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Individual port configuration – Milan Technology MIL-S3580 User Manual

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3.2. Individual Port Configuration

Figure 3-18. Switch Port Configuration Menu

In Switch Port Configuration Menu, you can configure basic characteristics such as

speed, flow control, and VLAN ID as well as the following features supported by the

switch:

x Port Description - Sixteen characters can be entered to identify the port.

x Admin State - When set to Disable, the port is inoperable and no devices can

access the switch through the port. The administrator must then enable the

port in order for a link to be established.

x Speed and Duplex - There are five different settings that can be set for each

port: Half-duplex-10Mbps, Full-duplex-10Mbps, Half-duplex-100Mbps,

Full-duplex-100Mbps and Auto-negotiation.

x Flow Control - When enabled, pause frame is utilized for full duplex

operations and backpressure flow control is utilized for half duplex. By

default, it is enabled.

x Per-Port Priority – Four levels of priority (High, Medium, Low and Lowest)

can be set to each individual port. However, the priority level set through QoS

or TOS will have higher precedence.

x Bandwidth Management - Eight levels of speed control facilitate the

management of bandwidth. Configuration of receive and transmit control of

each port is independent. You can set the port to transmit and/or receive at