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ONFIGURING PORTS ONFIGURING PORT COMMUNICATION SETTINGS
Click on the port you want to configure and select the Port Configuration tab.
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Using the menus, select the port speed, duplex, MDI/MDI-X and mastery (clock master) as required. Auto is
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the recommended settings for all but the most critical situations. Setting anything other than Auto limits the
port speed to the value chosen, even if the link partner does not support that speed. Setting Auto will also allow
the link to renegotiate the link if line conditions change or the link partner is swapped (for information on
avoiding duplex mismatch, see the
Click Review/apply and review the changes you have made, and then click Apply to implement your changes.
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Using the CLI to configure port communications
Log in to the CLI as Administrator.
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Select the TAP module you want to configure. Front modules are numbered 1–4 (left to right), and the rear
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module is numbered slot 0.
CONTROLLER>select slot 4
Specify the port/link speed. Ports are labelled A–D (left to right). Auto is the default setting and is
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recommended for all but the most critical TAP deployments (see the
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partners to renegotiate the connection when line conditions change. Valid options for copper ports are: Auto,
10M, 100M or 1G.
SLOT4>set port A speed 100M
SLOT4>set port B speed 100M
Specify the port crossover mode, either MDI (normal) or MDI-X (crossover). To connect two ports of the same
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configuration (MDI to MDI or MDI-X to MDI-X), an Ethernet crossover cable is needed to cross over the
transmit and receive signals in the cable, so that they are matched at the connector level. Otherwise, you can
select Auto and let the ports themselves detect the required cable connection type and configure the connection
appropriately.
SLOT4>set port A mdi mdi-x
SLOT4>set port B mdi mdi-x
Specify a port duplex mode that matches with the link partner, or leave it at the default
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duplex (for information on avoiding duplex mismatch, see the
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SLOT4>set port A duplex auto
SLOT4>set port B duplex auto
Specify port mastery to determine which end of the link is responsible for the synchronization clock. The link
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will only work if there is one Master and one Slave. For example, if port pairing AB are operating in TAP mode,
you are advised to force the partner of A to have the same settings as B, and vice versa. In the case of Mastery, is
done be setting A to Forcemaster and B to Forceslave (or the opposite). If the same ports are in operating in
non-TAP mode, you are advised to set the ports to either Preferslave or Prefermaster, but not to Forceslave.
SLOT4>set port A mastering forcemaster
SLOT4>set port B mastering forceslave
"Avoiding duplex mismatching" section on page
for advice on configuring ports in critical deployments). Auto also allows the link
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to auto-negotiate
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