D-Link DES-3624i User Manual page 54

Items in the above window are defined as follows:
Switch Specifies the Switch where the port is being configured.
Module Specifies the module where the port is being configured.
Port Specifies the port that will be configured.
Port Type Specifies the speed and cable type of the selected port.
State Enables or Disables the port. This amounts to turning the port on or off.
Selects the desired Speed and Duplex settings for the port. Possibilities include: Auto,
Speed/Duplex
100M/Full, 100M/Half, 10M/Full, or 10M/Half. If a Gigabit module is being used, 1000M/Full will be
displayed in this field. Choosing Auto enables NWay auto-configuration on the port.
Flow Ctrl Toggles flow control On or Off. It is useful during periods of heavy network activity when the Switch's
buffers can receive too much traffic and fill up faster than the Switch can forward the information. In such cases, the
Switch will intervene and tell the transmitting device to pause to allow the information in the port buffer to be sent.
Confirm that Flow Control is in force by checking the Status field.
Priority Selects Normal, High or Low. The Switch has two packet queues where incoming packets wait to be
processed for forwarding; a high priority and low priority queue. The high priority queue should only be used for data
in which latency can have adverse affects on the function of an application, such as video or audio data, where
latency can produce distorted sounds and images. Packets in the low priority queue will not be processed unless the
High priority queue is empty. Setting the port priority to High will deliver all packets arriving at the port to the
high priority queue, a Low setting will send them all to the low priority queue. The Normal setting causes the port
to examine the packet for an IEEE 802.1p/q priority tag. If no tag exists, the packet will be sent to the low priority
queue. If the priority tag field in the packet header contains a value of 0-3, the packet will be placed in the low
priority queue; a value of 4-7 causes the packet to be placed in the high priority queue.
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Figure 6-14. Port Configuration screen
Stackable NWay Ethernet Switch User's Guide
Using the Console Interface