Chapter 10: Port Management; Configuring Ports - Cisco Small Business 200 Series Administration Manual

Port Management
This section describes port configuration, link aggregation, and the Green Ethernet feature.
It covers the following topics:
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Configuring Ports

• Loopback Detection
• Link Aggregation
• UDLD
• Configuring Green Ethernet
Configuring Ports
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.
6. Configure Green Ethernet energy mode and 802.3 Energy Efficient Ethernet per port by using the Port
Settings page.
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