Rules for Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Configuring and Viewing Port-Based Priority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
Messages Related to Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Troubleshooting Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Using Friendly (Optional) Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34
Configuring and Operating Rules for Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . 10-34
Configuring Friendly Port Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Displaying Friendly Port Names with Other Port Data . . . . . . . . . . 10-37